Franz Xaver Lampi
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Franz Xaver Ferdinand Lampi, from 1798 Ritter von Lampi, Polish Franciszek Ksawery Lampi (born January 22, 1782 in Klagenfurt , † July 22, 1852 in Warsaw ), was a painter of Italian descent who worked in Poland.
Life
His parents were the portrait painter Johann Baptist Lampi the Elder (1751–1830) and his wife Anna Maria Franchi (1745–1795). Like his brother Johann Baptist the Younger (1775–1837), he also took up the painter's profession.
His first teacher was his father, then he studied with Heinrich Füger and Hubert Maurer at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna . After a conflict with his father, he left the city and initially went to Germany and Italy before coming to Warsaw around 1815, where he settled permanently. He traveled to various cities in Poland in 1819, to Vienna in 1823, to Breslau in 1836 and to Dresden , Munich and Berlin in 1840 . Lampi was the teacher of Piotr Michałowski , Wojciech Stattler and others in Warsaw . He died there in 1852 during a cholera epidemic.
meaning
Franz Xaver Lampi was a very successful painter in Polish society and is considered to be one of the most important representatives of Romanticism in Polish painting. He created numerous paintings that, technically skillful, corresponded to the taste of the time. These were portraits (Lampi portrayed all the important representatives of Polish society), religious and mythological images as well as fantastic, romantic depictions of landscapes. Publicly owned works are mainly in Poland, most notably in the National Museum in Warsaw .
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Lampi, Franz Ritter von . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 14th part. Imperial and Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1865, pp. 54–57 ( digitized version ).
- Schöny: Lampi Franz Ferdinand von. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 4, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1969, p. 420.
- Stanisław Szymański / Riccardo Maroni: Francesco Lampi pittore (1782–1852) ( Collana artisti trentini 62). Trento 1979.
Web links
- Short biography (Polish)
- Kurzbiografie (English)
- Works
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lampi, Franz Xaver |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lampi, Franz Xaver von; Lampi, Franciszek Ksawery |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 22, 1782 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Klagenfurt , Austria |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 22, 1852 |
| Place of death | Warsaw |