Franz Xaver Petter
Franz Xaver Andreas Petter (born October 23, 1791 in Lichtental , today Vienna , † May 11, 1866 in Vienna) was an Austrian painter of the Biedermeier period.
Life
Franz Xaver Petter was the son of a porcelain painter . He was supposed to pursue the same profession as his father, but soon became more interested in oil painting . He studied at the Vienna Academy with Johann Baptist Drechsler and with his successor at the Manufactory Drawing School Sebastian Wegmayr . In 1815 he became a proofreader at the academy's flower drawing school, in 1822 professor at the manufactory drawing school, in 1835 director and academic councilor. In 1848 he retired there.
Petter was married to Katharina Hamböck (1793-1858). The history painter Anton Petter was his cousin. His son Theodor was also a painter, his other son Gustav a musician and an important collector of autographs .
After his death, Petter was buried in the Dornbach cemetery . In 1932 the Franz-Petter-Gasse in Vienna- Hietzing was named after him.
meaning
Franz Xaver Petter, who from 1816 exhibited regularly at art exhibitions at the academy and then at the Austrian Art Association , was one of the most important flower still life painters of the Biedermeier period in Vienna. The nature of his flower depictions goes back to his teacher Drechsler, and through him to the art of the Dutch of the 17th century. Later he also designed small-format pieces of fruit and, at the end of his life, flowers against a landscape background . Petter's pictures were very popular with the nobility and bourgeoisie.
Works
- A bouquet of flowers in a vase (Vienna, Liechtenstein Collection , inv. No. GE 2096), 1845, oil on canvas, 120 × 94 cm
- Still life with fish, cheese and a sheet of music (private property), 1845, oil on canvas, 34.5 × 40 cm
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Petter, Franz Xaver . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 22nd part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1870, pp. 137–139 ( digitized version ).
- H. Schöny: Petter Franz Xaver. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 8, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1983, ISBN 3-7001-0187-2 , p. 12 f. (Direct links on p. 12 , p. 13 ).
- Felix Czeike : Historical Lexicon Vienna. Volume 4: Le - Ro. Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 1995, ISBN 3-218-00546-9 .
Web links
- Entry on Franz Xaver Petter in the Austria Forum (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Wurzbach, Petter, Gustav , in the text
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Petter, Franz Xaver |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Petter, Franz Xaver Andreas (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian flower painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 23, 1791 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lichtental (Vienna) |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 11, 1866 |
| Place of death | Vienna |