Friedrich Schilcher

Portrait of Schilcher by Friedrich von Amerling

Friedrich Schilcher (born September 1, 1811 in Vienna , † May 6, 1881 in Unterdöbling near Vienna) was an Austrian portrait , genre , decoration and history painter .

Life

Schilcher studied at the Vienna Academy and made several study trips to Hungary and Transylvania. Between 1877 and 1878 he was director of the Vienna Künstlerhaus . He worked mainly in Vienna.

He was buried in the Vienna Central Cemetery (group 15E).

In 1975 the Schilchergasse in Vienna- Penzing (14th district) was named after him.

Works (selection)

Portrait (hip piece) of Emperor Franz Joseph I by Friedrich Schilcher (1860).

Restoration of the ceiling frescoes by Marcantonio Chiarini in the city palace of Prince Eugen , Himmelpfortgasse 8, Vienna 1 (1841)
Restoration of the ceiling frescoes in the large meeting room of the Lower Austrian Landhaus , Herrengasse 13, Vienna 1
Stage curtain for the Hungarian National Theater , Budapest
High altar painting for the Ladislaus Church , Oradea
Cardinal virtues , frescoes in the prelate court of Melk Abbey (1852)
Glory of Saint Benedict , ceiling fresco in the entrance hall, Melk Abbey (1852)
The serving angels , painting behind the high altar, St. Josefskirche on the Kahlenberg (1852)
Fresco in the Finsterle family crypt , Kahlenbergerdorf parish cemetery
Decoration of the Leobersdorfer parish church (1859–1862)
Portrait of Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria (1860), oil on canvas, 123 × 95 cm
Frescoes for the over doors of the Palais Schwarzenberg , Vienna
Iron curtain for the Theater an der Wien
Allegory of Austria , fresco in the large dining room of the Hotel Austria (destroyed in 1945)
Portrait of Prince Alois Joseph II of Liechtenstein ( Liechtenstein Collection, Inv. No. GE 1841), oil on canvas, 55.4 × 47.4 cm

Further paintings are in the Wien Museum and in the gallery of the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna.

literature

Constantin von Wurzbach : Schilcher, Friedrich . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 29th part. Imperial and Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1875, pp. 312–314 ( digitized version ).
Schilcher, Friedrich . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 30 : Scheffel – Siemerding . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1936, p. 65 .

Web links

Commons : Friedrich Schilcher - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Friedrich Schilcher (Austrian, 1811–1881). artnet.de, more paintings

Individual evidence

↑ Entry of Schilcher's first marriage on November 18, 1839, Pfarre Schottenfeld, marriage book 17, fol. 88
↑ Personal News . In: Journal of General Museology and Allied Sciences . No. 10 . W. Baensch, Dresden May 1881, p. 80 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ): “The painter Friedrich Schilcher died on June 6th. M. in Unter-Döbling near Vienna. "
^ Wilhelm Neumann: Schilcher, Friedrich . In: Descriptive directory of the paintings in the Friedrich Wilhelm Brederloschen collection in Riga . WF Häcker, Riga 1894, p. 78 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
^ Friedrich Schilcher . In: Guide through the picture gallery . Self-published by the Art History Collections of the Very Highest Imperial House, Vienna 1906, p. 38 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
↑ Alfred Schnerich: Vienna's churches and chapels: historical culture in art and representation . Amalthea Verlag, Zurich 1921, p. 220 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).

personal data
SURNAME	Schilcher, Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian painter
DATE OF BIRTH	September 1, 1811
PLACE OF BIRTH	Vienna
DATE OF DEATH	May 6, 1881
Place of death	Unterdöbling

[1] Entry of Schilcher's first marriage on November 18, 1839, Pfarre Schottenfeld, marriage book 17, fol. 88

[2] Personal News . In: Journal of General Museology and Allied Sciences . No. 10 . W. Baensch, Dresden May 1881, p. 80 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ): “The painter Friedrich Schilcher died on June 6th. M. in Unter-Döbling near Vienna. "

[3] Wilhelm Neumann: Schilcher, Friedrich . In: Descriptive directory of the paintings in the Friedrich Wilhelm Brederloschen collection in Riga . WF Häcker, Riga 1894, p. 78 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).

[4] Friedrich Schilcher . In: Guide through the picture gallery . Self-published by the Art History Collections of the Very Highest Imperial House, Vienna 1906, p. 38 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).

[5] Alfred Schnerich: Vienna's churches and chapels: historical culture in art and representation . Amalthea Verlag, Zurich 1921, p. 220 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).