Friedrich Sturm (painter)
Friedrich Sturm , also Fritz Sturm (born May 19, 1823 in Vienna , † November 1, 1898 in Weissenbach an der Triesting ) was an Austrian painter of decorations, flowers and animals.
Life
Sturm was first a student of his father, who was a porcelain and enamel painter, and then attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna . He then went on a study trip to Serbia and Hungary, where he worked as a theater, portrait and icon painter. He turned to fresco painting and specialized as a flower and animal painter. He decorated numerous Viennese buildings with wall and ceiling paintings, and he also painted on silk for the salon of the Empress of Austria. From 1853 to 1859 he sent his pictures to the monthly exhibitions of the Austrian Art Association. When the Museum of Art and Industry opened in Vienna in 1868, he became a professor at the School of Applied Arts , which is now the University of Applied Arts , and headed its department for plant, animal and ornament painting until 1892. Women were also allowed to take part in his flower painting classes. From 1881 to 1889 he was director of the facility. In 1892 he was retired due to illness.
The painter Georg Sturm was his son and student.
Sturm was a member of the artists' association Eintracht, since 1861 the cooperative of the visual artists Vienna (Künstlerhaus), from 1868 a member of the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts and received numerous awards. In 1876 he became a knight of the Franz Joseph Order .
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Sturm, Fritz . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 40th part. Imperial and Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1880, p. 230 ( digitized version ).
- Franz Vallentin: Sturm, Friedrich . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 54, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1908, p. 631 f.
- Sturm, Friedrich (Fritz) . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 32 : Stephens – Theodotos . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1938, p. 253 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Kathrin Pokorny-Nagel: Sturm, Friedrich. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon . Volume 14: Stulli Luca - Tůma Karel. 63. Delivery, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2012, pp. 13-14 ( biographien.ac.at ).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sturm, Friedrich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sturm, Fritz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian decoration and flower painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 19, 1823 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 1, 1898 |
| Place of death | Weissenbach an der Triesting |