Gabriel Decker
Gabriel Decker (born August 25, 1821 in Pest , † August 26, 1855 in Vienna ) was an Austrian portrait painter and lithographer.
Decker was a son of the portrait painter Johann Stephan Decker (1783–1844). Like his brothers Albert Decker (1817–1871) and Georg Decker (1818–1894), he learned portrait painting under the guidance of his father, who also taught him watercolor and miniature painting as well as the art of lithography. He created lithographed portraits of the painters Leopold Pollak , August Riedel , the writers Wolfgang Adolf Gerle and Johann Nepomuk Vogl , the court actress Julie Rettich and many other well-known personalities of Viennese society. He also made portraits in oil and watercolor, as well as miniatures and chalk drawings. He made around 80 lithographs for the catalog Die Meister der Wiener Portraitlithographie . He died at the age of 34.
Many of his works came into private hands.
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Decker, Gabriel . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 3rd part. Typogr.-literar.-artist publishing house. Establishment (L. C. Zamarski, C. Dittmarsch & Comp.), Vienna 1858, p. 193 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Decker, Gabriel . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 8 : Coutan-Delattre . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1912, p. 522 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- Decker, Gabriel. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1957, p. 173.
- Heinrich Fuchs: The Austrian painters of the 19th century. Volume 1: A-F. Vienna: self-published 1972.
- Rudolf Schmidt: Austrian artist lexicon. From the beginning to the present. Sequence 1: AA to Bacher. Tusch, Vienna 1974.
- Heinz Schöny: Viennese artist ancestors. Genealogical data and lists of ancestors. Viennese painter. Volume 2: Biedermeier, Historicism, Impressionism. Self-published by the Heraldic-Genealogical Society "Adler", Vienna 1975, p. 15.
- 19th century art. Inventory catalog of the Austrian Gallery of the 19th Century Vienna. Volume 1: A-E. Brandstätter Vienna 1992, p. 185.
Web links
- Gabriel Decker in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna
- Gabriel Decker (Hungarian, 1821–1855). artnet.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Masters of Viennese Portrait Lithography Directory of lithographic portraits of famous personalities… No. 76 . Gilhofer & Ransburg, Vienna 1906, OCLC 249520918 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Decker, Gabriel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian portrait painter and lithographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 25, 1821 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | pest |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 26, 1855 |
| Place of death | Vienna |