Heinrich Schwemminger

Heinrich Schwemminger on an oil painting by Joseph Hasslwander

Heinrich Schwemminger (born January 7, 1803 on Althangrund , † March 13, 1884 in Vienna ) was an Austrian history painter .

life and work

Heinrich Schwemminger was a son of the porcelain painter Anton Schwemminger, who died in 1808. His younger brother Josef Schwemminger was also a painter. Her sister Theresia Schwemminger was a plasterer and married the painter Karl Schubert , a brother of the composer Franz Schubert .

Oil painting The Cranes of Ibykus by Heinrich Schwemminger

Heinrich Schwemminger studied from 1818 to 1830, with interruptions, at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts . From 1823 he specialized in history painting. He was inspired by ancient sculpture and the paintings of Raphael . Schwemminger won the Gundel Prize in 1820 and the Reichel Prize in 1833 . In the early 1830s he traveled to Munich , where he joined the circle of artists around Moritz von Schwind . He stayed in Rome from 1837 to 1842 on a scholarship .

Schwemminger worked from 1843 as a curator at the picture gallery of the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts. He became a member of the academy in 1848 and worked there as a professor from 1849. From 1857 to 1874 he was in charge of the picture gallery. Following a reorganization, he published a collection directory for this in 1866. Schwemminger became a member of the Vienna Künstlerhaus in 1868 . He worked on the artistic equipment of the Vienna Court Opera and the Vienna City Theater .

Heinrich Schwemminger died at the age of 81 in Vienna- Alsergrund . In 1958, Schwemmingergasse in Vienna- Inzersdorf was named after him.

literature

H. Grimm: Schwemminger, Heinrich. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 12, Verlag der Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2001–2005, ISBN 3-7001-3580-7 , p. 46.
Constantin von Wurzbach : Schwemminger, Heinrich . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 32nd part. Imperial-Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1876, pp. 365–367 ( digitized version ).

Web links

Commons : Heinrich Schwemminger - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Felix Czeike (Ed.): Schwemmingergasse. In: Historisches Lexikon Wien . Volume 5, Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 1997, ISBN 3-218-00547-7 , p. 184 ( digitized version ).
^ H. Grimm: Schwemminger, Heinrich. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 12, Verlag der Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2001–2005, ISBN 3-7001-3580-7 , p. 46.

personal data
SURNAME	Schwemminger, Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian history painter
DATE OF BIRTH	January 7, 1803
PLACE OF BIRTH	Althangrund
DATE OF DEATH	March 13, 1884
Place of death	Vienna

[Czeike-1] Felix Czeike (Ed.): Schwemmingergasse. In: Historisches Lexikon Wien . Volume 5, Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 1997, ISBN 3-218-00547-7 , p. 184 ( digitized version ).

[2] H. Grimm: Schwemminger, Heinrich. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 12, Verlag der Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2001–2005, ISBN 3-7001-3580-7 , p. 46.