Hermann von Koenigsbrunn
Hermann Freiherr von Königsbrunn (born March 1, 1823 in Radkersburg in Styria , † February 16, 1907 in Graz ) was an Austrian landscape painter .
Life
Hermann Reichsfreiherr von Königsbrunn, who came from an Austrian noble family ( noble diploma, Vienna from 1685; Reichsfreiherrenstand , Vienna 1716), was born on March 1, 1823 in Radkersburg in Styria. First he studied in Graz , often visited the studio of Josef Kuwasseg (1841) and finally continued his studies at the Maria Theresian Academy in Vienna . In 1845 he initially entered the civil service.
From 1848 he turned to painting and studied with Leopold Rottmann (1812–1881), lecturer at the art academy in Munich . Here Hermann von Königsbrunn mainly copied landscapes after Professor Eduard Schleich (1812–1874), who also worked at the Art Academy . In 1849 he stayed in Graz for a short time, went to Salzburg in 1850 and joined the landscape painter Johann Fischbach (1797–1871). After a short stay, he returned to Graz around 1851 as a travel companion of the Styrian industrialist Franz Ritter von Friedau the Elder . J. and the zoologist Ludwig Karl Schmarda (1819–1908) embark on a journey (expedition) to Greece , Egypt and Ceylon .
In 1865 he applied for an advertised position at the Graz University of Technology . Although he received the majority of the professors' votes, Heinrich Bank was preferred to him. In 1868 he became a professor at the Steiermärkische Landeskunstschule (Landscape Drawing Academy in Graz), where he was a popular teacher until 1892. Marie Egner , Ernestine von Kirchsberg , Anton Marussig and Alfred Zoff were among his students .
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Königsbrunn, Hermann Freiherr von . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 12th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1864, p. 223 ( digitized version ).
- Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Freiherrliche Häuser, Gotha, Justus Perthes, (1903), pp. 382–383.
- Heinrich Fuchs, The Austrian Painters of the 19th Century, Volume 2, Vienna 1973, K 123.
- 125 years of Steiermärkischer Kunstverein Werkbund, cultural department of the provincial capital Graz, city museum, exhibition and catalog, Graz 1990, ISBN 3-900764-123 .
Web link
- Hermann von Königsbrunn, autobiography (1894) [1]
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Königsbrunn, Hermann von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Königsbrunn, Hermann Freiherr von (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian landscape painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 1, 1823 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Radkersburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 16, 1907 |
| Place of death | Graz |