Johann Baptist Drechsler

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Small still life with flowers , 1805 (Vienna, Österreichische Galerie Belvedere).
Still life with flowers , 1808 (private property)
Large flower piece , 1808 (private property)

Johann Baptist Drechsler (born January 28, 1756 in Lichtental , today Vienna , † April 28, 1811 in Vienna) was an Austrian painter who was best known for his flower paintings.

life and work

Johann Baptist Drechsler was the son of the porcelain painter Josef Drechsler and his wife Maria Anna Vogt. It can be traced back to the Viennese porcelain factory between 1772 and 1782. At the Manufactory Drawing School of the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts , he became the first professor in the newly established class for flower painting in 1787. In 1807 he became director of the academy.

His painting model was the Dutch flower painter Jan van Huysum . Drechsler "[...] led flower painting in Vienna away from the decorative style of the Baroque and towards a detailed naturalism." With this he had a great influence on the scientific depictions of plants in the 18th century. He is considered to be the founder of the Vienna School of Flower Painting.

Works (selection)

  • Flower piece - bouquet of flowers in a vase in front of a Doric temple (Vaduz, Fürstlich Schwarzenberg'sche Kunststiftung, inv. No. 23), oil on canvas, 150 × 180 cm
  • Small Still Life with Flowers (Vienna, Österreichische Galerie Belvedere ), 1805, oil on canvas, 30 × 21 cm
  • Large flower piece (private property), 1808, oil on canvas, 87 × 70.5 cm
  • Still life with flowers (private property), 1808, oil on canvas, 70.2 × 59.1 cm

Works in public collections

literature

  • Rudolf Schmidt: Österreichisches Künstlerlexikon , Vienna, 1974–79, p. 458
  • Felix Czeike: Historical Lexicon Vienna Vol. 2 . Kremayr & Scheriau: Vienna, 1993
  • Biedermeier. Painting from the Austrian Belvedere Gallery. Catalog of the exhibition in the Minorite Monastery, Tulln on the Danube. Vienna, 2005

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Wiener Geschichtsblätter , Association for the History of the City of Vienna, Vol. 50, 1995
  2. ↑ Johann Drechsler, Kleines Blumenstilleben , 1805 in the Belvedere  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.tulln.at  

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personal data
SURNAME Wood turner, Johann Baptist
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian painter
DATE OF BIRTH January 28, 1756
PLACE OF BIRTH Lichtental (Vienna)
DATE OF DEATH April 28, 1811
Place of death Vienna