Johann Baptist Hofner

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The Peacemaker (1860)

Johann Baptist Hofner (born April 30, 1832 in Aresing near Schrobenhausen , † June 29, 1913 in Munich ) was a German painter.

The young shepherdess

Life

Hofner had studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts under Carl Theodor von Piloty in 1847 . He was best known as an animal painter and was a personal and artistic companion of Franz von Lenbach , with whom he lived in Aresing from 1854 to 1856 in a shared apartment. This gave rise to the so-called "Aresinger Artists Colony". Artists like Anton Braith and Christian Mali also stayed in the place quite often. Works by Hofner hang in the Lenbach Museum in Schrobenhausen, in the Neue Pinakothek Munich and the Kunsthalle Hamburg. His painting The Young Shepherdess from 1866 is probably one of the most famous works .

After Lenbach's return from Weimar in 1862, they both worked together again, with Lenbach sometimes making backgrounds for Hofner's pictures. Hofner's works were shown several times at exhibitions, including in the Munich Glass Palace or at the World Exhibition in Paris in 1867. From 1880 he moved to Munich, but visited his hometown regularly.

family

Hofner was married to Kreszenz (née Klas). On February 9, 1868, their son Adolf Hofner was born, who later also became a painter, but died very early on November 12, 1895. His wife had also died nine years earlier. Shortly before his death, he was awarded the Prince Regent Luitpold Medal on his 80th birthday . Hofner was buried in the Munich forest cemetery, the grave slab is in the entrance area of ​​the Aresingen town hall.

His second marriage was to Carolina. This relationship remained childless.

literature

  • Hofner, Johann Baptist . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 17 : Heubel – Hubard . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1924, p. 292 .
  • Benno Bickel, Dieter Distl, Klaus Englert, Rudolf Seitz, Johann Baptist Hofner: Johann Baptist Hofner, animal painter from Aresing (=  Schrobenhausen art series . Volume 4 ). Publishing house "Bayerland", Dachau 1991, ISBN 3-89251-090-3 .
  • Benno Bickel: Always the other: Johann Baptist Hofner: Speech by Benno Bickel, given on May 8, 1991… 1993, OCLC 635045364 .
  • Susanna Partsch: Hofner, Johann Baptist . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 74, de Gruyter, Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-11-023179-3 , p. 159.
  • Thorsten Stark: Aresing: Keynote speaker Benno Bickel, who dealt extensively with Johann Baptist Hofner, in the SZ conversation. In: Donaukurier. June 28, 2013 ( donaukurier.de ).
  • Stephanie Wilcke: Aresing: The painter Johann Baptist Hofner was also inspired in his work by his homeland Aresing. In: Donaukurier. August 29, 2013 ( donaukurier.de ).

Web links

Commons : Johann Baptist Hofner  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Werner Ebnet: Hofner, Johann Baptist . In: You lived in Munich: biographies from eight centuries . Alitera Verlag, Munich 2016, ISBN 978-3-86906-744-5 , p. 287 ( books.google.de ).
  2. ^ Artist: Johann Baptist Hofner. neumeister.com, accessed on May 28, 2019 .
  3. ^ Bernhard Rödig: The artist and his son who died early. In: Donaukurier. June 27, 2013 ( donaukurier.de ).
  4. ^ Eleonore Wöhrle: Hofner steps out of Lenbach's shadow. In: Donaukurier. June 30, 2013 ( donaukurier.de ).
  5. ^ Kreisheimatpfleger: Four photographs on the 90th anniversary of Hofner's death. In: Donaukurier. July 4, 2003 ( donaukurier.de ).
personal data
SURNAME Hofner, Johann Baptist
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter
DATE OF BIRTH April 30, 1832
PLACE OF BIRTH Aresing near Schrobenhausen
DATE OF DEATH June 29, 1913
Place of death Munich