Johann Scheffer von Leonhardshoff
Johann Scheffer von Leonhardshoff (born October 30, 1795 in Vienna ; † January 12, 1822 there ) was an Austrian painter and graphic artist .
Life
Scheffer von Leonhardshoff came from a noble, but destitute family from Fulda . He was still almost a child when he studied with Hubert Maurer at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna . Under the influence of the Nazarene Joseph Sutter , he turned away from academism. In 1812 he went on a study trip to Venice to see his sister and on to Ferrara , where he contracted the disease from which he was to die so early.
He returned from Italy to Klagenfurt , where the Gurk Prince-Bishop Franz Xaver Salm-Reifferscheid became his patron and appointed him a chamber painter . In 1814 Salm made another trip to Italy possible for him, which took the artist to Venice, Milan , Florence , Rome , Naples and Sicily . In Rome he made friends with Friedrich Overbeck and was accepted into the Lukasbund in 1815 , in the vicinity of which he now lived and worked. He was admitted to Pope Pius VII and received the Order of Christ for a portrait of the Pope . Scheffer von Leonhardshoff was jokingly called "Raffaelino" by his friends. In 1816 he returned to Klagenfurt, where he became seriously ill. In 1819 he moved to Vienna and stayed in Rome for the last time from 1820 to 1821. After returning to Vienna from there, his illness worsened noticeably. He passed away after a short time, not yet 26 years old.
Works (selection)
Due to his early death, Johann Scheffer von Leonhardshoff left only a few pictures. He was a Nazarene, a representative of the romantic art movement that was mainly concerned with painting religious pictures.
- The dead Saint Cecilia - Roman version (Vienna, Österreichische Galerie Belvedere ), 1820/21, oil on canvas
- Self-Portrait (Vienna, Österreichische Galerie Belvedere), 1820, oil on canvas
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Scheffer von Leonhardshoff, Johann . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 29th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1875, pp. 49–53 ( digitized version ).
- Johann Evangelist Scheffer von Leonhardshoff 1795–1822. A member of the Lukasbund in Vienna . Schroll, Vienna 1977.
Web links
- Entry on Johann Scheffer von Leonhardshoff in the Austria Forum (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
- Jutta Assel: Johann Evangelist Scheffer von Leonhardshoff, Romantic Allegory
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Scheffer von Leonhardshoff, Johann |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Leonhardshoff, Johann Evangelist Scheffer von; Scheffer von Leonhardshoff, Johann Evangelist |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian painter, Nazarene |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 30, 1795 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 12, 1822 |
| Place of death | Vienna |