Johann Georg Hiltensperger

Johann Georg Hiltensperger (born February 21, 1806 in Haldenwang ; † June 13, 1890 in Munich ) was a history painter and professor at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts .

Life

Johann Georg Hiltensperger received his training from the Kempten drawing teacher L. Weiß, at the Munich Royal Art Academy from Johann Peter von Langer and at the Düsseldorf Art Academy from Peter von Cornelius .

Back in Munich in 1825, Hiltensperger took on orders for paintings and frescoes from King Ludwig I and King Maximilian II Joseph . For example, from 1838 to 1865, based on designs by Ludwig Schwanthaler, he carried out the odyssey cycle in the ballroom building of the Munich residence . He was a member of the Munich Association for Christian Art .

Hiltensperger's first marriage was the daughter of the postman and landowner Anna Theresia von Paur (1806–1831) from Unterbruck , a sister of the member of the state parliament, Carl von Paur . His son from his second marriage was the painter Otto Hiltensperger .

Works (selection)

Albrecht III. of Bavaria rejects the royal crown

Fresco Duke Albrecht III. from Bavaria knocks out the Bohemian crown in the Hofgartenarkaden (own design)
Encaustic pictures in the royal building of the Residenz (designs by Schwanthaler and Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld )
Frescoes by horse tamers in the pillared hall of the Munich main post office (own designs)
Frescoes in the Alte Pinakothek (designs by Cornelius)
Frescoes in the gables of the Munich court theater (designs by Schwanthaler)
Draft for loggias in a gallery of the Hermitage in Saint Petersburg for a cycle with scenes from the life of Greek painters
Oil painting The Olympic Games and Rome's heyday under Emperor Augustus and frescoes in the northern hall of the porch in the Maximilianeum
Picturesque decorations in several rooms in the royal villa on Roseninsel in Lake Starnberg .
Altarpiece in the monastery church in Andechs

tomb

Grave of Johann Hiltensperger ( Old Southern Cemetery ⊙ )

The tomb of Hiltensperger is on the old southern cemetery in Munich (burial ground 15 - row 13 - 17th) Location . 48.127361111111 11.56575

literature

Hiltensperger, Johann Georg . In: John Rosén, Theodor Westrin, BF Olsson (eds.): Nordisk familjebok konversationslexikon och realencyklopedi . 1st edition. tape 6 : Grimsby – Hufvudskatt . Gernandts boktryckeri, Stockholm 1883, Sp. 1240 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
Hiltensperger, Johann Georg . In: Theodor Westrin (Ed.): Nordisk familjebok konversationslexikon och realencyklopedi . 2nd Edition. tape 11 : Harrisburg – Hypereides . Nordisk familjeboks förlag, Stockholm 1909, Sp. 704 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
Hiltensperger, Johann Georg . 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. 106 .

Web links

Commons : Johann Georg Hiltensperger - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

^ Association for Christian Art in Munich (ed.): Festgabe in memory of the 50th year. Anniversary. Lentner'sche Hofbuchhandlung, Munich 1910, p. 109.

personal data
SURNAME	Hiltensperger, Johann Georg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German history painter
DATE OF BIRTH	February 21, 1806
PLACE OF BIRTH	Haldenwang near Kempten
DATE OF DEATH	June 13, 1890
Place of death	Munich

[1] Association for Christian Art in Munich (ed.): Festgabe in memory of the 50th year. Anniversary. Lentner'sche Hofbuchhandlung, Munich 1910, p. 109.