Johann Josef Makloth

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Rest at the stove (oil on wood)
Girl portrait, Princess Adelgunde of Bavaria

Johann Josef Makloth (* 1846 in Tschagguns ; † 1908 in Munich ) was an Austrian painter.

Life

Johann Josef Makloth grew up as a farm boy in Vorarlberg , in the Montafon , in simple circumstances and began his training at the Royal Art Academy in Munich in 1866 with Alexander Strähuber , Hermann Anschütz , Alexander von Wagner and Wilhelm Diez .

There he was taught the most important basics for realistic landscape painting. He studied with his friend Jakob Jehly in Munich, and the two painters from Vorarlberg were friends for a long time.

In 1873 Makloth exhibited his first picture at the Kunstverein.

literature

  • Ernst Förster : History of painting in the 19th century
  • Maklott - Jehly - Schmid: The Montafon in the field of art historical considerations of the 19th century; Catalog for the exhibition in the Montafon local history museum Schruns. May 27 to October 26, 2004 / [Montafoner Heimatmuseum Schruns; Heimatschutzverein im Tale Montafon]. Roswitha Zwetti; Andreas Rudigier

Web links

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