Johann Nepomuk Mayrhofer
Johann Nepomuk Mayrhofer (born May 9, 1764 in Oberneukirchen , Holy Roman Empire , † 1832 in Munich , Kingdom of Bavaria ) was an Austrian painter .
Life
Johann Nepomuk Mayrhofer was born on May 9, 1764 in Oberneukirchen, part of the Holy Roman Empire, in what is now Upper Austria . The painting he learned at the from 1759 in Linz acting Johann Haslinger and visited subsequently for further training, the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich . Mayrhofer was mainly concerned with botanical studies and became a respected and extremely precise flower painter. In collaboration with Hermann Mitterer's Lithographic Art Institute in Munich, he published a number of scientifically and artistically valuable lithographs . Mayrhofer died in 1832 in Munich, the city in which he had lived until the end.
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Mayrhofer, Johann Nepomuk . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 17th part. Imperial and Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1867, p. 190 ( digital copy ).
- Mayrhofer, Johann Nepomuk. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 6, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1975,ISBN 3-7001-0128-7, p. 13.
Web links
- Johann Nepomuk Mayrhofer on the official website of the Dorotheum
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mayrhofer, Johann Nepomuk |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 9, 1764 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Oberneukirchen , Holy Roman Empire |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1832 |
| Place of death | Munich , Kingdom of Bavaria |