Johann Stephan Decker
Johann Stephan Decker (French Jean Étienne Decker, born December 26, 1783 in Colmar , † June 25, 1844 in Grinzing ) was an Austrian portrait painter and lithographer.
Life
Decker studied from 1804 in Paris with Jacques Louis David and Jean-Jacques Karpff and initially occupied himself with history painting, but switched to portrait painting. After completing his studies, he returned to Colmar in 1811. At the invitation of Hungarian officers from the headquarters of the Allied Powers in Colmar, he went to Pest in 1818 , where he painted many portraits. In 1821 he came to Vienna . There he worked for Prince Klemens Wenzel Lothar von Metternich and other nobles. From 1827 to 1840 Decker was a drawing teacher with Archduke Karl von Österreich-Teschen , whose daughter, later Maria Theresa of Austria (1816–1867), he taught.
Johann Stephan Decker created portraits as miniatures and lithographs, later also genre and landscape pictures. In 1826 he painted the last representative portrait of Ludwig van Beethoven .
Decker was the father and teacher of the portrait painters Albert Decker (1817–1871), Gabriel Decker (1821–1855) and Georg Decker (1818–1894).
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Decker, Johann Stephan . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 3rd part. Typogr.-literar.-artist publishing house. Institution (L. C. Zamarski, C. Dittmarsch & Comp.), Vienna 1858, p. 195 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Decker, Johann Stephan . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 8 : Coutan-Delattre . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1912, p. 524 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- Decker, Johann Stephan. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1957, p. 173.
- Heinrich Srbik, Reinhold Lorenz: The historical position of Vienna 1740-1918 (= history of the city of Vienna new series 7/2). Association for the History of the City of Vienna, Vienna 1962, pp. 12, 125.
- Heinrich Fuchs: The Austrian painters of the 19th century. Volume 1: A-F. Self-published, Vienna 1972.
- Rudolf Schmidt: Austrian artist lexicon. From the beginning to the present. Delivery 1 (AA to Bacher). Tusch, Vienna 1974.
- Decker, Johann Stephan . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 25, Saur, Munich a. a. 2000, ISBN 3-598-22765-5 , p. 122.
Web links
- Johann Stephan Decker in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna
Remarks
- ↑ Heinz Schöny: Life data of Viennese painters - new or corrected. In: Viennese history sheets. 44, 1989, p. 91.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Decker, Johann Stephan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian portrait painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 26, 1783 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Colmar |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 25, 1844 |
| Place of death | Grinzing |