Johann Varrone

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The Elisabeth Bridge in Vienna, 1888

Johann Varrone ( Italian Giovanni Battista Varrone ) (* 12. January 1832 in Bellinzona , † 15. February 1910 in Mödling ) was from the Ticino originating Austrian landscape painter , watercolorist and lithographer .

Life

Varrone studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna under Joseph Höger . From 1861 he became a member of the Vienna Künstlerhaus . Together with Ladislaus Eugen Petrovits , he created watercolors for 50 views of Vienna and the surrounding area (1891).

He painted panoramas of Austrian alpine landscapes and also created illustrations for magnificent works of the monarchy. Some of his works are in the Museum of the City of Vienna and in the Ferdinandeum in Innsbruck .

Street sign Varronegasse in Vienna

The Varronegasse in Vienna- Siebenhirten was named after him in 1959.

literature

  • Constantin von Wurzbach : Varoni, Johann . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 49th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1884, p. 287 ( digitized version ).
  • Ludwig Eisenberg : The spiritual Vienna. Lexicon of artists and writers. Communications about Viennese architects, sculptors, stage artists, graphic artists, journalists, painters, musicians and writers. Volume 1, Daberkow, Vienna 1889.
  • Hermann Clemens Kosel : German-Austrian artists and writers lexicon. Volume 2: Biographies and bibliography of German artists and writers in Austria-Hungary except Vienna . Verlag der Gesellschaft für Graphische Industrie, Vienna 1906.
  • Auctioning of the artistic estate of the old Viennese landscape painter Johann Varrone, consisting of the oil paintings, oil studies, watercolors and drawings he left behind, as well as a collection of Viennensia leaves. Views from Austria and Germany, caricatures, Viennese folk types, lithographs, Austrian military papers, portraits, sports portraits, actor and musician portraits, Viennese views, views from the area around Vienna, depictions from the revolutionary year 1848 etc .; Auctioned on Monday November 7th, 1910 and the following days. (Catalog No. 220). CJ Wawra, Vienna 1910 ( digitized version ).
  • Varoni, Johann . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 34 : Urliens – Vzal . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1940, p. 116 .
  • Felix Czeike : Historical Lexicon Vienna. Volume 5: Ru-Z. Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 1992, ISBN 3-218-00547-7 , p. 522 ( digitized version ).
  • Ch. Gruber, G. Wacha: Varrone (Varoni), Johann (Giovanni). In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950. Volume 15, delivery 68, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2017, pp. 186–187 ( biographien.ac.at ).

Web links

Commons : Giovanni Varrone  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Varronegasse. In: Vienna History Wiki . Retrieved February 11, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Varrone, Johann
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Varrone, Giovanni Battista
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian landscape painter
DATE OF BIRTH January 12, 1832
PLACE OF BIRTH Bellinzona
DATE OF DEATH February 15, 1910
Place of death Mödling