Johanna Fischer

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Johanna (Jenny) Fischer: self-portrait around 1840

Johanna Fischer , also Jenny Fischer and Jeny Fischer (born May 4, 1820 in Vienna ; died April 20, 1888 there ), married Johanna Edle von Strobach , was an Austrian painter of the Viennese Biedermeier .

Life

According to a private family chronicle, Johanna Fischer was born in Vienna IX, in the Alservorstadt barracks on May 4, 1820. She was the daughter of Dr. med. Carl Michael Fischer, regimental physician and his wife Theresia, b. Meinong from Handschuchsheim. On August 9, 1847 she married Friedrich Edlen von Strobach, who later became the Imperial and Royal Lieutenancy Council, and they had four children with him. On April 20, 1888, she died in the General Hospital , Alser Strasse 4, in Vienna. Her grave is in Vienna at the Hernalser Friedhof .

Johanna Fischer's still lifes and portraits are primarily known. From 1840 she took part in the academy exhibitions at St. Anna , where she exhibited pictures of flowers, pieces of fruit and portraits alongside artists such as Franz Eybl , Joseph Nigg , Franz Xaver Petter (cf.). “In addition to Johanna Fischer, she also signed with Jeny Fischer. It is probable that [...] she was a student in Waldmüller's private class , because as a woman she was not admitted to regular studies at the academy and her style was clearly based on Waldmüller's. "

Works

Works known today:

  • Still life with fruits (shown in)
  • Self-portrait (private property)
  • Still life with roses and Madonna

Works exhibited in the art exhibition of the Austrian-Imperial Academy of United Fine Arts (listed in):

  • Piece of fruit
  • Roses and doves
  • Grapes and rabbits
  • various flower pictures and portraits

literature

  • A bouquet of flowers for Waldmüller. Still life of Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller and his time. Exhibition catalog. Austrian Gallery, Belvedere, Vienna, March 10 to May 31, 1993; [on the occasion of Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller's 200th birthday]. Austrian Gallery, Vienna 1993.
  • Heinrich Fuchs: The Austrian painters of the 19th century. Volume 1. Self-published, Vienna 1973.
  • Works from the art exhibition organized by the Austrian Imperial Academy of United Fine Arts in the building of the kk polytechnic institute in 1843. Vienna [1843].

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Wiener Zeitung. May 1, 1888, p. 11 , accessed April 12, 2017 .
  2. ^ Vienna cemeteries, search for the dead. Retrieved April 12, 2017 .
  3. ^ Works from the art exhibition organized by the Austrian Imperial Academy of United Fine Arts in the building of the Imperial and Royal Polytechnic Institute in 1843, Vienna .
  4. ^ Exhibition catalog A bouquet of flowers for Waldmüller. Still life of Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller and his time; Austrian Gallery, Belvedere, Vienna, March 10 to May 31, 1993; [on the occasion of Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller's 200th birthday]. Austrian Gallery, Vienna 1993, p. 151 .
  5. ^ Exhibition catalog "A bouquet of flowers for Waldmüller". S. 132-133 .
  6. ↑ Illustration and description of provenance on artnet . Retrieved April 18, 2017.
  7. ↑ Works from the art exhibition organized by the Austrian Imperial Academy of United Fine Arts in the building of the Imperial and Royal Polytechnic Institute in 1843 . S. 8, 10, 25, 27-28 .
personal data
SURNAME Fischer, Johanna
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fischer, Jenny; Fischer, Jeny; Strobach, Johanna Edle from
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian painter of the Viennese Biedermeier
DATE OF BIRTH May 4, 1820
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH April 20, 1888
Place of death Vienna