Josef Altheimer

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“Grandmother tells”, painting by Josef Altheimer
“Farewell to Pope Leo XIII. from his cardinals ”, cardboard drawing by Josef Altheimer, 1903
“First Communion”, painting by Josef Altheimer, around 1895

Josef Altheimer or Joseph Altheimer (born February 12, 1860 in Aystetten , † June 27, 1913 in Bad Wörishofen ) was a German painter and draftsman.

life and work

Josef Altheimer was the son of a master bricklayer and studied from 1883 at the Munich Art Academy , where he learned from Wilhelm von Lindenschmit (1829–1895). According to his matriculation entry, he was living in Kriegshaber near Augsburg when he entered the academy and his father had already died.

Altheimer became an art teacher and worked from 1891 to 1912 as a professor at the old grammar school in Regensburg . He was also a sought-after painter and restorer. Many of his works belong to the field of sacred art, he also created large wall and high altar pictures. In the Albertus Magnus Chapel of the Regensburg Dominican Church of St. Blasius there is a neo-Gothic winged altar with paintings by Altheimer from the life of St. Albertus Magnus .

literature

  • Wilhelm Amann: A city in the mirror of painting, Regensburg from 1800–1900 , Pustet Verlag, Regensburg, 2004, ISBN 3-7917-1916-5
  • Peter Schmid, Klemens Unger: 1803, turning point in the middle of Europe: from feudal to bourgeois age (volume accompanying the exhibition in the Historical Museum in Regensburg, May 29 to August 24, 2003), Schnell and Steiner Verlag, 2003, ISBN 3-7954-1552 -7 , page 564
  • Josef Altheimer: From the first line to the self-portrait. Thoughts about modern drawing lessons collected from personal experience and communicated , 1907; Digitized

Web links

Commons : Josef Altheimer  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Website of the parish of Erbendorf, Upper Palatinate, with a description of an altar painting by Josef Altheimer (left side altar)
  2. ↑ PDF document on the Dominican Church in Regensburg with a large representation of St. Albertus Magnus by Josef Altheimer
personal data
SURNAME Altheimer, Josef
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Altheimer, Joseph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter and draftsman
DATE OF BIRTH February 12, 1860
PLACE OF BIRTH Aystetten
DATE OF DEATH June 27, 1913
Place of death Bad Woerishofen