Josef Arnold the Younger

Village scene from St. Peter near Laion with Val Gardena and the Langkofel in the background. Oil panel on wood, around 1845

Josef Arnold the Younger (* 1823 in Vienna ; † April 28, 1862 in Innsbruck ) was a Tyrolean fresco , portrait and landscape painter .

Life

Josef Arnold the Younger was the son of the Tyrolean fresco painter Josef Arnold the Elder and Franziska Kuchinka. In 1824 he moved to Innsbruck with his family. He began his apprenticeship with his father and then from 1840 attended the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts .

Works

Portrait of a wreathed woman , 1845

• Enneberg : Marienleben cycle , 1848–1849, together with the father
• Lajen (South Tyrol): Fresco cycles from the life of Saints Stephanus and Laurentius , 1844, with the father
• St. Peter near Laion (South Tyrol): frescoes, 1845, with father and brother Alois
• Parish church Zirl : frescoes with Franz Plattner , the entry of Christ by himself, 1861
• Portraits , including one of his father, nudes and landscapes in the Tyrolean State Museum Ferdinandeum and in private collections.

literature

• Herbert Preindl: Josef Arnold the Elder (1788–1879). A Tyrolean fresco painter between Baroque and Nazarene. Tyrolia, Innsbruck et al. 1991, ISBN 3-7022-1810-6 .
• Short biography in: Gertrud Pfaundler-Spat: Tirol-Lexikon. A reference work about people and places in the state of Tyrol. Completely revised and supplemented new edition. StudienVerlag, Innsbruck et al. 2005, ISBN 3-7065-4210-2 .
• Sybille-Karin Moser: Tyrolean pictures and their representation. Painting from 1830 to 1900. In: Paul Naredi-Rainer, Lukas Madersbacher (Hrsg.): Art in Tirol. Volume 2: From the Baroque to the Present (= Art History Studies - Innsbruck. NF Vol. 4). Tyrolia et al., Innsbruck et al. 2007, ISBN 978-3-7022-2775-3 , pp. 519-560, here p. 527.

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