Josef Correggio
Joseph Correggio (born November 20, 1810 in Wolfratshausen , † December 7, 1891 in Munich ) was a German painter , singer and copyist .
He came from a family of chimney sweeps who had emigrated from Italy and who were employed at Nymphenburg Palace .
Corregio studied at the Royal Academy of Arts in Munich with Johann Georg Hiltensperger .
Josef Correggio mainly painted still lifes , but also copied works by other painters. Correggio also appeared in small roles as a singer in the Munich Opera .
He was the father of the painters Ludwig Correggio (1846–1920 or 1930) and Max Correggio (1854–1908).
literature
- Boetticher 1891, Vol. I, p. 201
- Hyacinth Holland : Correggio, Joseph . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 7 : Cioffi – Cousyns . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1912, p. 466 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- Susanna Partsch : Correggio, Joseph . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 21, Saur, Munich a. a. 1998, ISBN 3-598-22761-2 , p. 315.
- Christian Scholl, Anne-Katrin Sors: Academic rigor and artistic freedom. The paintings of the 19th century in the art collection of the University of Göttingen . Göttingen 2013, ISBN 978-3-86395-102-3 , pp. 259ff. ( Digitized version ).
- Werner Ebnet: You lived in Munich. Biographies from eight centuries . Allitera Verlag, Munich 2016, ISBN 3869067446 , p.?.
Web links
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Correggio, Josef |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Correggio, Joseph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter and opera singer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 20, 1810 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wolfratshausen |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 7, 1891 |
| Place of death | Munich |