Josef Erler
Josef Erler (born February 9, 1802 in Brixen , † March 31, 1844 in Innsbruck ) was an Austrian landscape painter .
Life
Erler received his first lessons in drawing from Josef Tauber in Brixen, before he came to the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna in 1825 , where he stayed for 11 years. During this time he received the Gundel Prize in antique drawing in 1827 and the Lampi Prize in drawing from nature in 1833. In 1836 he returned to Brixen. He died at the age of 42.
plant
Josef Erler painted history pictures, portraits and especially landscape pictures. His pictures are largely forgotten today and are of interest not so much because of his painterly achievements, but rather because of the historical views of South Tyrol that he captured .
- around 1840 View of Bolzano with the Eisack Bridge , which was destroyed in a fire in 1837 , Bolzano City Museum
- around 1840 View of the Bolzano soil from the Loreto Bridge , Bolzano City Museum
- 1843/1844 altarpieces in the parish church of Sautens
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Erler, Joseph . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . Volume 4. Verlag LC Zamarski, Vienna 1858, p. 72 [1]
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Erler, Josef |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Erler, Joseph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 9, 1802 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brixen |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 31, 1844 |
| Place of death | innsbruck |