Josef Fux

Main curtain, designed in 1888

Josef Fux (born December 2, 1841 in Steinhof , † March 30, 1904 in Vienna ) was an Austrian genre painter and set designer.

Fux studied at the Academy of Fine Arts under Christian Ruben from 1856 to 1862 , but soon followed the tradition of Hans Makart and Jan Matejko in style and execution , for example in the history painting Cardinal Khlesl . The painting was acquired on January 15, 1872 through the intermediary of the Upper Austrian Art Association for the Landesgalerie in Linz at half the catalog price. His gift of color and decoration also benefited him with the pageant arrangements that he organized with Hans Makart. In 1879 he became head of the set department in the Vienna Hofburgtheater , for which he designed the main curtain with Charlotte Wolter as the tragic muse and Katharina Schratt as the cheerful muse.

literature

Fux, Josef . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 12 : Fiori-Fyt . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1916, p. 609–610 ( Text Archive - Internet Archive ).

Web links

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

Josef Fux in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna

supporting documents

^ Profile at the Oxford Index.
^ Title: "Cardinal Melchior Khlesl (born 1553 t 1630), Minister of Emperor Mathias I and Bishop of Vienna, imprisoned on the S. Georgenberge."

personal data
SURNAME	Fux, Josef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian genre painter and stage designer
DATE OF BIRTH	December 2, 1841
PLACE OF BIRTH	Steinhof (Hernstein municipality)
DATE OF DEATH	March 30, 1904
Place of death	Vienna

[1] Profile at the Oxford Index.

[2] Title: "Cardinal Melchior Khlesl (born 1553 t 1630), Minister of Emperor Mathias I and Bishop of Vienna, imprisoned on the S. Georgenberge."