Josef Kis
Josef Kis (also Kiss or Kisz , born January 10, 1833 in Eisenstadt , † November 5, 1900 in Vienna ) was an Austrian portrait , history and genre painter .
Life
Kis studied at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts , his teachers were Johann Nepomuk Geiger and Karl von Blaas .
His most important client was Archduke Maximilian , who later became Emperor of Mexico. After his execution in 1867, Kis painted portraits for the Hungarian nobility and also altarpieces there . He portrayed the Austrian Emperor Franz Joseph I several times, including during the negotiations on the Austro-Hungarian settlement . This oil painting now hangs in a prominent place in room V (Franz Joseph-Saal) of the Vienna Museum of Military History .
From 1876 he was a member of the Wiener Künstlerhaus , further biographical data are unknown to date.
Works (selection)
- Portrait of Emperor Franz Joseph I as field marshal in Hungarian gala uniform, around 1867/70, oil on canvas, approx. 150 × 110 cm, Heeresgeschichtliches Museum, Vienna.
literature
- Heinrich Fuchs: The Austrian Painters of the 19th Century , Vienna 1973, Volume 2, p. 111.
- Kiss Josef. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 3, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1965, p. 355.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Heinrich Fuchs: The Austrian Painters of the 19th Century, Vienna 1973, Volume 2, p. 111.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kis, Josef |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kiss, Josef; Kisz, Josef |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 10, 1833 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Eisenstadt |
| DATE OF DEATH | 5th November 1900 |
| Place of death | Vienna |