Josef Mathias Grassi
Josef Mathias Grassi (born April 22, 1757 in Vienna , † January 7, 1838 in Dresden ; also Giuseppe Grassi ) was an Austrian history and portrait painter .
Life
Josef Mathias Grassi was the younger brother of the sculptor Anton Matthias Grassi , the father was the goldsmith Ottilio Grassi from Udine . Josef studied at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts . Since he felt that he was being treated unfairly here (defeat by Heinrich Friedrich Füger because of a travel grant), he went to Warsaw . There he successfully painted numerous portraits . During the Polish uprising he was able to leave the scene of the fighting through the mediation of the revolutionary leader Tadeusz Kościuszko . In 1799 Grassi received a professorship at the academy there in Dresden . From 1816 to 1821 he stayed in Rome in the capacity of director of studies for the royal Saxon pensioners . Grassi received the Knight's Cross of the Order of Merit from King Friedrich August I of Saxony and was appointed secret legation councilor by Duke August von Sachsen-Gotha . In addition, he was a member of various academies.
power
Grassi mainly painted portraits of members of the nobility and historical pictures. Several pictures were created based on poems by Duke August von Sachsen-Gotha . In terms of style, it can be attributed to academic classicism . His sensitive portraits of women were particularly valued for their grace. Very popular in his time as a portraitist, he is largely forgotten today. His portrait of Queen Luise of Prussia is still best known today.
Works
- Self-portrait, Grassi J. painting in a brown coat - a landscape in the background, oil on canvas 107.4 × 85.1 cm, (private property, England)
- (unverified) portrait of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (State Glinka Museum for Music Culture, Moscow), around 1783, oil on cardboard, 24.5 × 21 cm
- Bernhardine Countess of Neipperg (Schwaigern, Collection of the Counts of Neipperg ), 1790, oil on canvas, 89 × 67 cm
- Don José Augustin Marquis del Llano , Spanish envoy in Vienna (Vienna, Österreichische Galerie Belvedere ), 1790, oil on canvas
- Portrait of Count Jacob Johann Sievers ( St. Petersburg , Hermitage ), around 1790–95, oil on canvas, 91 × 68 cm
- Portrait of a Lady - Augusta Nimptsch ? (Private property), 1800, oil on canvas, 134 × 105 cm
- Grand Duchess Helena , around 1802
- Queen Luise of Prussia (Berlin, property of the House of Hohenzollern, Charlottenburg Palace ), 1804
- Duke Emil August of Saxe-Gotha and Saxe-Altenburg
- Portrait of Charlotte Sophie Manteufel (oval)
- Bernhard August von Lindenau , 60.8 × 47.7 cm, inscribed J. Grassi pinx. 1814, Gotha Castle Museum .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Michael Lorenz: "A Few Grassi Trifles" , Vienna 2012
literature
- Elisabeth Meixner: Grassi, Joseph. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 7, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1966, ISBN 3-428-00188-5 , p. 4 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Carl Clauss: Grassi, Joseph . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 9, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1879, p. 592 f.
Web links
- Joseph Maria Grassi at the Digitales Belvedere of the Austrian Gallery Belvedere
- Joseph Grassi. Portrait of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (?)
- Michael Lorenz : A Few Grassi Trifles , Vienna 2012
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Grassi, Josef Mathias |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Grassi, Joseph Mathias; Grassi, Giuseppe |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 22, 1757 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 7, 1838 |
| Place of death | Dresden |