Josef rebel

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Self-portrait , undated, Belvedere , Vienna
1817: View of Atrani near Amalfi, Hamburger Kunsthalle
Granatella harbor at Portici with Vesuvius in the background , 1819, Belvedere , Vienna
View of the city of Vietri with a view of the Gulf of Salerno , 1819, Belvedere , Vienna
View of the lordship of Emmersdorf Castle and Rothenhof with Melk Abbey in the background , 1826, Belvedere , Vienna

Josef Rebell (born January 11, 1787 in Vienna , † December 18, 1828 in Dresden ) was an Austrian landscape painter .

Life

Rebell studied at the Vienna Academy from 1799 to 1809 . At first he was trained as a draftsman with the architect Louis Montoyer , but soon he studied with Friedrich August Brand and was a pupil of Michael Wutky , whereby he turned to landscape painting. From 1809-10 Rebell stayed in Switzerland , then until 1812 in Milan and from 1813 to 1815 in Naples , where he worked for Caroline Bonaparte , wife of Joachim Murat , the then King of Naples . 1816-1824 he then stayed in Rome . Emperor Franz I appointed Rebell to Vienna in 1824 as director of the imperial picture gallery and palace captain at Belvedere Palace . In the same year he also became professor and head of the landscape class at the Vienna Academy. While still relatively young, he unexpectedly died of an illness during a trip to Dresden.

power

Josef Rebell was heavily influenced by English and French painting ( Claude Lorrain ) and by Joseph Anton Koch , making him one of the first realists in landscape painting in German-speaking countries. He is one of the most important Austrian landscape painters of the 19th century. Together with Franz Steinfeld , he is considered to be the founder of realistic landscapes in Austria.

Works

  • The Danube near Struden (Linz, Upper Austria. Provincial Museums, Castle Museum), 1807, oil on canvas, 130 × 183 cm
  • Stormy Bay (Linz, Upper Austria. State Museums, Castle Museum, Kastner donation), around 1813/15, oil on canvas, 35 × 48 cm
  • Coastal landscape near Positano (Vienna, Belvedere ), 1815, oil on panel
  • Persenbeug Palace (Vienna, Belvedere), 1817, oil on canvas, 43.5 × 59.5 cm
  • Waldbach near Piedimonte Matese (Linz, Upper Austria State Museums, Castle Museum), 1817, oil on canvas, 45 × 61 cm
  • Piedimonte Matese (Linz, Upper Austria. Landesmuseen, Schlossmuseum), 1817, oil on canvas, 45 × 60.5 cm
  • The pier at Portici (Munich, Neue Pinakothek, Inv.No.WAF 804), 1818, oil on canvas, 37.5 × 54.7 cm
  • View of the city of Vietri with a view of the Gulf of Salerno (Vienna, Austrian Gallery), 1819, oil on canvas
  • Storm at the Arco di Miseno (Vienna, Belvedere), 1819, oil on canvas, 98 × 137 cm
  • The Granatella harbor near Portici with Vesuvius in the background (Vienna, Belvedere), 1819. Oil on canvas, 98 × 137 cm
  • Sunset over the Campi Flegrei towards the islands of Procida and Ischia (Vienna, Belvedere), 1819, oil on canvas, 98 × 137 cm
  • The Porta San Giovanni against Frascati (Vienna, Belvedere), 1820, oil on canvas, 98 × 137 cm
  • View of Atrani on the Gulf of Salerno (Vienna, Liechtenstein Museum, inv.no.GE1839), 1822, oil on canvas, 81 × 114 cm
  • Eruption of Vesuvius at night (Vienna, Liechtenstein Museum, inv.no.GE1384), 1822, oil on canvas, 82 × 114 cm
  • Views of the lordships of Emmersdorf and Rothenhof with Melk Abbey in the background (Vienna, Belvedere), 1826, oil on canvas, 44.5 × 59 cm
  • View of Pöggstall (Vienna, Belvedere), around 1827, oil on canvas, 45 × 59.5 cm
  • Arcadian landscape with round temple (Dresden, Gemäldegalerie Neue Meister), oil on panel, 60.5 × 76.5 cm, gallery no. 3251

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personal data
SURNAME Rebel, Josef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian painter
DATE OF BIRTH January 11, 1787
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH December 18, 1828
Place of death Dresden