Josef Schönbrunner

Josef Schönbrunner (from 1904 Josef von Schönbrunner , born February 14, 1831 in Vienna , † December 2, 1905 there ) was an Austrian painter, illustrator, restorer and museum official.

Life

Josef Schönbrunner was the son of the carpenter Johann Schönbrunner and brother of Karl (1832–1877), Ignaz (1835–1900) and Franz Xaver Schönbrunner (1845–1903), all of whom were active as painters.

He studied from 1844 to 1846 and from 1847 to 1840 at the Vienna Art Academy with Josef von Führich , Leopold Kupelwieser and Johann Ender . In 1864 he began his work at the Albertina in Vienna, first as an official, from 1871 as custodian, from 1884 as inspector and from 1896 until his death as director. He was the last artist to head the collection, which had been common up until then. On May 1, 1904, he was ennobled ( Josef Edler von Schönbrunner ).

Grave site in the Vienna Central Cemetery

He is buried in the Vienna Central Cemetery in group 33A 5-18.

Publications

• The Albertina . Vienna 1886.
• Biblia pauperum. Facsimile reproduction true to the copy in the Archduke Albrecht's art collection "Albertina"; with an explanatory historical-bibliographical description . Vienna 1890
• with Joseph Meder (ed.): Hand drawings by old masters from the Albertina and other collections . 1-12 (1896-1907).
• with Joseph Meder: Drawings by Albrecht Dürer in the Albertina in Vienna . Berlin 1905.

Artistic works

• Illustrations for “Magnificent Missals”, ed. by Heinrich Reiss, 1857ff.
• Cardboard boxes for the frescoes of the Church of Cholina , Czech Republic, 1892

literature

• Selma Krasa-Florian:  Schönbrunner, Josef von. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 11, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1999, ISBN 3-7001-2803-7 , p. 59 f. (Direct links on p. 59 , p. 60 ).

Web links

• Josef Schönbrunner in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna