Josef Schwemminger

Josef Schwemminger on the reproduction of an oil painting by Franz Eybl

Josef Schwemminger (born June 21, 1804 on Althangrund ; † January 12, 1895 in Vienna ; also Joseph Schwemminger ) was an Austrian landscape painter .

life and work

Josef Schwemminger was a son of the porcelain painter Anton Schwemminger, who died in 1808. His older brother Heinrich Schwemminger was also a painter. Her sister Theresia Schwemminger was a plasterer and married the painter Karl Schubert , a brother of the composer Franz Schubert .

Oil painting View over Nussdorf by Josef Schwemminger

Josef Schwemminger studied at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts from 1817 to 1827 and specialized in landscape painting with local motifs during this time . Many of his paintings are characterized by warm colors and lighting, several were distributed as steel engravings . Schwemminger traveled to various crown lands as well as to Bavaria and Italy . In 1848 he became a member of the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts and in 1868 a member of the Vienna Künstlerhaus .

He died at the age of 90 in Vienna- Alsergrund .

literature

H. Grimm: Schwemminger, Joseph. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 12, Verlag der Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2001–2005, ISBN 3-7001-3580-7 , p. 46.
Constantin von Wurzbach : Schwemminger, Joseph . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 32nd part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1876, pp. 367–369 ( digitized version ).

Web links

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Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Felix Czeike (Ed.): Schwemmingergasse. In: Historisches Lexikon Wien . Volume 5, Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 1997, ISBN 3-218-00547-7 , p. 184 ( digitized version ).
^ H. Grimm: Schwemminger, Joseph. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 12, Verlag der Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2001–2005, ISBN 3-7001-3580-7 , p. 46.

personal data
SURNAME	Schwemminger, Josef
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Schwemminger, Joseph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian landscape painter
DATE OF BIRTH	June 21, 1804
PLACE OF BIRTH	Althangrund
DATE OF DEATH	January 12, 1895
Place of death	Vienna

[Czeike-1] Felix Czeike (Ed.): Schwemmingergasse. In: Historisches Lexikon Wien . Volume 5, Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 1997, ISBN 3-218-00547-7 , p. 184 ( digitized version ).

[2] H. Grimm: Schwemminger, Joseph. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 12, Verlag der Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2001–2005, ISBN 3-7001-3580-7 , p. 46.