Josef Schwemminger
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 .
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
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.
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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 |