Joseph Alexander Wonsidler

Joseph Alexander Wonsidler (born December 18, 1791 in Graz , † September 21, 1858 there ) was an Austrian painter.

Lithograph by Joseph Alexander Wonsidler, around 1833, City of Radkersburg .

Life

Wonsidler was born as the son of a family resident in the district of the Graz Cathedral Parish. He attended school here and then took the subject of rhetoric at the Graz Lyceum . Since his father, a civil servant, died early, he had to drop out of college for financial reasons. He completed a commercial apprenticeship in a trading company for hardware in the Slavonian town of Esseg , which it appears to be run by relatives. He then moved to Vienna and began working in the art trade. It was during this time that Wonsidler, it seems, discovered his inclination towards painting. After a short period of life in Budapest , he studied from 1821 at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna with Professors Johann Peter Krafft and Anton Petter . In 1824 he completed his studies with the diploma of an "academic history painter".

Wonsidler later settled in Graz again, where most of his works were created. He received many orders from ecclesiastical and noble clients. He mainly created historical paintings with a religious theme for country churches and chapels, but also portraits and landscapes for private houses. In September 1858 Wonsidler died, highly regarded as a portrait and church painter, in house no. 429 in the Graz suburb of Münzgraben. Today his pictures can be found especially in Styria and Carinthia.

Works

• 1829 Graz city guide. Grätzer paperback for the year 1829 with 30 lithographic views of the most interesting parts of this area.
• before 1833 Alte Kaiser-Suite, lithographs: Stadt Radkersburg ; Gratwein market ; Gösting ruins ; Leibnitz market ; Mureck market ; Oberradkersburg Castle ; Market Strasbourg ; Wildon Market .
• 1840 parish church Ebersdorf (Styria) , high altar sheet hl. Andreas
• 1844 Mariagrüner Church , altarpiece Mother of Mercy
• around 1850 parish church hl. Martin in Hartberg, rosary picture
• 1856 Riegersburg parish church , 14 pictures of the Stations of the Cross

literature

• Constantin von Wurzbach : Wonsiedler, Joseph . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 58th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1889, pp. 105–108 ( digitized version ).
• Hermann Arthur Lier:  Wonsiedler, Joseph . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 44, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1898, p. 208.
• Anton Leopold Schuller: Joseph Alexander Wonsidler . In: Lithographed views of the Steyermärkischen cities, markets and locks. Facsimile, Graz 1982

Web links

Commons : Joseph Alexander Wonsidler  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Riegersburg parish pictures of the stations of the cross