Joseph Altenkopf

Joseph Altenkopf (born January 26, 1818 in Vienna , † after 1868 probably in Eisenstadt ) was an Austrian landscape painter .

Life

As the son of a principal school principal , Altenkopf initially worked as a civil servant. However, this did not appeal to him, which is why he began a scientific career as a teacher, but broke it off after a short time and devoted himself to art. He painted landscapes as oil paintings , for which he became known. He also worked as director of an Esterházy gallery . In 1850 he exhibited his most famous works at the Austrian Art Association.

Works

Altenkopf exhibited these works in 1850, the price in gulden is given in brackets .

Ideal Landscape (250)
Parthie near Lindau next Ischl (130)
Forest parthie near Siegenfeld in Austria (around 200)
Landscape from the area near Florence (130)
Mountain mill near Hiflau in Styria (160)
Parthie am Vierwaldstädter See (150)

Other works:

Encounter in a winter landscape under a ruined castle (1846)
A waterfall near Bad Gastein, Austria (1846)
Arcadian landscape with a mythological group of figures in a meadow by the river under trees (1850)
Italian landscape

Web links

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

Altenkopf on artnet

Individual evidence

↑ Lehmann Housing Gazette. Retrieved on June 10, 1016 (German, after the dismissal at Esterhàzy, the name can be found until 1868).
↑ In the first volume of the Biographisches Lexikons des Kaiserthums Oesterreich, published in 1856, Altenkopf is listed as still alive, Dorotheum.com ( [1] ) states that he died after 1857, artnet also speaks of a year of death around 1860.

literature

Constantin von Wurzbach : Altenkopf, Joseph . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 1st part. University printing house L. C. Zamarski (formerly JP Sollinger), Vienna 1856, p. 16 ( digitized version ).

personal data
SURNAME	Altenkopf, Joseph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian landscape painter
DATE OF BIRTH	January 26, 1818
PLACE OF BIRTH	Vienna
DATE OF DEATH	around 1860
Place of death	Eisenstadt

[1] Lehmann Housing Gazette. Retrieved on June 10, 1016 (German, after the dismissal at Esterhàzy, the name can be found until 1868).

[2] In the first volume of the Biographisches Lexikons des Kaiserthums Oesterreich, published in 1856, Altenkopf is listed as still alive, Dorotheum.com ( [1] ) states that he died after 1857, artnet also speaks of a year of death around 1860.