Joseph Anton Rhomberg

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Portrait of Anna Riederer

Joseph Anton Rhomberg (also: Josef Anton , born on September 24, 1786 in Dornbirn ; died on December 3, 1853 in Munich ) was an Austrian - German painter , draftsman and graphic artist , father of Hanno Rhomberg .

Life

Joseph Anton Rhomberg came from a family of entrepreneurs from Dornbirn (textile industry) with the house name “Färbers”. His parents were the portrait painter Johannes Rhomberg (1733–1795) and Katharina, b. Rhomberg. Joseph Anton was the youngest son of a total of ten children. The birthplace is in Dornbirn in the Eisengasse 11. 9) Rhomberg studied since 1802 in Vienna history painting at the Academy of Fine Arts , 1809 to 1816 when Robert Langer , Joseph Hauber , Andreas Seidl and Moritz Kellerhoven and in Munich at the Royal Academy of Art . From 1817 to 1822 he lived in Vienna. From 1823 he lived again in Munich, where he became professor for drawing at the Polytechnic School in 1827 .

tomb

Grave of Josef Rhomberg on the old southern cemetery in Munich location

The grave of Josef Rhomberg is located in the old southern cemetery in Munich (grave field 12 - row 1 - place 1) location .

family

Joseph Anton Rhomberg was the father of the painter Hanno ( Hanns ) Rhomberg (February 27, 1819 - May 17, 1864).

Works

photos

Rhomberg's main subject areas were historical representations, genre scenes and portraits. He created around 140 portraits and 75 history pictures, in total he is said to have created around 500 works in various genres . Selection:

  • "Adoration of the Shepherds" in the Frauenkirche in Munich .
  • Bavarian military in the camp 1814, 1814
  • Four rural scenes, 1818
  • Compatriots hold lunch in the fields, 1818
  • A medieval legend, 1823
  • Portrait of a lady, 1825
  • Portrait of a Lady with Ostrich Feathers, 1825
  • Rosary Madonna with St. Catherine v. Siena and Dominic, 1826 (parish church Dornbirn)
  • Girl praying at the wayside cross, 1827
  • Saints Dorothea and Saint Agnes, 1827
  • Chest portrait of a noble lady with her hair pinned up, 1831
  • Portrait of the Munich master tailor Ludwig Gampenrieder, 1832
  • Portrait of the citizen Ludwig Gampenrieder, 1832
  • Mary praying with the Christ child, 1833
  • Harpist, 1842
  • St. Mary and Child with St. Aloysius and Ignatius von Loyola, 1851 (parish church, Dornbirn)
  • Chest portrait of a woman with a gold bonnet
  • Portraits of a married couple in Munich festive costume
  • Chest portrait of Franziska Rhomberg, the painter's wife
  • Lamentation of the dead Abel
  • Chamois hunter and dairymaid

Textbook

  • Complete instruction in figure drawing, for use in schools and for self-teaching.

Known students (selection)

literature

  • J. Bär: JAR, painter and lithographer , in: 28th annual report of the Vorarlberger Mus.-Ver. about the year 1889, (1890), p. 42 ff.
  • Claudia Helbok: The Rhomberg family of painters , Dornbirn 1952, publisher: Franz M. Rhomberg.
  • Claudia Helbok: Important Vorarlbergers. 30 life pictures from a series (= Dornbirner Studiohefte. 2). ORF regional studio Vorarlberg, Dornbirn 1967, p. 31 f.
  • Heinrich Fuchs: The Austrian Painters of the Nineteenth and 20th Centuries , 1973.
  • Rudolf Hämmerle: History of the Rhomberg Family, Rhomberg Family Archive, Dornbirn 1974, p. 110 ff.
  • Adolph Schaden: Artistisches München , Munich 1836, p. 126 ff.
  • Georg Kaspar Nagler: New general artist lexicon or news of the life and works of painters, sculptors, builders, engravers, form cutters, lithographers, draftsmen, medalists, ivory workers, etc. , 1843, Verlag Fleischmann ( online Goole Books ).
  • Johann Michael Söltl: The fine arts in Munich , Munich 1842. P. 251.
  • Rhomberg, Josef Anton. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 9, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1988,ISBN 3-7001-1483-4, p. 115.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Altarpieces were created by Rhomberg a. a. also for the parish church of Rosenheim.
  2. ↑ The father of Joseph Anton Rhomberg designed the previous parish church in Dornbirn.
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personal data
SURNAME Rhomberg, Joseph Anton
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rhomberg, Josef Anton
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austro-German painter, draftsman and graphic artist
DATE OF BIRTH September 24, 1786
PLACE OF BIRTH Dornbirn
DATE OF DEATH December 3, 1853
Place of death Munich