Joseph Emanuel Weiser

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Joseph Weiser: Self-Portrait at the Easel

Joseph Emanuel Weiser (born May 10, 1847 in Patschkau in Silesia , † April 16, 1911 in Munich ) was a German painter.

Weiser educated himself under Wilhelm von Diez at the Munich Academy , made study trips through Austria, Germany and Italy and then settled in Munich , where he mostly painted genre pictures from the 17th and 18th centuries, which are characterized by lively perception and ingenious characteristics and a shiny, piquant color.

Genre images

His main works of this type are:

  • Acquitted
  • Defense of a monastery by nobles and monks
  • Popular theater in the 18th century
  • Broken Tobacco College
  • wedding
  • Happy time
  • The Cardinal's nieces
  • The Lautenschläger

Colossal painting

The interrupted wedding

In 1888 he made an attempt at painting on a grand scale by depicting a dramatic scene from modern society: the colossal painting The Interrupted Marriage , which was exhibited in the Glass Palace , shows an interrupted marriage ceremony in a magnificent Baroque style church in life-size figures.

Web links

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personal data
SURNAME Weiser, Joseph Emanuel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Weiser, Joseph; Wise, Josef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter
DATE OF BIRTH May 10, 1847
PLACE OF BIRTH Patschkau , Silesia
DATE OF DEATH April 16, 1911
Place of death Munich