Joseph Johann Kauffmann
Joseph Johann Kauffmann (born February 27, 1707 in Schwarzenberg , Austria; † January 11, 1782 in Venice ; other spellings of the first names in references: Josef Johann, Johann Joseph) was an Austrian painter of the 18th century. He was known for his portraits, church frescoes and representations of castles. Together with his wife Cleophea Lutz, he had an only child, their daughter Angelika Kauffmann , who became known as an honored painter.
Life
Kauffmann is portrayed as a rather poor man with painterly talents. Although he did not seem to have been able to develop his arts to the highest degree, he nevertheless left behind a large number of works of quite advanced quality. The original center of family life was the small town of Schwarzenberg in the state of Vorarlberg (Austria). From 1740 to 1742 he was in the service of the Prince-Bishop of Chur in Switzerland. The daughter was born there.
In 1755 the family moved to Milan and stayed there until their mother died in 1757. The father then returned to Schwarzenberg with his daughter. There they both participated in the rebuilding of the local church, which at that time had been destroyed by flames. While the father did the painting inside, the daughter concentrated on the apostle paintings. Later she also donated the altarpiece that she had painted herself.
During the time in which the painting work took place for the church, found the two orders also on the north side of Lake Constance, they prepared for the in Tettnang -based counts of Montfort their castles in the region and landscapes images. Further destinations, especially for portrait painting, were Meersburg and Konstanz .
In 1760, Kauffmann and his daughter went back to Italy to study local art, especially antiquity and the Renaissance. On their way, they portrayed the locals to make money. After stops in Milan, Modena , Parma and Florence , they stayed in Rome until 1766 . On October 5, 1762 Angelika received honorary membership of the L'Accademia Clementina in Bologna, in 1764 she was allowed to join the Accademia di San Luca in Rome under similar conditions.
The traveling Englishman and actor David Garrick gave Angelika the opportunity to portray him, which would become her masterpiece and make her finally famous. On the recommendation of Lady Wentworth , the two moved to London in 1766 and stayed there for the next few years.
Kauffmann taught his daughter to paint at the age of 11 and supported her later in life in her career throughout Europe, particularly in Italy and England , including her role as a founding member of the Royal Academy of Arts . In later years, too, collective trips or visits with or for his daughter are documented. A strong relationship with Italy shaped his entire life, so that he even proposed the Venetian painter Antonio Zucchi to his daughter for her second marriage. The marriage took place in July 1781 in London. As a result, the couple and the bride's father traveled south via Flanders , Schwarzenberg, Verona and Padua to reach Venice in October of the same year . Kauffmann died the following January.
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Kaufmann, Johann Joseph . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 11th part. Imperial and Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1864, p. 59 ( digitized version ).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ see Italian Wikipedia it: Accademia di belle arti di Bologna
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kauffmann, Joseph Johann |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kauffmann, Josef Johann; Kauffmann, Johann Joseph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 27, 1707 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Schwarzenberg , Austria |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 11, 1782 |
| Place of death | Venice |