Joseph Matthäus Aigner
Joseph Matthäus Aigner (born January 18, 1818 in Vienna ; † February 19, 1886 there ) was an Austrian portrait painter .
Life
As the son of a goldsmith, he first learned his father's craft. Later he was a student of Amerling and Rahl . As commander of the Academic Legion , he took part in the October fights in Vienna in 1848 , was captured and sentenced to death by a court martial for high treason , but pardoned by Prince Windisch-Graetz . Since 1847 he was married to the castle actress Fanny Matras (* 1828, † 1878). In 1874 Aigner was accepted into the Masonic Lodge Zukunft . From 1883 to 1886 he was a member of the Vienna City Council .
He portrayed Emperor Franz Joseph I , Empress Elisabeth , Franz Grillparzer , Friedrich Halm and Nikolaus Lenau , among others . On behalf of Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico , he copied pictures in the Belvedere that were intended for the museum in Mexico. He died by suicide .
In 1999, Aignerstraße was named after him in Vienna- Brigittenau (20th district) .
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Aigner, Joseph Matthäus . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 1st part. University book printer L. C. Zamarski (formerly JP Sollinger), Vienna 1856, p. 9 ( digitized version ).
- Joseph Matthäus Aigner . In: Ulrich Thieme , Felix Becker (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker. tape 1 : Aa – Antonio de Miraguel . Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig 1907, p. 148 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- Aigner Josef Matthias. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 1, Publishing House of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1957, p. 11.
- Wolfgang von Wurzbach: Josef Kriehuber and the Vienna Society of his Time, Volume II, Walter Krieg Verlag, Vienna 1957
- Günter K. Kodek: From Aignersteg to Zwillinggasse ; in: Wiener Geschichtsblätter 67th volume, issue 1/2012
- Joseph Matthäus Aigner . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 1, Seemann, Leipzig 1983, ISBN 3-598-22741-8 , p. 653.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Aigner, Joseph Matthäus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian portrait painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 18, 1818 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 19, 1886 |
| Place of death | Vienna |