Karl Kronberger

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Karl Kronberger's birthplace in Freistadt (with memorial plaque).
Beggar (by Carl Kronberger)
Old peasant woman with prayer book (by Carl Kronberger, 1907)

Karl Kronberger (also: Carl Kronberger ; born March 7, 1841 in Freistadt , Upper Austria; † October 27, 1921 in Munich ) was an Austrian genre painter .

Life

Karl Kronberger was born as the son of an innkeeper in Freistadt. A memorial plaque is attached to the house where he was born in Böhmergasse (today 'Gasthof Deim' with a stinging sign of a golden stag) He first completed an apprenticeship with a Linz decorative painter . In 1869 he went to Munich, where Hermann Dyck was his teacher and also briefly attended the local academy ( H. Anschütz , G. Hiltensperger ). Kronberger stayed in Munich and soon got the nickname "Austrian Spitzweg " because of his humorous, warm-hearted genre scenes . Starting with scenes with many figures, Kronberger later devoted himself particularly to the life of vagabonds and strolling craft boys . The reproduction of his works in widely read magazines (such as the gazebo ) helped him to become very popular during his lifetime. Kronberger is buried in the old part of the forest cemetery in Munich.

Works

During his lifetime, Kronberger exhibited many of his works across Europe and won medals at exhibitions in Vienna (1873) and Munich (1901). Some of his works are:

  • 'Boy with a sledge in front of a locked front door' (Prague, Rudolfinum )
  • 'Reading clergyman' (Brno, museum)
  • 'Swabian Farmer' (Schleissheim, Museum)
  • 'Stillvergnügen' (Munich, Neue Pinakothek)
  • 'Burglary at the Milliner's' (1880) (Linz, Landesmuseum)
  • 'Passport Control' (1892) (Linz, Landesmuseum)
  • 'Old peasant woman with prayer book' (1907) (Linz, Landesmuseum)
  • 'Girl with a Pink Dress' (Linz, State Museum)
  • 'Die Äpfelfrau' (Freistadt, Mühlviertel Castle Museum )
  • 'Michael Kronberger' (Freistadt, Mühlviertel Castle Museum )

literature

  • Wacha:  Karl Kronberger. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 4, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1969, p. 291.
  • Hannes Etzlstorfer: Carl Kronberger. A painter of little tragedies and good antics 1841–1921. Freistadt history sheets booklet 9. Freistadt (City Office Freistadt) 1991

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personal data
SURNAME Kronberger, Karl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kronberger, Carl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian-German genre painter
DATE OF BIRTH March 7, 1841
PLACE OF BIRTH Freistadt , Upper Austria
DATE OF DEATH October 27, 1921
Place of death Munich