Karl Schönbrunner

Temptation of Saint Anthony

Karl Schönbrunner (born October 4, 1832 in Vienna , † February 21, 1877 in Hirschstetten near Vienna) was an Austrian painter .

Life

Karl Schönbrunner was the son of the carpenter Johann Schönbrunner and brother of Josef (1831–1905), Ignaz (1835–1900) and Franz Xaver Schönbrunner (1845–1903), all of whom were active as painters.

Karl Schönbrunner studied from 1849 to 1860 at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts under Karl Rahl and Joseph von Führich , which led him to church painting. From 1859 he lived in Venice and from 1862 to 1872 as an Austrian state pensioner in Rome .

Schönbrunner was initially a member of the Albrecht Dürer Association and then from 1861 a member of the cooperative of visual artists (Künstlerhaus) that emerged from this association .

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Schönbrunner specialized in particular on religious topics in the neo-Renaissance style .

• Godfrey of Bouillon lays down his arms at the Holy Sepulcher (1852)
• Temptation of St. Anthony (1864), Vienna, Österreichische Galerie Belvedere
• Saint Augustine with boys by the sea (around 1865), Vienna, Österreichische Galerie Belvedere
• Rome, Campo Santo Teutonico , 14 station pictures in the arcades of the cemetery after boxes by Friedrich Overbeck
• 1873 Vienna, ceiling painting of the (no longer existing) imperial pavilion at the world exhibition
• around 1875 Vienna- Fünfhaus , church Maria vom Siege , dome frescoes (Christ as Redeemer, evangelist, prophet, founder of the order), frescoes on the portal arch of the sanctuary (triumph of Mary and eight medallion portraits of martyrs) and frescoes over the chapel entrances (eight scenes from the childhood of Jesus ). In connection with his brothers Ignaz and Josef.
• Vienna, Reindorf parish church , Maria's wedding
• Hall (Styria) , parish church , apse image of the resurrection of the dead

Remarks

1. ↑ Auctioned in 2015 .
2. ^ Entry in the museum database .
3. ^ Entry in the museum database .

literature

• Constantin von Wurzbach : Schönbrunner, Karl . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 31st part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1876, p. 142 ( digitized version ).
• Schönbrunner, Karl. In: Friedrich von Boetticher: painter works of the 19th century. Contribution to art history. Volume 2/2, sheets 33–67: Saal – Zwengauer. Ms. v. Boetticher's Verlag, Dresden 1901, p. 682 ( archive.org ).
• Schönbrunner, Karl . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 30 : Scheffel – Siemerding . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1936, p. 224 .
• Heinz Schöny:  Schönbrunner, Karl. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 11, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1999, ISBN 3-7001-2803-7 , p. 60.
• Claudia Wöhrer: Art of the 19th Century. Inventory catalog of the Austrian Gallery of the 19th Century , Vol. 4: S – Z , ed. vd Österreichischen Galerie Belvedere, Vienna 2000, p. 58 ( digitized version ).

Web links

Commons : Karl Schönbrunner  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Karl Schönbrunner in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna