Karl Schellein

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Karl Schellein (born June 11, 1820 in Bamberg , † April 9, 1888 in Vienna ) was an Austrian painter and restorer born in Bavaria .

Schellein studied at the Royal Academy of Arts in Munich with Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld and Heinrich Maria von Hess , and continued studying at other art schools.

Schellein initially worked in the Schleißheim palace complex , but visited Vienna in 1848, where he met the future director of the picture gallery in the Belvedere Palace, Erasmus Engert . In the restoration school founded and run by Engert in 1867, Schellein worked as custodian adjunct and from 1871, as Engert's successor, as custodian and headmaster until his death.

In 1881 Schellein was appointed to the committee of the Altertums-Verein zu Vienna. Schellein became a member of the Imperial and Royal Central Commission for Research and Conservation of Art and Historical Monuments .

Karl Schellein was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Franz Joseph Order in 1876 . In 1891 the Schelleingasse in Vienna was named after him.

literature

• Constantin von Wurzbach : Schellein, Karl . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 29th part. Imperial-Royal Court and State Printing House, Vienna 1875, p. 189 ( digitized version ).
• Schellein, 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. 19 .
• Schellein, Karl. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 10, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1994,ISBN 3-7001-2186-5, p. 72.

Web links

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

• Karl Schellein in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna
• Karl Schellein. Biographical data and works in the Netherlands Institute for Art History (Dutch)