Leopold Bucher
Leopold Bucher (born October 24, 1797 in Schwechat , † July 15, 1877 in Vienna ) was an Austrian portrait and history painter.
Life
Leopold Bucher was born in Schwechat as the son of Andreas Bucher and Franziska Knirsch. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna and from 1817 at the Raffaelis Mosaic School in Milan . His works took part in the Vienna Academy exhibitions in 1834, 1835, 1838 and 1850.
Bucher died unmarried in his apartment in Vienna of old age and was buried in the central cemetery.
Works
Two of his pictures were dedicated to Emperor Ferdinand I : “Ferdinand V's coronation as King of Hungary and Croatia” and “Archduke Ferdinand's marriage to Princess Maria Anna of Savoy”.
The work "Coronation of Empress Karoline Auguste" is exhibited in the Franzensburg .
literature
- HV: Bucher, Leopold . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 5 : Brewer-Carlingen . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1911, p. 177 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- Hülmbauer, Elisabeth (arrangement): Art of the 19th century. Inventory catalog of the Austrian Gallery of the 19th Century , Vol. 1: A – E, ed. vd Österreichischen Galerie Belvedere, Vienna 1992, p. 132
- Julius Leisching: The portrait miniature in Austria from 1750 to 1850 : 1907, p. 198
Web links
- Biography (online)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bucher, Leopold |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian portrait and history painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 24, 1797 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Schwechat |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 15, 1877 |
| Place of death | Vienna |