Leopold Schulz (painter)
Leopold Schulz (born October 25, 1804 in Vienna , † October 6, 1873 in Heiligenstadt , Lower Austria ) was an Austrian church and portrait painter.
Life
Born the son of a porcelain painter, Leopold Schulz studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna from 1817 to 1826 . In the period from 1826 to 1829 he created several portraits and church pictures for the St. Florian monastery near Linz .
From March 24, 1829 he studied at the Royal Academy of Arts in Munich with Peter von Cornelius and Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld . Schulz spent the years 1830 and 1831 in Rome and Naples . From 1831 he was involved in furnishing the Munich Residence , where he worked with Johann Georg Hiltensperger , Ferdinand Johann von Olivier and the like after the drawings by Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld . a. Executed murals.
After moving to Vienna, Schulz was appointed curator at the Graeflich Lambergschen Gemäldegalerie at the academy in 1843, in 1844 as corrector at the school for history painting at the kk Akademie der Künste and in 1845 as professor and teacher of freehand drawing. In 1872 he retired. In recognition of his artistic achievements, he was honored with the Knight's Cross of the Franz Joseph Order on his retirement in 1872 . In 1869 he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Papal Order of St. Gregory .
Works
- Portrait of Pope Gregory XVI , painted after life in Rome, after 1831
- Middle high altar picture Sixtus II in the parish church Altenfelden , 1858
In Friedrich von Boetticher's paintings of the 19th century, Contribution to Art History , the “oil paintings, wall and ceiling paintings, drawings and cartons” are listed in a table.
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Schulz, Leopold . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 32nd part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1876, pp. 183–188 ( digitized version ).
- Hyacinth Holland : Schulz, Leopold . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 32, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1891, p. 748 f.
- Schulz, Leopold . 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.
- Schulz, Leopold. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 11, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1999,ISBN 3-7001-2803-7, p. 350.
- Schulz, Leopold . In: Friedrich von Boetticher : Painters' works of the 19th century, contribution to art history. Dresden 1898, Volume 2, pp. 679-680, Textarchiv - Internet Archive .
Web links
- Leopold Schulz in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna
- Matriculation book Munich accessed on May 25, 2016
- Obituary: Theater and Art - Leopold Schulz †. In: Volksblatt für Stadt und Land. Vienna, October 15, 1873, p. 8 (digitized at ANNO - AustriaN Newspapers Online )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Entry in the matriculation book.
- ↑ From the official part of the Wiener Zeitung. In: New stranger sheet. Vienna, October 3, 1872, p. 19 (digitized from ANNO)
- ↑ Obituary: Art notes: "Died are: ..." In: Sheets for music, theater and art. Vienna, October 17, 1873, p. 4 (digitized by ANNO)
- ↑ Daily news. In: Strangers Leaf. Vienna, February 15, 1869, p. 2 (digitized by ANNO)
- ↑ Official. In: New Free Press. Vienna, February 15, 1869, p. 3 (digitized from ANNO)
- ↑ See literature: Friedrich von Boetticher with digitized version
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schulz, Leopold |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian portrait and church painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 25, 1804 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 6, 1873 |
| Place of death | Heiligenstadt (Vienna) |