Martin from Molitor

Martin von Molitor (engraving by Adam von Bartsch , 1812)

Martin von Molitor (born February 21, 1759 in Vienna , † April 16, 1812 there ) was an Austrian painter and draftsman.

The landscape and animal painter Molitor received his artistic training at the Vienna Academy under Johann Christian Brand (1722–1795). As a member of the Academy (since 1784) - he turned down the offer of a professorship in 1795 - von Molitor had a great influence on the younger generation of painters. In 1802 Jakob Gauermann (1773–1843) accompanied him as a drawing assistant on a trip to Tyrol, commissioned to produce landscape vedutas .

The largest watercolor collection by Molitors can be found in the Albertina due to the targeted sponsorship by Archduke Karl von Österreich-Teschen .

Christian Friedrich Traugott Duttenhofer , view of the Lech Valley near Reutti in Tyrol (after Martin von Molitor).

literature

Constantin von Wurzbach : Molitor, Martin von . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 18th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1868, pp. 460–464 ( digitized version ).
Albert Ilg: Molitor, Martin v. In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 22, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1885, p. 110.

Individual evidence

↑ Walter Koschatzky; Krista Widlar: The Century of the Vienna Watercolor. 1780-1880 . Ed .: Walter Koschatzky. Self-published by the Albertina, Vienna 1973.

personal data
SURNAME	Molitor, Martin von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian painter
DATE OF BIRTH	February 21, 1759
PLACE OF BIRTH	Vienna
DATE OF DEATH	April 16, 1812
Place of death	Vienna

[1] Walter Koschatzky; Krista Widlar: The Century of the Vienna Watercolor. 1780-1880 . Ed .: Walter Koschatzky. Self-published by the Albertina, Vienna 1973.