Matthias Schiffer

Matthias Schiffer (* 1744 in Puch in Styria , † 1827 in Graz ) was an Austrian painter , draftsman and graphic artist in the classicist era .

Life

Schiffer worked as an architecture, landscape and fresco painter not only in Carinthia and Styria, but also in Bavaria , Croatia and Hungary . His origins and the style of his works earned him the title of “last monumental painter of the Styrian Baroque”, who owes himself not only to the roots of his oeuvre in the art of the 18th century, but also to the high level of his work. Among other things, he decorated a shooting range built in Grätz in 1795 with ceiling paintings . In the last few years he suffered from increasing weak eyesight, so that some paintings were left unfinished. His son Franz Josef Schiffer became a stage designer and later worked in Klagenfurt and Bruck and the Mur, he ran a magic lantern in Graz . The landscape painter Anton Schiffer (1811–1876) was his son and Schiffer's grandson. Another son was named Franz (Franciskus) Theodor Schiffer, he was baptized on April 25, 1783 as the son of the painter "Matthias Schifer" in the church of St. Ulrich in Regensburg.

Works

Frescoes in the Frauenkirche Bad Radkersburg

around 1774 Mariaort near Regensburg: frescoes of the Mariaort pilgrimage church
1776 Mallersdorf Monastery : Ceiling fresco in the nave of the monastery church
1780 Regensburg : Wall frescoes with landscape views in the chapter room at the cathedral cloister
1792 Graz: frescoes of the Mozart monument erected by Franz Karl Deyerkauf in Schubertstrasse; destroyed during renovation in 1911
1795 Rein Abbey : Scenes from Greek mythology in a room of the prelature
around 1800 frescoes in the Frauenkirche Bad Radkersburg
1803 Graz: Ceiling fresco in the Dismas chapel on Kalvarienberg
1803 Graz: Ceiling frescoes in the house at Herrengasse 6
1807 High altar painting of the Birth of the Virgin in the parish church of Bruck an der Mur

Works in non-church buildings

Painting of a dance hall in the Golden Cross in Regensburg
A room in the house of the Count of Bombelles
Large hall in the post office in Straubing
Several halls in Pertlsheim Castle owned by the Barons von Hornstein

painting

1786 Interior of a three-aisled Catholic church
1787 Interior of a single-nave Catholic church

literature

Schiffer, Mathias. In: Georg Kaspar Nagler : New general artist lexicon. Volume 15, Munich 1845, p. 227 ( books.google.de ).
Constantin von Wurzbach : Schiffer, Mathias . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 29th part. Imperial-Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1875, p. 294 f. ( Digitized version ).
Josef Wastler: Styrian Artist Lexicon. Leykam, Graz 1883.
Schiffer, Mathias . 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. 63 .

Web links

Entry on Matthias Schiffer in the Austria Forum (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )

Individual evidence

^ Franz Ziska: Art and antiquity in the Austrian imperial state. Geographically shown by Franz Tschischka . Beck, Vienna 1836, p. 161 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
^ Anton Schiffer - artist. Austrian Gallery Belvedere, 2000, accessed on March 19, 2020 .
↑ Regensburgisches Diarium or weekly question and notification messages: 1783 . Zeidler, 1783, p. 138 ( books.google.de ).
↑ Matthias Schiffer . In: Steiermärkische Zeitschrift . New episode, 7th year, issue 1. Damian u. Sorge, Grätz 1842, p. 88-89 ( books.google.de ).
^ Georg Biermann: German Baroque and Rococo: published following the exhibition of the century German Art 1650–1800, Darmstadt, 1914 . EE Schwabach, Leipzig 1914, p. XLVIII and 558 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive , Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
^ Friedrich Schlie : Schiffer - Mathias Schiffer . In: Descriptive directory of the works of older masters in the Grand Ducal Painting Gallery in Schwerin . Printed by the Bärensprungschen Hofbuchdruckerei, Schwerin 1882, p. 575 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).

personal data
SURNAME	Schiffer, Matthias
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Schiffer, Mathias; Schifer, Matthias
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian painter, draftsman and graphic artist during the classicism period
DATE OF BIRTH	1744
PLACE OF BIRTH	Puch , Styria
DATE OF DEATH	1827
Place of death	Graz

[1] Franz Ziska: Art and antiquity in the Austrian imperial state. Geographically shown by Franz Tschischka . Beck, Vienna 1836, p. 161 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).

[2] Anton Schiffer - artist. Austrian Gallery Belvedere, 2000, accessed on March 19, 2020 .

[3] Regensburgisches Diarium or weekly question and notification messages: 1783 . Zeidler, 1783, p. 138 ( books.google.de ).

[4] Matthias Schiffer . In: Steiermärkische Zeitschrift . New episode, 7th year, issue 1. Damian u. Sorge, Grätz 1842, p. 88-89 ( books.google.de ).

[5] Georg Biermann: German Baroque and Rococo: published following the exhibition of the century German Art 1650–1800, Darmstadt, 1914 . EE Schwabach, Leipzig 1914, p. XLVIII and 558 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive , Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).

[6] Friedrich Schlie : Schiffer - Mathias Schiffer . In: Descriptive directory of the works of older masters in the Grand Ducal Painting Gallery in Schwerin . Printed by the Bärensprungschen Hofbuchdruckerei, Schwerin 1882, p. 575 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).