Melchior Fritsch
Melchior Fritsch (born January 2, 1826 in Vienna ; † May 5, 1889 ibid) was an Austrian landscape painter , draftsman and lithographer .
Fritsch began his painting apprenticeship as a private student of Joseph Höger and continued his studies at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna with Joseph Mössmer and Franz Steinfeld .
In 1845 he received a gold medal for a landscape painting.
Fritsch went on study trips through the Alps, to Italy , South Tyrol , the Middle East ( Constantinople , Smyrna ), to Paris and in 1886 to Berlin .
He was a member of the Viennese artists' association "Eintracht", since 1859 of the Patriotic Union of Viennese Artists, co-founder of the Wiener Künstlerhaus .
Some of his landscape paintings were acquired by the imperial art collections from 1876 to 1884.
In addition to the landscape paintings, he painted portraits of famous Austrian actors ( Johann Nestroy as Willibald , lithograph 1847, Vienna Museum on Karlsplatz ).
Works by Melchior Fritsch can be found in the collections of the Upper Austria State Museum in Linz , Seitenstetten Abbey and the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna .
literature
- Thieme / Becker 1907-1950, Vol. 12, p. 503
- Busse 1977, p. 438
- Witt Checklist 1978, p. 105
- Bénézit 1999, vol. 5, p. 734
- Saur 1999-2000, Vol. 3, p. 817
Web links
- Wilnitsky biography
- Melchior Fritsch in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Fritsch, Melchior |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian landscape painter, draftsman and lithographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 2, 1826 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 5, 1889 |
| Place of death | Vienna |