Michael Stohl
Michael Stohl (born November 19, 1814 in Vienna ; † March 18, 1881 ibid) was an Austrian portrait painter , watercolorist , copier and lithographer .
Life
His older brother Franz Stohl (1799–1882) gave him his first drawing lessons. He then studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna with Ludwig Ferdinand Schnorr von Carolsfeld .
In 1832 he painted a portrait of St. Egidius for the neo-Gothic crypt chapel of Prince Schwarzenberg in Třeboň . Then he continued the work his brother Franz had started on the ancestral hall of the Princely House of Schwarzenberg. He also created lithographs based on the princely portraits. He also helped Joseph Kriehuber with his lithographs.
In 1840 he came to Trieste and was promoted there by Count Johann Nepomuk Waldstein (1809–1876). In 1842 he went to Rome and became friends with artists such as August Riedel , Woldemar Hottenroth , Leopold Pollak , Karl Mayer and Karl Rahl . He was commissioned by Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna Romanowa to portray herself, her husband and her children. Tsar Nicholas I invited him to Saint Petersburg during his stay in Rome .
In 1848 he returned to Vienna. In 1852 he came again to Saint Petersburg, where he became seriously ill. After his recovery, the Grand Duchess Marija Nikolajewna and her sister-in-law, the Empress of Russia Charlotte of Prussia (1798–1860) commissioned him with the execution of watercolor copies of the paintings of the old masters from the galleries of Vienna , Dresden , Paris , Berlin and Madrid , Seville , London and Kassel .
In the period from 1853 to 1872 Stohl visited the cities mentioned and created over 300 watercolor copies of works by old masters, which were exhibited in a hall of the St. Petersburg Hermitage . He was awarded the title of court painter by the tsar . In addition to copying, Stohl created some genre and landscape pictures as well as portraits.
literature
- The artists of all times and peoples u. s. w. Started by Professor Ms. Müller, continued and finished by Dr. Karl Klunzinger and A. Seubert (Stuttgart 1864, Ebner and Seubert) Vol. III, p. 610
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Stohl, Michael . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 39th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1879, pp. 131–124 ( digitized version ).
- Wöhrer, Claudia (arr.): Art of the 19th century. Inventory catalog of the Austrian Gallery of the 19th Century, Vol. 4: S – Z, ed. vd Österreichischen Galerie Belvedere, Vienna 2000, p. 142
- C. Reiter: Stohl, Michael. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 13, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2007–2010, ISBN 978-3-7001-6963-5 , p. 301.
- Thieme / Becker 1907–1950, vol. 32
- Witt Checklist 1978
- Busses 1977
- Bénézit 1999
- Saur 1999-2000, Vol. 9, p. 490
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Stohl, Michael |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian portrait painter, watercolorist, copier and lithographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 19, 1814 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 18, 1881 |
| Place of death | Vienna |