Michael Wenzel Halbax
Michael Wenzel Halbax (Czech Michael Václav Halbax , also Halwachs , Halwax , Halpax , Holbwox , * 1661 in Ebenfurth , † August 1, 1711 in St. Florian , Austria ob der Enns ) was a Czech-Austrian church painter.
Michael Wenzel Halbax was a pupil of the Venice painter Johann Carl Loth (Carlo Lotti) , later court painter to Emperor Leopold I. During his stay in Venice he met Johann Michael Rottmayr and Peter Strudel .
In Prague he spent the period from 1686 to 1694 and from 1700 to 1709. After 1700 he became a member of the painters' guild in Prague's old town . There he was influenced by the works of the painter Karel Škréta . Together with Franz Maximilian Kaňka and Franz Preiss, he tried in 1707 to found an art academy in Prague. After the unsuccessful attempt, he emigrated to Linz in 1709 .
Together with Wenzel Nosecký, Siard Nosecký's father, he created wall and ceiling paintings in Zákupy Castle .
Among his students was Wenzel Lorenz Reiner . His influence is also noticeable in the works of his nephew Franz Gregor Ignaz Eckstein and Siard Nosecký .
His son Georg Joseph Halbax (1693–1768) was a composer and theater poet and from 1716 an Augustinian canon in the St. Florian monastery .
literature
- Jaromír Neumann, Malířství XVII. století v Čechách , Orbis, Prague 1951
- Oldřich J. Blažíček a kol., Barok v Čechách , Obelisk, Prague 1973
- Nová encyklopedie českého výtvarného umění , I, AM, Praha 1995
- Margareta Vyoral-Tschapka, Theodor Brückler (Red.), The art collections of the Augustinian Canons of St. Florian; Vienna, Schroll, 1959
- Andrea Harrandt: Halbax, family. In: Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon . Online edition, Vienna 2002 ff., ISBN 3-7001-3077-5 ; Print edition: Volume 2, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2003, ISBN 3-7001-3044-9 .
Web links
- Entry on Michael Wenzel Halbax in the Austria Forum (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Halbax, Michael Wenzel |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Halbax, Michael Václav; Halwachs, Michael Wenzel; Halwax, Michael Wenzel; Halpax, Michael Wenzel; Holbwox, Michael Wenzel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Czech-Austrian church painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1661 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ebenfurth |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 1, 1711 |
| Place of death | St. Florian , Austria above the Enns |