Theodor Breitwieser

Relief of the Komorn Fortress

Maneuvers in Maustrenk

Theodor Breitwieser , also Breidwiser or Breidwieser (born July 16, 1847 in Vienna , † 1930 in Kaltenleuthaben ) was an Austrian genre and military painter .

life and work

Breitwieser enjoyed his training at the Vienna Academy from 1866 under his teacher Eduard von Engerth . He mainly painted military scenes, but also genre pictures from popular life. Inspired by Nikolaus Lenau's poem " The Three ", he painted the picture Austrian Uhlans on the march , which Archduke Ludwig bought. Emperor Franz Joseph I also acquired a large number of Breitwieser's paintings, which made the artist popular among Viennese court circles.

In 1885 Breitwieser traveled to the United States , where he painted some large panorama pictures of battles. During this time, some genre and horse representations as well as scenes from the life of the cowboys were created , including a " parade in the prairie ", which in turn was acquired by Emperor Franz Joseph.

Theodor Breitwieser was a member of the Vienna Künstlerhaus from 1883, and in 1915 he was awarded the silver medal of the Albrecht Dürer Association.

Many paintings are now in Austrian museums, but even more are privately owned, which means that the paintings are repeatedly offered at art auctions .

Works (excerpt)

Relief of Komorn Fortress by the Hungarian insurgents on April 22, 1848 , 1881. Oil on canvas, 58 × 87 cm, Heeresgeschichtliches Museum , Vienna.

Motif from Maustrenk ( Lower Austria ), as part of the autumn maneuvers of 1876 in Nikolsburg , Moravia , 1878. Oil on wood, 16 × 25 cm, Heeresgeschichtliches Museum, Vienna.

literature

Breidwieser Theodor; actually Breitwieser. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1957, p. 110.
Ulrich Thieme (ed.): General lexicon of visual artists from antiquity to the present . Leipzig, 1912.

Web links

Commons : Theodor Breitwieser - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ Ulrich Thieme (ed.), General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present. Leipzig, 1910, IV, 574.

personal data
SURNAME	Breitwieser, Theodor
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Breidwiser, Breidwieser
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian genre painter
DATE OF BIRTH	July 16, 1847
PLACE OF BIRTH	Vienna
DATE OF DEATH	1930
Place of death	Give cold people

[Thieme-1] Ulrich Thieme (ed.), General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present. Leipzig, 1910, IV, 574.