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Unsinnsgesellschaft
The Unsinnsgesellschaft (Nonsenses Society) was a brotherhood of artists in Vienna that met regularly from April 1817 to the end of 1818. Its members included important artists of the Biedermeier period such as August von Kloeber, Johann Nepomuk Hoechle, August Kopisch, Josef Kupelwieser, Josef and Leopold Kupelwieser and Franz Schubert. All 25-30 members but one, the proprietress of the inn where they met, were men. Although two took women's names within the club, of which still-life painter was known for dressing in women's clothing and wearing Peafowl, peacock feathers. Activities of the Unsinnsgesellschaft The members met once a week, on Thursdays, in the inn "Zum rothen Hahn" at Landstraßer Hauptstraße 40 in Vienna. Archiv des menschlichen Unsinns The handwritten, weekly club magazine ''Archiv des menschlichen Unsinns - ein langweiliges Unterhaltungsblatt für Wahnwitzige'' (Archive of Human Nonsense - a boring entertainment magazine for the insane) contained various ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Kupelwieser
Joseph Kupelwieser (14 January 1791 – 2 February 1866) was an Austrian playwright, librettist, dramaturge and theatre director. Working at Vienna theatres for decades, he wrote the libretto for Franz Schubert's opera ''Fierrabras''. Biography Kupelwieser was born in Vienna, the son of Johann Kupelwieser (1760–1813), a tinware manufacturer with factories in Markt Piesting, Guntramsdorf and Vienna. From 1801 to 1802, Joseph attended the Akademisches Gymnasium and the Erziehungsinstitut (a boarding school) operated by Gaetano Giannatasio del Rio (1764–1828). He also studied briefly at the K.k. Akademie für Orientalische Sprachen, before becoming a soldier. He ran the factory of his father, which went bankrupt in 1822. In 1812, he married Anna Nödel, and they had at least five children. He was a member of the Unsinnsgesellschaft (''Nonsense Society'') from 1817, a group of painters, actors, writers and musicians (like Franz Schubert), who participated in revelries oste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
