Karl Anton Hickel (1745 – 30 October 1798) was an 18th-century Austrian
painter
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Life
Hickel was born in
Česká Lípa
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,
Bohemia
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, and enrolled in the
Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
The Academy of Fine Arts Vienna (german: link=no, Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien) is a public art school in Vienna, Austria.
History
The Academy of Fine Arts Vienna was founded in 1692 as a private academy modelled on the Accademia di Sa ...
in
Vienna
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Austria
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in 1758. After graduation, he worked as a painter under his brother,
Joseph Hickel, who was also a painter. Beginning in 1779, he served as a traveling
portrait
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painter. He spent considerable time in
Munich
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where he painted
Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria
Charles Theodore (german: link=no, Karl Theodor; 11 December 1724 – 16 February 1799) reigned as Prince-elector and Count Palatine from 1742, as Duke of Jülich and Berg from 1742 and also as prince-elector and Duke of Bavaria from 1777 to his ...
, among others. He then traveled in southern
Germany
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,
Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
, then to
Mannheim
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and
Mainz
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Mainz is on the left bank of the Rhine, opposite to the place that the Main (river), Main joins the Rhine. Downstream of the confluence, the Rhine flows to the north-we ...
. He moved to
Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
in 1785, and then became the official
court painter
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of
Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor
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. In 1786, he travelled to
France
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where he painted under the patronage of
Marie Antoinette
Marie Antoinette Josèphe Jeanne (; ; née Maria Antonia Josepha Johanna; 2 November 1755 – 16 October 1793) was the last queen of France before the French Revolution. She was born an archduchess of Austria, and was the penultimate child a ...
and
Marie-Louise, princesse de Lamballe. He died in
Hamburg
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Gallery
Image:Anton Hickel 001.JPG, Roxelana
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and Suleiman the Magnificent
Suleiman I ( ota, سليمان اول, Süleyman-ı Evvel; tr, I. Süleyman; 6 November 14946 September 1566), commonly known as Suleiman the Magnificent in the West and Suleiman the Lawgiver ( ota, قانونى سلطان سليمان, Ḳ ...
Image:Anton Hickel 002.jpg, Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria
Charles Theodore (german: link=no, Karl Theodor; 11 December 1724 – 16 February 1799) reigned as Prince-elector and Count Palatine from 1742, as Duke of Jülich and Berg from 1742 and also as prince-elector and Duke of Bavaria from 1777 to his ...
Image:William wilberforce.jpg, William Wilberforce
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Image:The House of Commons 1793-94 by Karl Anton Hickel.jpg, William Pitt the Younger
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addressing the House of Commons
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References
Article at Answers.com* Constantin von Wurzbach: Hickel, Anton. In: Biographical Dictionary of the Empire of Austria. Volume 9, published by L. C. Zamarski, Vienna, 1863, pp. 2 f
*
Liselotte Popelka: Hickel, Anton. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 9, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1972, , p.105 (digitized).
* Hamburg artist lexicon, The Visual Artists Vol 1, Edit. of a Committees of the Society of Hamburg History, Hoffmann und Campe, Hamburg, 1854, p 113, (online Hamburg State and University Library).
* Friedrich Johann Lorenz Meyer, sketches for a painting of Hamburg, Verlag Friedrich Hermann Nestler, Hamburg, 1801, Volume 1, Issue 3, SS 275 et seq, (online State and University Library Hamburg)
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1745 births
1798 deaths
People from Český Krumlov
German Bohemian people
18th-century Austrian painters
18th-century Austrian male artists
Austrian male painters
Austrian portrait painters
Austrian people of German Bohemian descent
Court painters
Academy of Fine Arts Vienna alumni