Eduard Swoboda (14 November 1814, in
Vienna – 13 September 1902, in
Hallstatt) was an Austrian portrait, history and
genre painter. His younger brother,
Rudolf, was a landscape and animal painter.
Biography
His father was a wool merchant. He studied at the
Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna, with
Anton Petter
Anton Petter (born April 12, 1781 in Vienna; died May 14, 1858 in Vienna) was a painter from the Austrian Empire.
Biography
He visited Rome in 1808. In 1820 he became professor at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, academy of Vienna, and in 1828 he ...
. In 1833, as a member of the "Schule der historischen Zeichnungsgründe", he was awarded the
Gundel-Prize
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, for his excellence in the six major art categories. Later, he learned
fresco
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painting from
Friedrich Schilcher.
His first exhibit was held in 1834. The following year, he left Austria for
Bohemia
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, where he initially painted portraits in
Karlsbad Karlsbad may refer to:
*Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic (formerly known by its German name Karlsbad, and known as Carlsbad in English)
*Karlsbad (Baden)
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, then continued his studies at the
Academy of Fine Arts, Prague, with
Christian Ruben. This was followed by extended stays in
Pest
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** ...
(1836),
Preßburg
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(1842) and
Frankfurt am Main (1848). He also belonged to the
Albrecht Dürer Association and, in 1861, became a member of the
Vienna Künstlerhaus.
In 1843, he married Josefa Janscha, daughter of the
porcelain painter, Franz Janscha (1784-1860). She died in 1854 and he remarried, in 1857, to Josefine Müller; daughter of the
lithographer, Leopold Müller (1807-1862) and sister of the
Orientalist painter,
Leopold Carl Müller
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. Two of the children from his second marriage,
Rudolf and
Josefine, also became artists.
He died while vacationing near
Salzkammergut and was interred at the
Wiener Zentralfriedhof.
A large cycle of portraits of artists living in Vienna became very popular, through a series of lithographs. Some of his best known works are frescoes; including wall paintings at churches in
Trumau,
Reichenau and
Schemnitz. He also restored frescoes in the Great Orangery at
Schönbrunn Castle Schönbrunn may refer to:
*Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna, Austria
*Schönbrunn Zoo in Schönbrunn Palace gardens
* Schönbrunn Station of the Vienna U-Bahn
*Schönbrunn (Baden), a municipality in Rhein-Neckar, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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, and at various locations in
Laxenburg. A major retrospective of his work was held in 1916 at the Künstlerhaus.
Sources
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External links
More works by Swoboda@ ArtNet
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1814 births
1902 deaths
Austrian painters
Austrian portrait painters
Austrian people of Czech descent
History painters
Austrian genre painters
Painters from Vienna
Fresco painters