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Franz Xaver Stöber (20 February 1795,

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– 11 April 1858, Vienna) was an Austrian engraver and

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Life and work

He began his studies with his father, who was also an engraver, and continued at the

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. In 1815, he first attracted attention with his engravings of mythological scenes. He later turned to experimenting with new techniques and became the first steel engraver in Austria. In 1829, he was awarded a patent for a method of printing in color on steel or copper plates. In 1835, he became a member of the Academy and, beginning in 1844, taught engraving there. He was also a Commander of the Vienna Academic Corps and Director of the Vienna Artists' Pensions Institute. His total output came to approximately 2,500 engravings, which include everything from full-sized portraits to book-sized

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s. He was also an avid collector of early tin cans (which were luxury items, etched with portraits as gifts or awards) and possessed over 500 rare examples. In 1877, a street in

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Constantin von Wurzbach Constantin Wurzbach Ritter von Tannenberg (11 April 1818 – 17 August 1893) was an Austrian biographer, lexicographer and author. Biography He was born in Laibach, Carniola (present-day Ljubljana, Slovenia).He later went on to complete a cou ...

: Stöber, Franz. In: ''Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich''. Vol.39, Verlag L. C. Zamarski, Vienna 1879, S. 75–85. * Karl Weiß: Stöber, Franz. In: '' Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie'' (ADB). Vol.36, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1893, S. 274. * * Thieme, Becker: ''Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart''; with Vollmer: ''Allgemeinem Lexikon der bildenden Künstler des XX. Jahrhunderts''. Leipzig 2008, . {{DEFAULTSORT:Stober, Franz Xaver Austrian etchers 1795 births 1858 deaths