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Friedrich Kriehuber (sometimes Bedřich or Fritz Kriehuber; 7 June 1834 in
Vienna
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– 12 October 1871 in Vienna) was an Austrian draftsman,
lithographer
Lithography () is a planographic method of printing originally based on the immiscibility of oil and water. The printing is from a stone (lithographic limestone) or a metal plate with a smooth surface. It was invented in 1796 by the German a ...
and
woodcut
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artist.
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Life and work
He was the son of
Josef Kriehuber
Josef Kriehuber (14 December 1800 – 30 May 1876) was an Austrian lithographer and painter, notable for the high quality of his lithographic portraits. He made numerous portraits for nobility, well-known personalities, and government officials. ...
, a well-known portrait painter and lithographer. Beginning in 1848, he attended 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 ...
. Initially, he was a landscape painter but later turned to portraits and, as an employee of his father, lithography.
Many of his works were published by
Eduard Hallberger as illustrations for his magazine ''Über Land und Meer'' (Over Land and Sea). A year after Kriehuber's death, some of his lithographs appeared in ''Das jahr 1848. Geschichte der Wiener revolution'' (a two volume history of the
Vienna Uprising
The Vienna Uprising or October Revolution (german: Wiener Oktoberaufstand, or ) of October 1848 was the last uprising in the Austrian Revolution of 1848.
On 6 October 1848, as the troops of the Austrian Empire were preparing to leave Vienna to s ...
) by
Heinrich Reschauer and Moritz Smetazko, known as "Moritz Smets" (1828-1890).
He suffered from chronic health problems for most of his life and died of a
pulmonary
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disorder at the Austrian Hydrotherapy Institute, shortly after being appointed a Professor at the
Theresian Military Academy
The Theresian Military Academy (german: Theresianische Militärakademie, TherMilAk) is a military academy in Austria, where the Austrian Armed Forces train their officers. Founded in 1751, the academy is located in the castle of Wiener Neustadt ...
.
Selected lithographs
Alois Bubak 1870 Kriehuber.jpg, Alois Bubák
Alois Bubák (20 August 1824, Kosmonosy – 6 March 1870, Prague) was a Czech painter of landscapes and an illustrator.
He was a son of a wood carver. After graduating from a gymnasium in Mladá Boleslav, he started to study at a college of ...
Bogumil Dawison 1865 Kriehuber.png, Bogumil Dawison
Josip Jurai Stroßmayer 1870 Mára.png, Josip Juraj Strossmayer
Josip Juraj Strossmayer, also Štrosmajer (; german: Joseph Georg Strossmayer; 4 February 1815 – 8 April 1905) was a Croatian politician, Roman Catholic Bishops in the Catholic Church, bishop, and benefactor (law), benefactor.
Early life an ...
Karel Sebor 1868 Kriehuber.png, Karel Šebor
Janez Bleiweis (Fr. Kriehuber).png, Janez Bleiweis
Janez Bleiweis (19 November 1808 – 29 November 1881) was a Slovene conservative politician, journalist, physician, veterinarian, and public figure. He was the leader of the so-called Old Slovene political movement. Already during his lifetime, ...
References
Further reading
* Friedrich von Boetticher: ''Malerwerke des 19. Jahrhunderts. Beitrag zur Kunstgeschichte'', Vol. 1, 1895, S. 769 (part of the article on "Josef Kriehuber") Reissued by Schmidt and Gunther (1979)
External links
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1834 births
1871 deaths
Austrian lithographers
Artists from Vienna
Academy of Fine Arts Vienna alumni
Deaths from lung disease