Johann (Franz) Fischbach (5 April 1797,

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– 19 June 1871,

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Life

He was the son of one of Count Breunerschen's stewards. His art studies began at the

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, where he studied under Joseph Mössmer (1780-1845) and won the Grand Prize for landscape painting in 1821. He moved to

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in 1840 and set up a studio there. He was also instrumental in creating the Salzburg Art Society and a small Academy that numbered Josef Mayburger and

Hans Makart Hans Makart (28 May 1840 – 3 October 1884) was a 19th-century Austrian academic history painter, designer, and decorator. Makart was a prolific painter whose ideas significantly influenced the development of visual art in Austria-Hungary, Ger ...

's father among its students. In 1851, he built his own villa (

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) in Aigen. It is still known as the ''Fischbachvilla''. After the early death of his son August, who had shown great promise, he became deeply depressed and spent the last decade of his life in Munich, away from anything that might be a sad reminder of happier days. Together with

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and Ludwig Richter, he is considered one of the most important representatives of the Austrian

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style. Landscapes were his speciality, but he also produced

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, portraits,

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and

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Selected works

Image:Fischbach, johann, salzburger ansicht mit dem kapuzinerberg.jpg, ''View of Salzburg with the

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'' (1844) File:Johann Fischbach Rast vor der Kapelle.jpg, Resting in Front of the Chapel (1871) Image:Fischbach, johann, vesperbrot.jpg, ''Vesper Bread'' (1831) File:Johann Fischbach Salzburg um 1850 (detail).jpg, Salzburg (1850)

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ArtNet: Four pages of paintings by Fischbach

Niederösterreich Personen Lexikon: Brief biography of Fischbach
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Fischbach, Johann 1797 births 1871 deaths People from Krems-Land District 19th-century Austrian painters 19th-century Austrian male artists Austrian male painters Academy of Fine Arts Vienna alumni

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