Johann Georg Hiltensperger on:
[Wikipedia]
[Google]
[Amazon]
Johann Georg Hiltensperger (21 February 1806 - 13 June 1890) was a German history painter and a professor at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts.
His first marriage was in Unterbruck to Anna Theresia von Paur (1806–1831), daughter of a member of the landed gentry. Anna was the sister to Carl von Paur, a member of parliament. Otto Hiltensperger, a son by his second marriage, also became a painter. Johann died in Munich and is buried in Gräberfeld 15 – Reihe 13 – Platz 17 of the city's
Johann Georg Hiltensperger (21 February 1806 - 13 June 1890) was a German history painter and a professor at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts.
Biography
Born in Haldenwang, Oberallgäu, he was trained in drawing by L. Weiß before studying underJohann Peter von Langer
Johann Peter Langer, after 1808, von Langer (baptized 1 July 1756, Düsseldorf-Kalkum, Kalkum – 6 August 1824, Munich) was a German painter, engraver and wallpaper designer.
Biography
His father, Anton Langer (1721–1788), was the garden ...
at the Royal Art Academy and under Peter von Cornelius
Peter von Cornelius (23 September 1783, Düsseldorf – 6 March 1867, Berlin) was a German painter; one of the main representatives of the Nazarene movement.
Life
Early years
Cornelius was born in Düsseldorf. From the age of twelve he attend ...
at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf
The Kunstakademie Düsseldorf is the academy of fine arts of the state of North Rhine Westphalia at the city of Düsseldorf, Germany. Notable artists who studied or taught at the academy include Joseph Beuys, Gerhard Richter, Magdalena Jetelová, ...
. Returning to Munich in 1825, he there received commissions for frescoes and oil paintings from Ludwig I of Bavaria
en, Louis Charles Augustus
, image = Joseph Karl Stieler - King Ludwig I in his Coronation Robes - WGA21796.jpg
, caption = Portrait by Joseph Stieler, 1825
, succession=King of Bavaria
, reign =
, coronation ...
and Maximilian II Joseph of Bavaria
Maximilian II (28 November 1811 – 10 March 1864) reigned as King of Bavaria between 1848 and 1864.
Unlike his father, King Ludwig I, "King Max" was very popular and took a greater interest in the business of Government than in personal extra ...
. For example, between 1838 and 1865 he produced the ''Odyssey Cycle'' in festal hall of the Munich Residenz
The Residenz (, ''Residence'') in central Munich is the former royal palace of the Wittelsbach monarchs of Bavaria. The Residenz is the largest city palace in Germany and is today open to visitors for its architecture, room decorations, and displ ...
to designs by Ludwig Schwanthaler
Ludwig Michael Schwanthaler, later ennobled as Ritter von Schwanthaler (26 August 1802 – 14 November 1848), was a German sculptor who taught at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich.
Biography
Schwanthaler was born in Munich.
His family had been ...
. He also became a member of Munich's Vereins für Christliche Kunst (Association for Christian Art)
His first marriage was in Unterbruck to Anna Theresia von Paur (1806–1831), daughter of a member of the landed gentry. Anna was the sister to Carl von Paur, a member of parliament. Otto Hiltensperger, a son by his second marriage, also became a painter. Johann died in Munich and is buried in Gräberfeld 15 – Reihe 13 – Platz 17 of the city's Alter Südfriedhof
The Alter Südfriedhof (''Old South Cemetery'') also known as "Alter Südlicher Friedhof" is a cemetery in Munich, Germany. It was founded by Duke Albrecht V as a plague cemetery in 1563 about half a kilometer south of the Sendlinger Ga ...
.
Selected works
Bibliography
* Hiltensperger, Johann Georg. In: John Rosén, Theodor Westrin, B. F. Olsson (Hrsg.): Nordisk familjebok konversationslexikon och realencyklopedi. 1. Auflage. Band 6: Grimsby–Hufvudskatt. Gernandts boktryckeri, Stockholm 1883, Sp. 1240 (schwedisch, runeberg.org). * Hiltensperger, Johann Georg. In: Theodor Westrin (Hrsg.): Nordisk familjebok konversationslexikon och realencyklopedi. 2. Auflage. Band 11: Harrisburg–Hypereides. Nordisk familjeboks förlag, Stockholm 1909, Sp. 704 (schwedisch, runeberg.org). * Hiltensperger, Johann Georg. In: Hans Vollmer (ed.): Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart. Begründet von Ulrich Thieme und Felix Becker. Band 17: Heubel–Hubard. E. A. Seemann, Leipzig 1924, S. 106.References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hiltensperger, Johann Georg 1806 births 1890 deaths Academic staff of the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich 19th-century German painters 19th-century German male artists People from Oberallgäu