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Josef Michael Mayburger (30 March 1814,
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Mayburger, Josef 1814 births 1908 deaths Landscape painters 19th-century Austrian painters 19th-century Austrian male artists Austrian male painters
Josef Michael Mayburger (30 March 1814, Straßwalchen
Straßwalchen (Central Bavarian: ''Strosswoicher'') is a market town in the district of Salzburg-Umgebung (''Flachgau'') in the state of Salzburg in Austria.
Geography
The municipal area stretches along the northeastern border of Salzburg with the ...
– 2 November 1908, Salzburg) was an Austrian painter, teacher and local politician.
Life
He was the son of a schoolmaster and grew up in the shadow of the Napoleonic Wars. His mother died in childbirth in 1822, then his father and stepmother died in 1828, so he went to live with his godfather, a local merchant. He still managed to attend teaching seminars in Salzburg and serve a business apprenticeship. Later, he became a teacher and, eventually, a Professor at the Realschule. From 1862 to 1869, he served as a member of the Salzburg City Council, where he was known for his advocacy of historic preservation. He studied painting withJohann Fischbach
Johann (Franz) Fischbach (5 April 1797, Grafenegg – 19 June 1871, Munich) was an Austrian painter.
Life
He was the son of one of Count Breunerschen's stewards. His art studies began at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, where he studied under J ...
and Georg Pezolt
Georg Pezolt, also Petzoldt or Petzold (8 May 1810, Salzburg - 28 October 1878, Salzburg) was an Austrian painter, architect and art critic, who became the first monument conservator in Salzburg.
Life and work
He served a apprenticeship wit ...
. In his later years, as a landscape painter, he became known for his precise lines and use of lighting effects. A city beautification society he founded in 1862 still exists today as the "Stadtverein Salzburg". He continued to be active in civic affairs until his death. In 1924, the lower right bank of the Salzach River
The Salzach (Austrian: ˆsaltsax ) is a river in Austria and Germany. It is in length and is a right tributary of the Inn, which eventually joins the Danube. Its drainage basin of comprises large parts of the Northern Limestone and Central E ...
was named the "Josef Mayburger Quay"./ref>
References
Further reading
* Friedrich Breitinger, ''Josef Mayburger : Sein Leben und Sein Werk'', Salzburg, Schriftenreihe "Kulturgut der Heimat", 1952.External links
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Mayburger, Josef 1814 births 1908 deaths Landscape painters 19th-century Austrian painters 19th-century Austrian male artists Austrian male painters