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Josef Schretter (18 March 1856,
His father, Peter Paul Schretter, was a teacher and organist. In 1867, he began an apprenticeship with a carver in 
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* * Sybille-Karin Moser: "Tiroler Bilder und ihre Darstellung in den Schönen Künsten: Malerei in Tirol 1830–1900". In: Paul Naredi-Rainer, Lukas Madersbacher (Eds.): ''Kunst in Tirol.'' Vol.2: ''Vom Barock bis in die Gegenwart'', Tyrolia, Innsbruc, 2007, , pp.519–560
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* Josef Schärmer: ''Prof. Josef Schretter (1856–1909): Leben – Werk – Stellung in seiner Zeit.'' Dissertation, Leopold-Franzens-Universität, Innsbruck 1991.
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Josef Schretter (18 March 1856, Inzing
Inzing is a town in the Austrian Federal State Tyrol.
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- 18 March 1909, Innsbruck
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) was painter from Austria-Hungary
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; specializing in portraits and genre
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scenes.
Biography
His father, Peter Paul Schretter, was a teacher and organist. In 1867, he began an apprenticeship with a carver in Thaur
Thaur is a municipality in the district of Innsbruck-Land in the Austrian state of Tyrol located 5 km east of Innsbruck between Rum, Austria
Rum is a market town (since 1987) located in the Austrian state of Tyrol on the eastern border of I ...
, but quit after only a year, to attend an arts and crafts school associated with the . After graduating, he became an assistant to the church painter, in Zirl
Zirl is a market town in the district of Innsbruck-Land in the Austrian state of Tyrol located 10 km west of Innsbruck at the bottom of a pass up the side of the Zirler Berg, leading to Seefeld and ultimately to Germany. The location was me ...
. From 1874 to 1878, he was enrolled at 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 ...
, where his primary instructors were Christian Griepenkerl
Christian Griepenkerl (17 March 1839 – 22 March 1916) was a German painter and professor at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna.
Biography
Griepenkerl was born to one of Oldenburg's leading families. As a young man, he heeded the advice of his f ...
, August Eisenmenger
August Eisenmenger (11 February 1830 – 7 December 1907) was an Austrian painter of portraits and historical subjects.
Life
He was born in Vienna. At the age of fifteen, Eisenmenger was already a student at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna and ...
and Karl von Blaas
Karl von Blaas (28 April 1815 – 19 March 1894) was an Austrian painter known for his portraits and religious compositions executed on canvas as well as in the form of frescoes.
Biography
Carl Von Blaas was born to a peasant family at Nauders in ...
. After 1878, he studied history painting
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at a private school operated by Leopold Carl Müller
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.
He passed the teachers' examination for freehand drawing, returned to Innsbruck in 1879, and spent two years teaching at the Bundesrealgymnasium. Between 1881 and 1885, he made study trips to several locations in Italy, and to Tunis
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, where he devoted himself to painting Orientalist scenes.
From 1886 to 1891, he worked as a portrait painter in Munich. He then settled permanently in Innsbruck, but travelled extensively throughout Northern Europe, to execute works on commission; portraying numerous members of the German, Danish, Dutch and Russian nobilities. In recognition of these achievements he was named a Professor by the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
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.
In 1899, he married Anna Gaisberger, the daughter of a hotelier
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, and they had two children. In 1907, he acquired the studios belonging to the late landscape painter, Edmund von Wörndle. He died two years later, aged only fifty-three, shortly after being diagnosed with cancer.
Streets in Innsbruck and Inzing have been named after him.
While most of his works are in private collections, some may be seen at the Tyrolean State Museum
The Tyrolean State Museum (german: Tiroler Landesmuseum), also known as the Ferdinandeum after Archduke Ferdinand, is located in Innsbruck, Austria. It was founded in 1823 by the Tyrolean State Museum Ferdinandeum Society (''Verein Tiroler Lande ...
, the Österreichische Galerie Belvedere
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and the Staatliches Museum Schwerin
The Staatliches Museum Schwerin (State Museum Schwerin) is an art gallery and museum in Schwerin in Germany. It was established by Frederick Francis II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin in 1882 its historicist Haupthaus as the ''Staatsgalerie'' ...
.
References
Further reading
* ''Josef Schretter. Ein Tiroler Maler an deutschen Fürstenhöfen.'' In: ''Dorfzeitung Inzing.'' Nr. 4, 1987, S. 8–9Online
* * Sybille-Karin Moser: "Tiroler Bilder und ihre Darstellung in den Schönen Künsten: Malerei in Tirol 1830–1900". In: Paul Naredi-Rainer, Lukas Madersbacher (Eds.): ''Kunst in Tirol.'' Vol.2: ''Vom Barock bis in die Gegenwart'', Tyrolia, Innsbruc, 2007, , pp.519–560
Online
* Josef Schärmer: ''Prof. Josef Schretter (1856–1909): Leben – Werk – Stellung in seiner Zeit.'' Dissertation, Leopold-Franzens-Universität, Innsbruck 1991.
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