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Josef Winterhalder the Younger (25 January 1743,
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by Tomáš Valeš @ Academia. This restored his career, to some extent. The murals were lost during World War II. Around 1800, he wrote ''Moravian artists in Znojmo and the surroundings'', a compendium of artworks and artists (with critical commentary and biographies). He also listed his own works in the order of their importance (rating those from the period of suppression at the bottom), and mused about the course of his life. His last known works were in 1805, at a library belonging to the
Review of Slavíček's book
by Hubert Hosch @ Freies Kunst Forum. {{DEFAULTSORT:Winterhalder, Josef 1743 births 1807 deaths German painters German male painters Religious art Sudeten German people
Josef Winterhalder the Younger (25 January 1743, Vöhrenbach
Vöhrenbach is a town in the district of Schwarzwald-Baar, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated on the river Breg (river), Breg, 12 km west of Villingen-Schwenningen.
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– 17 January 1807, Znojmo
Znojmo (; german: Znaim) is a town in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 33,000 inhabitants. Znojmo is the historical and cultural centre of southwestern Moravia and the second most populated town in the South Moravian R ...
) was a German-Bohemian painter belonging to the fourth generation of painters and sculptors in the
. He worked in Moravia
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, Lower Austria
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and Hungary.
Life
He was one of six children born to the sculptor Johann Michael Winterhalder. After his mother's death in 1753, he and two of his siblings were sent to live inOlmütz
Olomouc (, , ; german: Olmütz; pl, Ołomuniec ; la, Olomucium or ''Iuliomontium'') is a city in the Czech Republic
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with their uncle, Josef (now referred to as Josef Winterhalder the Elder)Brief biography@ the
Hungarian National Gallery
The Hungarian National Gallery (also known as Magyar Nemzeti Galéria), was established in 1957 as the national art museum. It is located in Buda Castle in Budapest, Hungary. Its collections cover Hungarian art in all genres, including the works ...
website. who formally adopted them. He introduced his nephew to his colleagues, Paul Troger
Paul Troger (30 October 1698 – 20 July 1762) was an Austrian painter, draughtsman, and printmaker of the late Baroque period. Troger's illusionistic ceiling paintings in fresco are notable for their dramatic vitality of movement and their pale ...
and Franz Anton Maulbertsch
Franz Anton Maulbertsch (7 June 1724 – 8 August 1796) was an Austrian painter and engraver, one of the most renowned exponents of Rococo painting in the German and Hungarian regions.
Maulbertsch was born in Langenargen and studied in the Aca ...
and he was an assistant in the latter's workshop from 1763 to 1768. His first mature work in his own style is an apotheosis
Apotheosis (, ), also called divinization or deification (), is the glorification of a subject to divine levels and, commonly, the treatment of a human being, any other living thing, or an abstract idea in the likeness of a deity. The term has ...
of Saint Clement at the parish church in Horní Břečkov
Horní Břečkov (german: Oberfröschau) is a municipality and village in Znojmo District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 300 inhabitants.
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, completed in c. 1770.
After marrying and settling in Znojmo, he worked prolifically throughout the area until the early 1780s, when Emperor Joseph II
Joseph II (German: Josef Benedikt Anton Michael Adam; English: ''Joseph Benedict Anthony Michael Adam''; 13 March 1741 – 20 February 1790) was Holy Roman Emperor from August 1765 and sole ruler of the Habsburg lands from November 29, 1780 unt ...
suppressed the monasteries and ordered a reduction in the ornamentation of churches; part of a general program of religious modernization.
These actions had a serious effect on Winterhalder's livelihood, but he was able to find patronage from the Moravia
Moravia ( , also , ; cs, Morava ; german: link=yes, Mähren ; pl, Morawy ; szl, Morawa; la, Moravia) is a historical region in the east of the Czech Republic and one of three historical Czech lands, with Bohemia and Czech Silesia.
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n nobility, decorating several of their mansions with ''trompe-l'œil
''Trompe-l'œil'' ( , ; ) is an artistic term for the highly realistic optical illusion of three-dimensional space and objects on a two-dimensional surface. ''Trompe l'oeil'', which is most often associated with painting, tricks the viewer into ...
'' ornaments and the like. This period includes his only portrait. In 1796, János Szily
János Szily (20 August 1735, Felsőszopor - 2 June 1799, Szombathely) was a Hungarian Catholic bishop and patron of the arts.
Biography
He was born to a Catholic father and a Lutheran mother. After completing his primary and secondary studies ...
, the Bishop of Szombathely
Szombathely (; german: Steinamanger, ; see also other alternative names) is the 10th largest city in Hungary. It is the administrative centre of Vas county in the west of the country, located near the border with Austria. Szombathely lies by t ...
, wanted murals for his cathedral. Maulbertsch was the Bishop's first choice, but he was ill (terminally so, as it turned out), so the commission went to Winterhalder."Znojmo and Its Surroundings"by Tomáš Valeš @ Academia. This restored his career, to some extent. The murals were lost during World War II. Around 1800, he wrote ''Moravian artists in Znojmo and the surroundings'', a compendium of artworks and artists (with critical commentary and biographies). He also listed his own works in the order of their importance (rating those from the period of suppression at the bottom), and mused about the course of his life. His last known works were in 1805, at a library belonging to the
Premonstratensian
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Order in Geras
In Greek mythology, Geras ( grc, Γῆρας, translit=Gễras), also written Gēras, was the god of old age. He was depicted as a tiny, shriveled old man. Gēras's opposite was Hebe, the goddess of youth. His Roman equivalent was Senectus. He ...
.
References
Further reading
*Lubomír Slavíček (ed.): ''Josef Winterhalder d.J. (1743 Vörenbach-1807 Znojmo): Maulbertschs bester Schüler'', Museum Langenargen am Bodensee (2009). .External links
Review of Slavíček's book
by Hubert Hosch @ Freies Kunst Forum. {{DEFAULTSORT:Winterhalder, Josef 1743 births 1807 deaths German painters German male painters Religious art Sudeten German people