Joseph Wintergerst (3 October 1783, Wallerstein - 25 January 1867,

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) was a German painter in the

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style; associated with the Nazarene movement.

Life and work

He was born to the painter, Anton Wintergerst (1737–1805), and his second wife, Maria Barbara née Bux, daughter of the

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maker, Johann Baptist Bux (1716-1800). After 1804, he attended the

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, then the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. There, in 1809, he became one of the co-founders of the "Lukasbund" artists' guild. In 1811, he went to Rome with his friends,

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and

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, and joined the artists' colony at Sant’Isidoro a Capo le Case. Pforr's untimely death in 1812 left him unsettled so, in 1813, he went to Switzerland, accompanied by , and taught at the Cantonal school in

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: ''Das Deutschtum in Rom seit dem Ausgang des Mittelalters''. Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Stuttgart 1927, Vol.2, pg.650 After 1815, he was a drawing teacher at the gymnasium in Ellwangen. In 1822 his friend, Peter von Cornelius, hired him as a drawing teacher at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, where Cornelius was Acting Director. Two years later, Wintergerst succeeded Peter's brother, as "Inspector" and began giving drawing lessons at the . He resigned these positions in the early 1850s and retired. His sister, was one of his students. She also became a well known painter and drawing teacher.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Wintergerst, Joseph 1783 births 1867 deaths German painters Religious artists Academy of Fine Arts Vienna alumni Academic staff of Kunstakademie Düsseldorf Nazarene movement People from Donau-Ries

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