Peter Johann Nepomuk Geiger (11 January 1805 – 29 October 1880) was a Viennese artist.

Life

Born in

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, Geiger wanted originally to follow the family tradition and become a sculptor, but drawing and painting were his natural element. He illustrated Anton Ziegler's ''Vaterländischen Immortellen'' ("Immortals of the Native Land") of 1839–40. Until 1848, he carried out numerous illustrations of historical works and poetry, but also made

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s for the Austrian Royal Family. Returning from a journey to the Orient with Prince Ferdinand Maximilian Joseph in 1850, he entered a particularly creative period. In 1853, he became Professor of the Viennese Academy of Art. For the Royal Family, he made many works including illustrations of

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, Friedrich Schiller, and

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. He also illustrated oriental life. His erotic drawings are particularly remembered, though it is unlikely that they were the typical work of a

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Selected works

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*1839: Ziegler, Anton. ''Vaterländischen Immortellen aus dem Gebiete der österreichischen Geschichte''. 4 vols. Wien, 1840, 1839. *1843: ''Magyar-és Erdélyország története rajzolatokban: Geschichte Ungarn's und Siebenbürgen's in Abbildungen ...''; Geiger Péter N. János akadémiai képirótól; tervezte és magyar 's német nyelven magyarázta Wenzel Gusztáv. 10 vols. Wien, 1843 * Joseph von Bülow's ''Memorabilien aus der Europäischen Geschichte für anziehende Weltbegebenheiten, ausgezeichnete Grossthaten, Würdigung der Verdienste von berühmten Männern etc. Aus mehreren Jahrhunderten gesammelt''. Mit insgesamt 96 getönten Federlithographien von Johann Nepomuk Geiger auf Tafeln. 2 vols. New York, 1860 *1861: ''Historische Handzeichnungen''; mit erklärendem Texte von Gustav Adolph Schimmer; mit neunzig Tafeln. Wien: Aus der kaiserlich-königlichen Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, 1861 * ''Die Schlacht bei Lützen'' (The battle of Lutzen) * ''Kampf der Tiroler unter Andreas Hofer'' (The struggle of the Tyrolese under Andreas Hofer)

Bibliography

*Wiesboeck, Karl L. (1868) ''Peter J. N. Geiger's Werke; oder, Verzeichniss saemmtlicher Radirungen, lithographischen Feder- und Kreidezeichnungen ...''. Leipzig: Weigel *

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19th-century Austrian painters 19th-century Austrian male artists Austrian male painters 1805 births 1880 deaths Austrian erotic artists Academics of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna {{austria-painter-stub

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