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Joseph Mössmer
Joseph Mössmer (20 May 1780 – 22 June 1845) was an Austrian painter and instructor at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. Born in Vienna, he began his artistic training in 1796 under Friedrich August Brand. Later, as an instructor at the Academy, Mössmer headed the landscape painting class for decades, encouraged outdoor painting, and exerted considerable influence without gaining much of a reputation for his own skill. Mössmer is known for his landscape paintings in a Neoclassical style. At the Academy his notable students included Emanuel Stöckler, August Heinrich,Painting and Sculpture in Europe 1780-1880, by Fritz Novotny, page 102 Anton Altmann, and Friedrich Loos. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Mossmer, Joseph 1780 births 1845 deaths 19th-century Austrian painters 19th-century Austrian male artists Austrian male painters Academic staff of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna Artists from Vienna Austrian landscape painters Austrian watercolourists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Academy Of Fine Arts Vienna
The Academy of Fine Arts Vienna () is a public art school in Vienna, Austria. Founded in 1688 as a private academy, it is now a public university. The academy is also known for twice rejecting admission to a young Adolf Hitler in 1907 and 1908. History The Academy of Fine Arts Vienna was founded in 1688 as a private academy modelled on the Accademia di San Luca and the Parisien Académie de peinture et de sculpture by the court-painter Peter Strudel, who became the ''Praefectus Academiae Nostrae''. In 1701, he was ennobled by Emperor Joseph I as ''Freiherr'' (Baron) of the Empire. With his death in 1714, the academy temporarily closed. On 20 January 1725, Emperor Charles VI appointed the Frenchman Jacob van Schuppen as Prefect and Director of the academy, which was refounded as the ''k.k. Hofakademie der Maler, Bildhauer und Baukunst'' (Imperial and Royal Court Academy of painters, sculptors and architecture). Upon Charles's death in 1740, the academy at first declined, h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Friedrich August Brand
Friedrich August Brand (20 December 1735 – 9 October 1806) was an Austrian painter. The son of Christian Hilfgott Brand, Christian Hülfgott Brand, he was born at Vienna. He was a member of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Imperial Academy, and died at Vienna in 1806. He painted several historical subjects and landscapes, which are favourably spoken of by the German authors, and engraving, engraved some plates, both with the Drypoint, point and with the Burin (engraving), graver, in the use of which he was instructed by Ferdinand Schmutzer, Schmutzer. His known works include the following: *''The Breakfast''; after Jacob Toorenvliet, Torenvliet *''A View near Nuisdorf'' *''View of the Garden of Schoenbrunn'' *''Banditti attacking a Carriage'' *''The Entrance to the Town of Crems'' Among his students was the long-standing professor of landscape painting at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Joseph Mössmer.Viennese Watercolors of the Nineteenth Century, Walter Koschatzky, 1988, pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neoclassicism
Neoclassicism, also spelled Neo-classicism, emerged as a Western cultural movement in the decorative arts, decorative and visual arts, literature, theatre, music, and architecture that drew inspiration from the art and culture of classical antiquity. Neoclassicism was born in Rome, largely due to the writings of Johann Joachim Winckelmann during the rediscovery of Pompeii and Herculaneum. Its popularity expanded throughout Europe as a generation of European art students finished their Grand Tour and returned from Italy to their home countries with newly rediscovered Greco-Roman ideals. The main Neoclassical movement coincided with the 18th-century Age of Enlightenment, and continued into the early 19th century, eventually competing with Romanticism. In architecture, the style endured throughout the 19th, 20th, and into the 21st century. European Neoclassicism in the visual arts began in opposition to the then-dominant Rococo style. Rococo architecture emphasizes grace, Ornament ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emanuel Stöckler
Emanuel Stöckler (24 December 1819, Nikolsburg - 5 November 1893, Bozen) was an Austrian painter, notable for his interior portraits. Life and work His father was a pharmacist who wanted him to become a doctor. His interests took another turn, however, and he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna, with the landscape painter, Thomas Ender, and Joseph Mössmer. In 1838 he was awarded the Gundel-Prize for excellence and began participating in the Acedmy's exhibits, which he continued to do annually for many years. In the mid-1840s, he went on a lengthy study trip that took him to Switzerland, Italy, and Istanbul. On the way home, he lingered in Bucharest, where he painted for Gheorghe Bibescu, the Prince of Wallachia. In 1859, he had a studio in Venice. From 1875 to 1880, he served as a court painter in St. Petersburg, at the behest of the Tsarina, Maria Alexandrovna. Upon her death, he returned to Vienna. He became a member of the Vienna Künstlerhaus in 1876. Two year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anton Altmann
Anton Altmann (1808–1871) was an Austrian landscape painter. Life Altmann, was born in Vienna on 4 June 1808. His father, also called Anton, and his grandfather Joseph were both painters. He studied from nature, and under the instruction of Joseph Mössmer, Mössmer at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Academy. After being instructor in drawing to Count Apponyi in Hungary, he settled in Vienna, and became famous as a Landscape art, landscape painter. He died there in 1871. Works Among his most important works are the following: *Cloister of the Convent 'Maria Schein,' in Bohemia. 1838. *''Forest Scene''. 1840. *''Marshy Landscape''. 1846. *''Evening Landscape''. 1847. *''Spring In a Forest''. 1851. *''The Mill''. 1851. Altmann executed landscapes in water-colour; and also etched from his own designs. References Sources * 19th-century Austrian painters Austrian male painters 1808 births 1871 deaths Painters from Vienna Academy of Fine Arts Vienna alumni 19th-centur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Friedrich Loos
Friedrich Loos (29 October 1797 – 9 May 1890) was an Austrian Biedermeier style painter, etcher and lithographer. He was born in Graz on 29 October 1797. He studied at the Vienna Academy with Joseph Mössmer and also went on study tours through the Austrian Alpine regions. From 1835 to 1836, he lived in Vienna, and as of 1846 he sojourned in Rome. He then moved to Kiel, where he worked as a drawing teacher at the university as of 1863 and where he also died on 9 May 1890. In his pictures, he emphasized light and color in order to loosen up his painting Painting is a Visual arts, visual art, which is characterized by the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called "matrix" or "Support (art), support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with ..., as well as to harmonize and unite the details. References * Gsodam: Loos (Joseph) Friedrich. In: Austrian Biographical Encyclopaedia 1815-1950 (ÖBL). Volume 5 Austrian Academy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1780 Births
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1845 Deaths
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19th-century Austrian Painters
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Austrian Male Painters
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