Friedrich Gauermann

Friedrich August Gauer Matthias Mann ( born September 20, 1807 in Scheuchenstein, community Mies Bach, Lower Austria, † July 7, 1862 in Vienna) was an Austrian painter and graphic artist.

Life

Friedrich Gauermann was born in Lower Austria Mies Bach No. 47 (now Scheuchenstein 71 ), the son of the painter, draftsman and engraver Jacob Gauer man ( 1772-1843 ), who also taught him. The father recognized early artistic talent and his sons Carl Friedrich and promoted it accordingly. Even the early childhood showed that Frederick would most likely be the more talented, the more ingenious artist, his brother died, however, already with 24 years. He attended from 1822 to 1827 k.k. Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna, but was formed primarily as a self-taught on long walks through Styria, Salzburg and Tyrol. Gauer man undertook numerous study trips, including in 1824 and 1831 to the Salzkammergut, 1827 Dresden, 1829, 1834 and 1840 to Munich, in 1838 and 1843 to Venice. On March 26, 1836 he was at the k.k. Academy of Fine Arts selected as landscape art for Mahler Member. 1838 married Elizabeth Gauer man Kurtz. Gauer husband was in the time of the pre-March period with many artists of Vienna known ( Nestroy, Raimund ), after 1848 he increasingly lonely and often withdrew back to rotten creek. In 1861 the membership of the Vienna Künstlerhaus he was awarded. He died in a Vienna suburb Laimgrube 4 (now left Vienna line 4) and was buried in the cemetery of his birthplace Scheuchenstein.

Performance

Friedrich Gauermann was a very popular landscape painters of the Biedermeier period. He broke away from the bustling through figures and view painting was based on the Flemish Primitives. This enabled him to establish a novel Wiener landscape naturalism. In 1826 he presented the first of its shaped by light and mood effects images. After a great success of the exhibition in 1830 he began to populate his forest and mountain landscapes with animals, which should be for Gauer 's typical images. In the Vienna Art Exhibition in 1838 Gauer man was placed at the head of landscape painting. Until the 1840s he was commissioned by the Viennese aristocracy ( Prince Metternich, Black Mountain, Liechtenstein ) was commissioned with numerous images of this kind, where he also earned outstanding. When the time taste after 1848 gradually changed, success was after and the patrons were less. In addition, he fell under the influence of the Munich school a sweet alpine - style, but this does not detract from its original meaning of the Austrian landscape paintings of the Biedermeier period. Gauer man studied his motives in the wild. His depictions of animals stand out in its kind in the Austrian painting. The outstanding art-historical importance lay in his drawing and coloristic Championship.

He left in 1185 oil paintings and 174 drawings. His estate was auctioned, but melted away the proceeds of his widow, who had to deal in his lifetime, not good with money can, money between your fingers and it ended up in the poorhouse.

Works (excerpt)

  • The Hay Wain (Vienna, Belvedere), 1824, oil on canvas, 21.4 × 31.5 cm
  • Landscape with ruin Scheuchenstein (St. Pölten, Lower Austrian Provincial Museum, Inv. No. 8697 ), 1826, oil on canvas, 35.7 × 51.2 cm
  • The Altausseersee with the Dachstein (Vienna, Belvedere, Inv. No. Lg 50), about 1827, oil on canvas, 30 × 43 cm
  • The Dachstein from plassen in Hallstatt ( Vienna, Belvedere, Inv. No. 3221 ), about 1827, oil on paper on canvas, 29.5 × 40.5 cm
  • The front Langbathsee the hell Mountains ( Vienna, Belvedere, Inv. No. 683 ), 1828-30, oil on cardboard, 25.5 x 35 cm
  • Landscape at Mies Bach (Vienna, Belvedere, Inv. No. 2815 ), 1830, oil on canvas, 32 × 45 cm
  • On Kammersee bei Aussee (Graz, Neue Galerie Graz, Inv. No. I/1123 ), 1830, oil on paper, 44.3 × 33 cm
  • A vulture on verendendem Hirsch ( Vienna, Belvedere, Inv. No. 3012 ), 1832, oil on canvas, 147 × 115 cm
  • An alpine ship in a storm (Vienna Museum ), 1834, oil on canvas, 94 × 73 cm
  • View from Scheuchenstein to Gauermannhof with the snow mountain in the background (Vienna, Belvedere, Inv. No. 3290 ), 1835, oil on paper on canvas, 28 × 40.5 cm
  • Cattle market in Maria Plain near Salzburg ( St. Pölten, Lower Austrian Provincial Museum, Inv. No. 7197 ), 1837, oil on canvas, 104 × 145.5 cm
  • Hunters in the Snow (Vienna Museum ), 1844, oil on canvas, 65 × 50 cm
  • Seeauer Alpine hut in the rain (St. Pölten, Lower Austrian Provincial Museum, Inv. No. 3611 ), circa 1850, oil on wood, 68.4 × 88.8 cm
  • A Schiffszug on the Danube ( Vienna Museum ), 1860, oil on canvas, 60 × 48 cm

Honors

Appreciations and reception

  • In Scheuchenstein (municipality Mies Bach) is now the Gauermannmuseum, in the next a documentary about his life and alongside paintings by the artist also ongoing exhibitions are carried out.
  • In Vienna Inner City, the Gauer man alley in 1870 named after him and his father Jacob Gauer man.
  • In 1962, on the occasion of its 100th year, the Exhibition of Lower Austria in good stone and Miesbach instead.
  • In 2007, the Austrian Post on the occasion of the 200th birthday of Friedrich Gauermann out a commemorative stamp.
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