Johann Baptist Pflug

Johann Baptist Pflug ( born February 13, 1785 Biberach an der Riss, † May 30, 1866 ) was a German genre painter.

Life

He is considered one of the most important genre painter of his time. Pflug was a pupil of Johann Christian von Mannlich at the Munich Academy, the particular copied the Dutch painter. These copies were sold at the Munich art dealer Dietz, who made ​​a sweeping funny business with these images.

Together with his in 1874 published memoirs, his works represent an almost complete presentation of the then popular life and therefore are of great cultural and historical weight.

Works (excerpt)

  • Camp scene at Bergerhausen above Bibersbach: Austrian cavalry and infantry, a gun in the middle ground, in the background tents and Train, October 1815 ( scene from the Napoleonic Wars ), 1826, oil on wood, 28 × 38 cm, Museum of Military History, Vienna.
  • The forest castle overlooking Lake Constance, about 1836, oil on canvas, Braith - Mali - Museum, Biberach an der Riss
  • The capture of the robbers ( Rosenberger band), 1822, gouache, private collection

Writings

  • Johann Baptist Pflug: From the robber and French period of Swabia. The memories of the Swabian painter from the years 1780 to 1840. Newly edited by Max Zengerle. White Horn: Anton H. Konrad Verlag, 1974 ( 3rd edition ). ISBN 3-87437-113-1
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