Johann Ender

Johann Nepomuk Ender (* November 4, 1793 in Vienna, † March 16, 1854 ) was an Austrian portrait painter and engraver.

Life

Ender studied for several years at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna. At an Academy exhibition was finished with his work debut The Death of Marcus Aurelius and this has also been awarded. He quickly finished to his own style, but at the same time began the painting style of his contemporary Jean -Baptiste Isabey imitate.

1818 Ender was invited by Count Stephen Szechenyi, to travel with him in Greece and Italy. Ender said to and alleged by this study tour a number of sketches and studies that formed him as a basis for his oil paintings later. This trip gave Ender contacts which later enabled him to stay at the Accademia di San Luca in Rome.

1826 Ender returned to Austria and settled in Vienna as a freelance artist settled. In his artistic work now came to the oil painting still engravings; but the bulk of his livelihood, he earned with portraits. According to the official art criticism of his best works is the crucifixion scene for the Tyrnakapelle St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna, worked on the final 1850-1852.

At the age of 60 years, the painter Johann Ender died on 16 March 1854 in Vienna and was in the Catholic cemetery of Vienna Matzleinsdorf (now Waldmüllerpark ) buried.

His twin brother Thomas and his son Edward were also painters. In 1922 in Vienna Meidling ( 12th district ) was named the Endergasse after the family finished.

Works (excerpt)

  • Archduke Charles with his children on the Weilburg in Baden bei Wien, 1832. Oil on canvas, 272.5 x 318.5 cm. Military History Museum, Vienna
  • The death of Marcus Aurelius
  • From the darkness into the light, 1831st oil on canvas, 350 x 250 cm. Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest
  • Portrait of Count József Dessewfy, 1820. Oil on canvas, 26 × 20 cm. Historical Museum, Budapest
  • Portrait of Count György Károlyic, 1830. Oil on canvas, 26 x 20.3 cm. Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest
  • Portrait of Ferenc Szechenyi 1823. Oil on canvas, 318 × 220 cm. Hungarian National Museum, Budapest
Jean-Baptiste Isabey Thomas Ender Eduard Ender Museum of Military History, Vienna Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie Integrated Authority File
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