Joseph Johann Kauffmann
Joseph Johann Kauffmann ( born February 27, 1707 Schwarzenberg, Austria, † January 11, 1782 in Venice, other spellings of the name in references: Josef Johann, Johann Joseph ) was an Austrian painter of the 18th century. He was known for his portraits, church frescoes and locks representations. Together with his wife Cleophea Lutz he had an only child, the daughter of Angelica Kauffmann, who was known as a painter Sir.
Life
Kauffmann is shown as a rather poor man with picturesque talents. Although he apparently failed to develop to the highest degree his skill, he has nevertheless left a larger number of plants in quite advanced quality. The original center of family life was the small town of Black Mountain in the province of Vorarlberg ( Austria ). In the years 1740-1742 he was employed by the Prince-Bishop of Chur in Switzerland. The daughter was born there.
In 1755 the family moved to Milan and stayed there until in 1757 the mother died. The father returned with his daughter then back to Black Mountain. There are both involved in the re-establishment of the local church, which had become a prey to the flames at that time. While the father total of the painting carried out in the interior, the daughter focused on the Apostles paintings. At a later time, she also donated yet even painted the altarpiece.
During the time in which took place the painting work for the church, found the two orders also on the north side of Lake Constance, as she started for the resident in Tettnang Counts of Montfort representations of their castles in the region and landscape images. Other objects, especially for portraiture, were Meersburg and Konstanz.
In 1760, Kauffmann and daughter broke again to Italy to study the local art, especially the antiquity and the Renaissance. On their way they portrayed the locals to earn money. After short stays in Milan, Modena, Parma and Florence they remained until 1766 in Rome. On October 5, 1762 Angelika received the honorary membership of the L' Accademia Clementina in Bologna, in 1764, she was allowed to join the Accademia di San Luca in Rome under similar conditions.
The traveling Englishman and actor David Garrick gave Angelica the opportunity to portray him what a masterpiece and should definitely make the celebrity. On the recommendation of Lady Wentworth, the two moved in 1766 to London and stayed there for the next few years.
Kauffmann taught his daughter to paint at the age of 11 years and supported them in their future activities in their career throughout Europe, especially in Italy and in England, including its role as a founding member of the Royal Academy of Arts. Even in later years are documented Community traveling or visiting travel with or for his daughter. A strong relationship coined Italy all his life, so he suggested his daughter the Venetian painter Antonio Zucchi for their second marriage. The marriage took place in London in July, 1781. As a result, the couple and the bride's father Flanders, Black Mountain, Verona and Padua traveled to the south to reach in October of the same year Venice. In the following January Kauffmann died.