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Joseph Anton Fischer (1814–1859) was a German painter born at Oberstorf, Algäu.
Joseph Anton Fischer (1814–1859) was a German painter born at Oberstorf, Algäu.
Biography
He was at first a cow-herd, but being assisted by Claudius Schraudolph the Elder, he studied at the Academy at Munich under Joseph Schlotthauer, and visited Italy in 1832 and 1843. During this time he executed cartoons under H. Hess for the glass-paintings of the Auerkirche, representing ''The Flight into Egypt'', ''Death of the Virgin'', ''Burial of the Virgin'', ''Christ in the Temple'', ''The Three Kings'', ''The Angel's Salutation'', ''The Marriage of the Virgin'', and ''The Prophecy of Simeon in the Temple''. He was a follower ofFra Angelico
Fra Angelico (born Guido di Pietro; February 18, 1455) was an Italian painter of the Early Renaissance, described by Vasari in his '' Lives of the Artists'' as having "a rare and perfect talent".Giorgio Vasari, ''Lives of the Artists''. Pengu ...
, and painted from 1844 to 1848 the cartoons for eight glass-paintings for the cathedral at Cologne, representing ''St. John the Baptist preaching'', ''The Adoration of the Magi'', ''The Taking down from the Cross'', ''The Stoning of St. Stephen'', ''The Descent of the Holy Ghost'', ''The Four Great Prophets'', ''The Four Evangelists'', and ''The Four Western Fathers''; for these he obtained the gold medal of Prussia
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. Several beautiful pen-and-ink drawings by this artist are in different collections, especially in Munich, where he died in 1859.
Among his oil paintings are the following:
* Munich. Gallery: ''The Flight into Egypt'', 1841; ''The Adoration of the Magi'', 1844; ''The Visitation'', 1845; and ''The Entombment'', 1848.
*Munich, Princess Narichkin's: ''The Ascension of the Virgin''.
See also
*List of German painters
This is a list of German painters.
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* Hans von Aachen (1552–1615)
* Aatifi (born 1965)
* Karl Abt (1899–1985)
* Tomma Abts (born 1967)
* Andreas Achenbach (1815–1910)
* Oswald Achenbach (1827 ...
References
* 1814 births 1859 deaths People from Oberstdorf Sportspeople from Swabia (Bavaria) 19th-century German painters 19th-century German male artists German male painters Academy of Fine Arts, Munich alumni Nazarene painters {{Germany-painter-stub