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Friedrich Mosbrugger, also known as Fritz Moosbrugger (19 September 1804, in
His father was
Friedrich Mosbrugger, also known as Fritz Moosbrugger (19 September 1804, in Konstanz
Konstanz ( , , , ), traditionally known as Constance in English, is a college town, university city with approximately 83,000 inhabitants located at the western end of Lake Constance in the Baden-Württemberg state of south Germany. The city ho ...
– 17 October 1830, in Saint Petersburg
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) was a German portrait and genre
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painter in the Realistic style. He came from a family that had a widespread reputation as builders, plasterers and painters.*, included in the article on his father, Wendelin. His brother Joseph
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was also a painter, and his brother was an architect.
Life
His father was Wendelin Moosbrugger
Wendelin Moosbrugger, or Mosbrugger (20 October 1760 in Au, Vorarlberg – 20 August 1849 in Aarau) was an Austrian portrait painter and miniaturist. He came from a family that had a widespread reputation as builders, plasterers and painters.
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, a Court Painter
A court painter was an artist who painted for the members of a royal or princely family, sometimes on a fixed salary and on an exclusive basis where the artist was not supposed to undertake other work. Painters were the most common, but the cour ...
for Frederick I of Württemberg
Frederick I (Frederick William Charles, ; 6 November 1754 – 30 October 1816) was the ruler of Württemberg from 1797 to his death. He was the last Duke of Württemberg from 1797 to 1803, then the first and only Elector of Württemberg from ...
. He received his first lessons from his father and another painter from Konstanz, Marie Ellenrieder
Marie Ellenrieder (20 March 1791 – 5 June 1863) was a German painter, known for her portraits and religious paintings.
Life and career
Ellenrieder was born in Konstanz, Germany in 1791, the daughter of Konrad and Anna Maria Herrmann, an ...
, then studied at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich
The Academy of Fine Arts, Munich (, also known as Munich Academy) is one of the oldest and most significant art academies in Germany. It is located in the Maxvorstadt district of Munich, in Bavaria, Germany.
In the second half of the 19th centur ...
, with Johann Peter von Langer
After displaying some paintings at an exhibition in Karlsruhe
Karlsruhe ( ; ; ; South Franconian German, South Franconian: ''Kallsruh'') is the List of cities in Baden-Württemberg by population, third-largest city of the States of Germany, German state of Baden-Württemberg, after its capital Stuttgart a ...
in 1827, he followed his friend, the architect Friedrich Eisenlohr
Jakob Friedrich Eisenlohr (23 November 1805, in Lörrach – 27 February 1854, in Karlsruhe) was a German architect and university professor. His design for a cuckoo clock, now known as the Cuckoo clock#Bahnhäusle style, a successful design from ...
, to Italy and became a part of the German circle of artists resident in Rome. While there, he sought the opinions and advice of Joseph Anton Koch
Joseph Anton Koch (27 July 1768 – 12 January 1839) was an Austrian painter of Neoclassicism and later the German Romantic movement; he is perhaps the most significant neoclassical landscape painter.
Biography
The Tyrolese painter was born ...
regarding his work. In the summer of 1828, he made landscape studies in the Sabine Hills
Sabina (Latin: ''Sabinum''), also called the Sabine Hills, is a region in central Italy. It is named after Sabina, the territory of the ancient Sabines, which was once bordered by Latium to the south, Picenum to the east, ancient Umbria to th ...
.
He returned to Germany in 1829 and staged an exhibition of his Italian works in 1830.
With a letter of recommendation to Tsar Nicholas I from William I of Württemberg
William I (; 27 September 178125 June 1864) was King of Württemberg from 30 October 1816 until his death.
Upon William's accession, Württemberg was suffering crop failures and famine in the "Year Without a Summer", in 1816. After taking office, ...
, he embarked on a trip to Russia. He took passage on a merchant vessel at Lübeck
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, as land travel through Russia would have been difficult and circuitous at that time. The ship made frequent stops, so the voyage took three weeks, during which time he was almost constantly seasick. He remained sick upon his arrival and languished for a week without care, until he was visited by an old friend, Paul Emil Jacobs. It was too late, however, and he died, aged only twenty-six.
References
Further reading
* Michael Bringmann, Sigrid von Blanckenhagen: ''Die Mosbrugger: die Konstanzer Maler Wendelin, Friedrich und Joseph Mosbrugger'' Weißenhorn Konrad 1974,External links
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mosbrugger, Friedrich 1804 births 1830 deaths German male painters German genre painters 19th-century German painters 19th-century German male artists