
Joseph Mössmer (20 May 1780 – 22 June 1845) was an Austrian painter and instructor at the
Academy of Fine Arts Vienna.
Born in Vienna, he began his artistic training in 1796 under
Friedrich August Brand. Later, as an instructor at the Academy, Mössmer headed the landscape painting class for decades, encouraged outdoor painting, and exerted considerable influence without gaining much of a reputation for his own skill.
Mössmer is known for his landscape paintings in a
Neoclassical style. At the Academy his notable students included
Emanuel Stöckler, August Heinrich,
[Painting and Sculpture in Europe 1780-1880, by Fritz Novotny, page 102] Anton Altmann, and
Friedrich Loos.
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1780 births
1845 deaths
19th-century Austrian painters
19th-century Austrian male artists
Austrian male painters
Academic staff of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
Artists from Vienna
Austrian landscape painters
Austrian watercolourists