Franz Innocenz Josef Kobell
Franz Kobell (23 November 1749 – 14 January 1822) was a German painter, etcher and draftsman.
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Franz Innocenz Josef Kobell
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- Name
- Franz Kobell
- Born
- 23 November 1749
- Birthplace
- Mannheim, Holy Roman Empire
- Died
- 14 January 1822
- Place of death
- Munich, Kingdom of Bavaria
- Known for
- Landscape, architecture drawings and etchings
- Nationality
- Kingdom of Bavaria · Electorate of Bavaria
- Occupation
- painter · etcher · artist · draftsperson
- Fields
- visual arts
- Languages
- German
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Franz Kobell (23 November 1749 – 14 January 1822) was a German painter, etcher and draftsman.
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Franz Innocenz Josef Kobell (1749–1822) was an artist, draftsperson and etcher, among other activities and a national of the Electorate of Bavaria and the Kingdom of Bavaria. Born in Mannheim, the artist died in Munich.
Franz Innocenz Josef Kobell worked in Munich and Rome. The artist was active in visual arts.
Languages used include German. Works by Franz Innocenz Josef Kobell are held at Art Institute of Chicago, Bavarian State Painting Collections and Hermitage Museum, among others.
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Biography
The recorded working language is German. The field of work recorded is visual arts. Places of work recorded in the authority are Rome and Munich. Work by Franz Innocenz Josef Kobell is recorded in the collections of Städel Museum, Art Institute of Chicago, National Gallery of Victoria, Bavarian State Painting Collections and Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest.
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Franz Kobell • Born — 23 November 1749 • Birthplace — Mannheim, Holy Roman Empire • Died — 14 January 1822 • Place of death — Munich, Kingdom of Bavaria • Known for — Landscape, architecture drawings and etchings • Illustration — River landscape with travelers (178x)
Biography
Biography
He was born in Mannheim. The Elector Karl Theodor of Bavaria sent him to Italy (1776) to study art and he remained there till 1785, working from nature and monumental buildings, mainly in Rome. He next lived at Munich, where he became painter to the court. He died in Munich in 1822.
Works
Works
He produced only a few oil paintings, highly praised by Goethe, a notable example being Rocky landscape with waterfalls, once in the Bamberg gallery. Endowed as he was with an exuberant fancy and extraordinary facility of production, the process of painting proved too slow to keep pace with his ideas, and he mostly confined himself to the use of pen and pencil, leaving 20,000 landscape and architecture pen drawings and etchings.
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Family
He was the brother of Ferdinand Kobell.
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