Josef Abel
Illustration — Self-portrait in the studio Josef Abel (22 August 1768 – 4 October 1818) was an Austrian historical painter and etcher.
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Josef Abel
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- Died
- 1818 · Vienna.
- Nationality
- Habsburg monarchy · Austrian Empire
- Occupation
- painter · etcher · artist
- Fields
- visual arts
- Education
- Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
- Teachers
- Heinrich Füger
- Languages
- German
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Illustration — Self-portrait in the studio Josef Abel (22 August 1768 – 4 October 1818) was an Austrian historical painter and etcher.
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Josef Abel studied at Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. Training under Heinrich Füger is recorded. Józef Brodowski the Elder is recorded as having studied under Josef Abel. The recorded working language is German. The field of work recorded is visual arts. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are history. Places of work recorded in the authority are Rome, Vienna and Italy. Employment is recorded with Adam Kazimierz Czartoryski. Work by Josef Abel is recorded in the collections of Belvedere, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Hungarian National Gallery, Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest and Führermuseum.
Abel was born in Aschach an der Donau, Upper Austria. He visited the Academy in Vienna, which was at the time directed by Friedrich Heinrich Füger, and was one of his best scholars. Abel developed an interest for the ancient world, reflecting a popular direction in the art of the beginning of the 19th century in Germany and France. During the years 1801–1807, he studied in Italy, then returned to Vienna, where he became a member of the Academy on 8 February 1815 and remained till his death in 1818. Among his famous works are paintings and etchings of Klopstock in Elysium, Orestes and Electra, Socrates and Theramenes as well as Emperor Francis I of Austria. He also painted the figural part of the front curtain of the old Burgtheater under directions of Füger. For some time there has been discussion of whether his portrait of a young man with glasses is a portrayal of the young Franz Schubert.
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1764
Josef Abel born at Aschach an der Donau.
1818
Josef Abel died at Vienna.
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