Vinzenz Fischer
Illustration — Vault paintings Hunting Agamemnon by Vinzenz Fischer, from Green summer house, the Temple of Diana in Laxenburg, circa 1763 Vinzenz Fischer (1729–1810) was a historical painter and professor of architecture at the Academy of Vienna.
Also recorded as Josef Vincenz Fischer · vincenz fischer · V. Fischer
Vinzenz Fischer
Johann Jakob Laurenz Billwiller · Public domain
- Born
- 1729 · Schmidham.
- Died
- 1810 · Vienna.
- Nationality
- Germany
- Occupation
- painter · architect · artist
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Illustration — Vault paintings Hunting Agamemnon by Vinzenz Fischer, from Green summer house, the Temple of Diana in Laxenburg, circa 1763 Vinzenz Fischer (1729–1810) was a historical painter and professor of architecture at the Academy of Vienna.
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Georg Fischer is recorded as having studied under Vinzenz Fischer. Places of work recorded in the authority are Italy. Employment is recorded with Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. Work by Vinzenz Fischer is recorded in the collections of Belvedere, Städel Museum, Slovak National Gallery, Hungarian National Gallery and Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest.
Fischer was born at Schmidham, in Bavaria, on 3 April 1729. Following an initial artistic education in Passau, he entered the Vienna Academy as a student in 1751. He made a journey to Italy in 1753–1755, and, following his return to Vienna, was accepted as a member of the academy in 1760. He had a great knowledge of architecture and geometry, and held the post of professor of architecture at the academy between 1764 and 1808. He died at Vienna on 26 October 1810.
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The following works by him are worthy of mention: • The Restoring of the Young Man of Nain to life, 1763. • The Raising of Lazarus, 1763. • Moses when a Boy treading on Pharaoh's Crown (in the academy at Vienna). • Crucifixion, 1778 – Piarist church of the Finding of the Holy Cross, Litomyšl (copy after destroyed original by Francesco Trevisani).
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1729
Vinzenz Fischer born at Schmidham.
1810
Vinzenz Fischer died at Vienna.
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- 1.Web Gallery of Art: Fischer, Josef Vinzenz.
- 2.Matriken Ulrichskirche in Wien, Sterbebuch 1810, S. 294. „Herr Fischer Vinzenz, gewester Professor und Rath der bildenden Künste, Spittelberg 17“.
- 3.Fischer (vulgo Schächl) Vinzenz. In: Felix Czeike, Historisches Lexikon Wien. Band 2 De - Gy. S. 314.
- 4.Matriken Ulrichskirche in Wien, Trauungsbuch 1762, S. 598.
- 5.ADB 7 82 82 Fischer, Vincenz Heinrich Kábdebo ADB:Fischer, Vincenz
- 6.Vinzenz Fischer, Rath an der k. k. Akademie der bildenden Künste, Professor der Ornamente, Optik und Perspective an der Baukunstschule in Wien, Sammlung Wien Museum.
- 7.Die Ausbildung von Architekten und Bauherren in Wien und ihr Vergleich mit Prag. In: Tomas Korbel, Der berufliche und gesellschaftliche Aufstieg tschechischer Architekten und Bauherren im 19. Jahrhundert, Dissertation Karls-Universität. 2020. S. 77 (in tschechischer Sprache).
- 8.Marion Hilliges und Christian Scholl (Hg.), Gilly, Weinbrenner, Schinkel. Baukunst auf Papier zwischen Gotik und Klassizismus. Universitätsverlag Göttingen, 2016. S. 161.
- 9.Barcas Lehrer in Wien. In: Katharina von Pentz, Johann Georg Barca (1781-1826) – Hofbaumeister in Ludwigslust. Dissertation Hamburg 2010. S. 20 f.
- 10.Die Manuskripte befinden sich heute im Wiener Stadt- und Landesarchiv
- 11.Dr. Gall’s Schädelsammlung. In: Katalogblätter des Rollettmuseums in Baden Nr. 4, 2008. ISBN 978-3-901951-04-6.
- 12.Werke und Werkteile von Vinzenz Fischer im Bildindex der Kunst und Kultur
- 13.Monika Mund, Die Stadtpfarrkirche Mariae Himmelfahrt zu Salzburg - Mülln : Bedeutende Künstler, allen voran Vinzenz Fischer (1729-1810), trugen zum Entstehen dieses barocken Gesamtkunstwerkes bei. Diplomarbeit Universität Salzburg 2004.
- 14.Dehio Salzburg – Stadt und Land. S. 645. Müllner Pfarrkirche.
- 15.Laxenburger Kultur-Parcours. S. 19. Belvedere. / S. 27. Speisesaaltrakt.
- 16.Dehio Niederösterreich südlich der Donau 2003. S. 1155 ff. Blauer Hof.
- 17.Dehio Niederösterreich südlich der Donau 2003. S. 1171 f. Diana-Tempel.
- 18.Dehio Niederösterreich nördlich der Donau 1990. S. 263 Gerasdorf.
- 19.Hermann Fillitz, Das Gebäude der Akademie der Wissenschaften. Johannessaal. S. 14 f.
- 20.Ulrike Knall-Brskowsky, Fresko im kleinen Sitzungssaal, ehemals Theologensaal. In: Das alte Universitätsviertel in Wien, 1385-1985. Schriften des Archivs der Universität Wien, . S. 301.
- 21.Süddeutscher Barock
- 22.Dehio Salzburg – Stadt und Land. S. 588. Chiemseehof.
- 23.Hofburg/Leopoldinischer Trakt.
- 24.Peter Swittalek, Die Wiederentdeckung der Maulbertsch Fresken in der Josefskapelle der Wiener Hofburg. In: Wiener Hofburg. Neue Forschungen. Österreichische Zeitschrift für Kunst und Denkmalpflege LI 1997, Heft 3/4.
- 25.Erdteilallegorien Fürstenzell.
- 26.kulturpool.
- 27.Sammlung Belvedere: Architekturstück
- 28.Dehio Niederösterreich nördlich der Donau 1990. S. 488 Karnabrunn.
- 29.Oradea, Kathedrale
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