Daniel Gran

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Daniel Gran
File:Daniel Gran.jpg
Born (1694-05-22)22 May 1694
Vienna
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Sankt Pölten
Nationality Austria
Education Sebastiano Ricci (Venice, Italy) and Francesco Solimena (Naples, Italy)
Known for Painting
Notable work St Anna's Church's frescoes (Vienna), Österreichische Nationalbibliothek Prunksaal's frescoes
Movement Baroque
File:Allegory of peace and heaven - Prunksaal - Austrian National Library.jpg
Prunksaal: allegory of peace and heaven. Ceiling painting made by Daniel Gran (1694-1757) finished in 1730.
File:Allegory of war and Law - Prunksaal - Austrian National Library.jpg
Prunksaal: allegory of war and law. Ceiling painting made by Daniel Gran (1694-1757) finished in 1730.

Daniel Gran (22 May 1694 in Vienna – 16 April 1757 in Sankt Pölten), was an Austrian painter. His pictures ornament several public buildings in his native city. He was of some consideration in his time and after a century of Italian dominance one of the first important painters of the German-speaking countries, but his works are relatively unknown outside of Austria and Germany today.[1]

Life and Education

Gran was one of the sons of Hofkochs Kaiser Leopold I. He was sponsored by the House of Schwarzenberg, which helped finance his studies and travels in Italy, where he studied primarily with Sebastiano Ricci in Venice and Francesco Solimena in Naples. His works can be noted for a wavering between Venetian influence in coloring and Neapolitan influence in composition. In addition to the Princely House of Schwarzenberg, he also painted for the House of Habsburg; 1727 he was appointed court painter.

From 1732, he used the title "Daniel le Grand," and from 1736, with the predicate "della Torre." In the absence of documentation, the verifiability of his nobility in the Registry of Vienna Gratialarchivs is doubtful. More accurate is the master title and coat of arms of an imperial Fähnrich, Nikolaus Gran della Torre (ennobled on 12 May 1621) which successfully laid his claim and revived his title. A wrongful use of noble titles and predicates would have been unthinkable in the time and exposed the social position of the artist.[2]

Towards the end of his career, his paintings appear increasingly less "Baroque" (in figural dimensions, illusionism). Gran therefore can be seen as an important precursor of classicism.

In 1894, in Vienna's Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus (15th District), the Grangasse street was named after him.

Works

Frescoes
Altar paintings

Self-portrait in the monastery of Herzogenburg.

Gallery

  • Daniel Gran - St Elizabeth Distributing Alms - WGA10354.jpg

    St. Elizabeth Distributing Alms, 1736

  • Daniel Gran 001.jpg

    Charity of St. Elizabeth of Portugal, 1736/1737

  • Karlskirche - Wien 020.jpg

    Christ and the Roman Captain, 1736

  • Daniel Gran - Paradies.JPG

    Paradise (sketch for a ceiling fresco in Sonntagberg basilica, Austria), 1736

  • Daniel Gran - Maria mit Jesus und Johannes.JPG

    Mary with Jesus and John, 1745

  • St. Pölten Dom Josephs-Altar 01.JPG

    Rest on the Flight to Egypt, 1746

  • Stift Klosterneuburg Marmorsaal Fresko.JPG

    Glory of the House of Austria, Ceiling fresco in marble hall of Klosterneuburg Monastery (1749)

  • Daniel Gran Allegorie der vier Jahreszeiten.jpg

    Allegory of Four Seasons, 1757

  • Stiftskirche Herzogenburg Hochaltarbild 01.JPG

    Madonna and Child with the St. George and St. Stephen

  • Large view of Glory of Virgin Mary by Daniel Gran - Annakirche.jpg

    Glory of Virgin Mary

  • Glory of St Anna - Daniel Gran - Annakirche Vienna.jpg

    St. Anne in St. Anne's Church, Vienna

  • Österr.Nationalbibliothek-Deckengemälde der Prunksaalkuppel.jpg

    Ceiling fresco of the State Hall dome

Notes

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References

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Further Reading

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  • Eckhard Knab: Daniel Gran. Herold, Wien/München 1977, ISBN 3-7008-0131-9.
  • Johann Kronbichler: GRANDEZZA - Der Barockmaler Daniel Gran 1694-1757. St. Pölten 2007, ISBN 978-3-901863-28-8.

External Links

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  1. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. ↑ Walther Buchowiecki: Der Barockbau der ehemaligen Hofbibliothek in Wien, ein Werk J.B.Fischers von Erlach, S 146f. Georg Prachner Verlag, Wien 1957
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