Franz Defregger
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Portrait painting of a bearded man
Self Portrait, 1880
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Born | Stronach, Tyrol |
30 April 1835
Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Munich |
Resting place | Nordfriedhof, Munich |
Nationality | Austrian |
Alma mater | Academy of Fine Arts, Munich |
Known for | Painting, drawing |
Style | Genre art, history paintings |
Movement | Munich School |
Spouse(s) | Anna Müller |
Franz Defregger (after 1883 Franz von Defregger) (30 April 1835 – 2 January 1921) was an Austrian artist known for producing genre art and history paintings set in his native Tyrol.[1]
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Biography
Franz Defregger was born on 30 April 1835 at the Ederhof in Stronach, Tyrol in the Austrian Empire.[2] He was the second son of Maria (née Fercher) and Michael Defregger, a farmer, who also had five daughters.[2] His mother and two of his sisters died in 1841 during a typhoid epidemic.[2] Franz himself nearly died from the fever.[2] During his early years, Franz developed a strong love of music, and learned to play the flugelhorn.[2] He soon became a member of a local band in Dölsach, playing at weddings, assemblies, and balls.[2] Franz also displayed an early talent for drawing and woodcarving, which he developed autodidactically while working on his father's farm.[1]
After his father died in 1858, Franz took over the farm at the age of twenty-three.[2] Within two years, however, he sold the farm and shared the money with his sisters who wanted to emigrate to America.[2] Defregger moved to Innsbruck and studied woodcarving with the sculptor Michael Stolz,[3] a professor at the Innsbrucker Trade School.[2] Stoltz soon recognized Defregger's greater talent as a painter, and in the autumn of 1860, he arranged a meeting with Karl von Piloty at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich.[2] At Piloty's suggestion, Defregger attended a preparatory class at the Academy with Hermann Dyck. On 19 July 1861, Defregger passed the entrance examination and was accepted into the Academy. In the autumn of that year, he enrolled in a painting class given by Hermann Anschutz.[1]
From 1863 to 1865, Defregger lived in Paris, where he took a course of study at the Ecole des beaux-arts at the recommendation of Alexandre Laemlein.[4] In 1864, Defregger's work was shown at the Salon; the Salon catalog of 1864 recorded him as "elève de l'Ecole des Beaux Arts".[5] In Paris, Defregger's work was also influenced by his exposure to the city's museums, art galleries, and studios.
In July 1865, Defregger returned to Munich and worked on designs. He also spent time in East Tyrol, painting portraits of his relatives and friends. Between 1867 to 1870, he worked with Hans Makart and Gabriel of Max in the studio of the Munich history painter Piloty. His paintings were popular, and he soon became successful as an artist. He was professor of history painting from 1878 to 1910 at the Munich Art Academy. He preferred portraits, rustic motifs from the everyday life, and dramatic scenes from the Tyrolean national uprising of 1809.
In 1883, Defregger was given the Order of Merit of the Bavarian crown, and was made a Knight of the collected personal nobility. He received numerous prizes and awards, including the Prussian Order of Merit for Science and the Arts.[6] In 1906, his work was displayed at the Century of German Art exhibition in Berlin. His students included the Gröden artists Josef Moroder Lusenberg and Hans Perathoner, Lovis Corinth, Walter Thor, Hugo Engl, and many others. Defregger also worked alongside other artists in the studio, especially Rudolf Epp, developing a style consistent with the Munich school.
Franz Defregger died in Munich in 1921 at the age of 85. He was buried at Nordfriedhof in Munich.
Legacy
Defregger's private home in Munich, called the Defregger House, was built by architect Georg von Hauberrisser. His residence in Bolzano, the Villa Defregger, was built in 1879 according to the plans of the Bolzano city architect Sebastian Altmann. In 1922 in Vienna, a street was name "Defreggerstraße" to honor the artist. Similar street dedications occurred in Bolzano and Gries am Brenner—both have since been renamed. Built in 1887, the Defreggerhaus refuge at the foot of the Großvenediger mountain was also named in his honor.
Gallery
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Defregger Das letzte Aufgebot.jpg
Das letzte Aufgebot, 1872
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Franz von Defregger - Grace Before Meal.JPG
Grace Before Meal, 1875
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Franz von Defregger Beauty of the Tyrol 1880.jpg
Beauty of the Tyrol, 1880
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Franz von Defregger Zilli.jpg
D'Zilli, 1882
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Defregger Bildnis eines jungen Bauernmädchens.jpg
Bildnis eines jungen Bauernmädchens, 1885
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Defregger Bauerndirndl.jpg
Bauerndirndl, 1890
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Franz von Defregger Mädchenporträit c1890.jpg
Mädchenporträit, c. 1890
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Franz von Defregger Alter Jäger mit Flinte.jpg
Alter Jäger mit Flinte im Hochgebirge, 1892
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Zitherspielendes Mädchen by Franz von Defregger.jpg
Zitherspielendes Mädchen, 1894
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Defregger Tiroler Dirndl.jpg
Tiroler Dirndl, c. 1895
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Defregger Bauerndirndl 1896.jpg
Bauerndirndl, 1896
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Franz von Defregger Portrait eines jungen Tirolers 1897.jpg
Portrait eines jungen Tirolers, 1897
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Combat du Bergisel.jpg
Victory of Andreas Hofer at Bergisel, 1809, 1900
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Franz Defregger Bauernportrait.jpg
Bauernporträt, 1900
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Defregger Der kranke Dackel.JPG
Der kranke Dackel, 1903
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Franz von Defregger Porträt Franz von Lenbach 1907.jpg
Portrait of Franz von Lenbach, 1907
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Franz von Defregger Junger Bauer 1910.jpg
Junger Bauer, 1910
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Franz von Defregger Bauernbursch mit Hut.jpg
Bauernbursch mit Hut
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Franz von Defregger Dirndl.jpg
Dirndl
References
Citations
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Colby 1914, p. 609.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 Defregger 2010, p. 5.
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- ↑ Paris, AN AJ 235, Registres matricules des élèves des sections de peinture et de sculpture, 1841–1871, Nr. 3421.
- ↑ Sanchez, Pierre, and Xavier Seydoux. Les catalogues des Salons des beaux-arts, 1864–1867. Dijon, 2005, Salon 1864, Nr. 3378.
- ↑ Der Orden Pour le Merite für Wissenschaft und Künste, Die Mitglieder, Band II, 1882–1952. Page 200. Berlin: Gebr. Mann-Verlag, 1978.
Bibliography
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