Friedrich Schilcher
Portrait of Friedrich Schilcher by Friedrich von Amerling
Born(1811-09-01)1 September 1811
Vienna, Austria
Died6 May 1881(1881-05-06) (aged 69)
Vienna, Austria
NationalityAustrian
OccupationPainter

Friedrich Schilcher (1811 – 1881) was an Austrian portrait, genre, and history painter, and decorative designer.

Schilcher was born in Vienna on 1 September 1811. He studied at the Vienna Academy, undertook study trips to Hungary and Transylvania, and became the president of Vienna Künstlerhaus.[1] He died on 6 May 1881 at Unterdöbling in Vienna, and was buried in the Vienna Central Cemetery. In 1975 the Schilchergasse (street), in Vienna's 14th borough of Penzing, was named after him.[2][3][4]

Works

Further paintings are in the Vienna Museum and the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna.

Bibliography

References

  1. 1 2 Tzafettas, John; Konecny, Elvira (2015); "Chapter 5 – The Dumba Palace, Palais Am Parkring" in Nikolaus Dumba (1830-1900): A Dazzling Figure in Imperial Vienna : Maecenas of Music and Fine Art, National Benefactor of Austria and Greece, Akakia Publications
  2. Zeitschrift für allgemeine Museologie und verwandte Wissenschaften (1878), Dresden, W. Baensch, p.80; “The painter Friedrich Schilcher died on the 6th of December in Unter-Döbling near Vienna". Retrieved 29 December 2020
  3. Neumann, Wilhelm, 1849-1919; Gemälde-Sammlung, Friedrich Wilhelm Brederlosche (1894), Beschreibendes Verzeichnis der Gemälde der Friedrich Wilhelm Brederloschen Sammlung zu Riga, Riga, W.F. Häcker, p.78. Retrieved 29 December 2020
  4. "Friedrich Schilcher" in Führer durch die Gemäldegalerie (1906), Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Gemäldegalerie, p.600. Retrieved 29 December 2020
  5. Schnerich, Alfred (1921); Vienna's churches and chapels : in art and cultural-historical representation, Amalthea Verlag, Zurich, pp.219,220
  6. Clive, Peter (1997); Schubert and his World: A Biographical Dictionary, Clarendon Press, pp.41,42. ISBN 019816582X
  7. "Theater an der Wien", Theatre-architecture.eu, Theatre Database. Retrieved 29 December 2020
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