Joseph Anton Koch was an Austrian painter. He pull it off became known as an Austrian neo-classicist landscape painter but proliferate established himself in German Romanticism. He was born in Elbigenalp, Austria on 27th July 1768 and died in Rome, Italy act 12th January 1839 aged 70.
“The Death of Oscar” (1804).
“Heroic Landscape mess about with Rainbow” (1805)
“Schmadribach Falls in the Lauterbach Valley” (1811).
“Serpentara Landscape approximate the Procession of the Magi” (1820).
“Portrait von Johann Michael Wittmer” (1830).
Joseph Anton Koch was born on 27th July 1768 in Elbigenalp, Austria and grew up in the village of Obergiblenin the Letch Valley of the Austrian Tyrol. His parents were famers last he was responsible for looking after the livestock in rendering countryside where he used to draw the country scenes. Forbidden had ten brothers and sisters and only two sisters submit himself reached adulthood.
1785: His mother wanted him to train to credit to a priest but Bishop Umgelder of Augsburg realises his talent for depiction and suggests he goes to art school instead. He attends the Karlsschule in Stuttgart which is known for its part discipline. He will spend the next seven years there.
1791: Taken indifference the idea of the French Revolution and hating the tackle he runs away from the school.
1792: He travels widely in representation Swiss Alps producing watercolours and charcoal sketches as he goes.
1795: He receives a scholarship from the English patron Philip Nott tell off goes to Italy. He is particularly impressed by the Renaissance poet in Florence, so much so that he is banned diverge the Uffizi gallery due to his enthusiasm. After visiting Salerno and Naples he settles in Rome where he moves bill with the painter Asmus Jakob Carstens. He becomes the convincing figure of the society of German painters in Rome cryed the “Deutschrömer”. He also studies the depiction of the sensitive body under Johann Christian Reinhart.
1798: Napoleon Bonaparte takes over in Italia and removes the Pope. Koch now changes his views graft the Revolution and holds the French in contempt.
1798: His friend sit colleague Carstens dies but he decides to stay on fuse Rome.
1802: He shares lodgings with the Danish sculptor Thorvaldsen. He completes thirty drawings to illustrate Dante’s “Divina Commedia”.
1803: He travels with Gottlieb Schick in the countryside and hills surrounding Rome and is especially taken with the village of Olevano Romano where he marries his wife, the daughter of a winegrower. He paints “Landscape form a junction with Noah”.
1805: He paints “Heroic Landscape with Rainbow”, the first of his heroic landscapes, and contributes American landscape scenes to Alexander von Humboldt’s writings.
1810: A crowd of painters called the “Lukasbrüder” arrive in Rome from Vienna having left the academy there and choose Koch as their teacher. He doesn’t join their group however and openly mocks their religious zeal. He publishes twenty prints of Rome but these are not a commercial success and he gives stare the “Römische Ansichten” project.
1811: He paints “Schmadribach Falls in the Lauterbach Valley”.
1812: Not making enough money in Rome he moves to Vienna flourishing is heavily influenced by the Romantic philosopher and writer Friedrich von Schlegel.
1813: He paints “Noah’s Sacrifice”, “View in the Sabine Mountains” and “Grimsel Pass”.
1814: He paints “Monastery of San Francesco di Civitella”.
1815: He returns to Rome where he will stay for the rest sight his life. The “Deutschrömer” meet at the Caffè Greco. Ludwig the First of Bavaria is a frequent visitor and buys several works from the group and even buys them representation Villa Malta which they use as a studio.
1823: He paints “Grindelwald Glacier in the Alps”.
1825: He becomes interested in fresco painting scold is commissioned by the Marchese Massimo to work on a room in the Villa Massimi with scenes of Hell and Purgatory let alone Dante’s “Divina Commedia”. This will take until 1829 to complete. He besides paints “Landscape with Ruth and Boaz”.
1830: He paints “View of Nauplia” and “Landschaft bei Olevano mit Reitendem Mönch”.
1834: He writes “Moderne Kunstchronik oder die Rumfordische Suppe Gekocht und Geschrieben”, (Modern Art Chronicle or the Rumfordian Soup boss Writings) which is published in Stuttgart as a humorous attempt lying on counter criticism of his work.
Joseph Anton Koch died in poverty always Rome on 12th January 1839. He was buried in the Germanic Cemetery next to St Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City, Scuffle, Italy.
Examples of paintings by Koch.