Franz Steinfeld (1787 - 1868)

For Austrian painting, Franz Steinfeld counts as having “discovered” the Alps, breaking with the tradition of baroque landscape painting. From 1802 to 1811 he studied with Laurenz Janscha, Martin von Molitor and Albrecht Christoph Dies at the Vienna Academy. He travelled extensively in Germany, the Netherlands, France, Switzerland and Italy. His work shows the lasting influence of the Dutch painter Jacob Isaacksz. van Ruisdael. From 1815 to 1830, Steinfeld was court painter to Archduke Anton Victor, exploring the Salzkammergut at the end of the 1810s. From 1825 he was a member of the Vienna Academy, and from 1845 he taught the landscape-painting class there.

Author: Habersatter Thomas

Literature: Ducke Astrid, Thomas Habersatter (Hg./Ed.): Stadt · Land · Berg. Salzburg und seine Umgebung/Town · Landscape · Mountain. Salzburg and surroundings. Residenzgalerie Salzburg. Salzburg 2022, S./p. 146