Johann Fischbach (1797 - 1871)

Fischbach, an important representative of Austrian Biedermeier painting, was at home in almost all genres, landscapes being his speciality. From 1812, he studied at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts with Josef Fischer and Joseph Mössmer. He became Mössmer’s assistant in 1819, and was awarded the Grand Prize for landscape painting in 1921. In 1840 he moved to Salzburg, where he was instrumental in founding the Kunstverein (art society) in 1844, and in 1852 set up the "Kleine Akademie" – an artists’ circle to which Josef Mayburger and Hans Makart also belonged. After the death of his son, he moved to Munich in 1860.

Author: Habersatter Thomas

Literature: Ducke Astrid, Habersatter Thomas (Hrsg./Edi.): von | from 0 auf | to 100. Residenzgalerie Salzburg 1923-2023. Salzburg 2023, S./p. 300