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

Friedrich Schilcher
Portrait of Friedrich Schilcher by Friedrich von Amerling
Born	(1811-09-01)1 September 1811 Vienna, Austria
Died	6 May 1881(1881-05-06) (aged 69) Vienna, Austria
Nationality	Austrian
Occupation	Painter

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

• restoration of ceiling frescoes by Marcantonio Chiarini in the Winter Palace of Prince Eugene, Innere Stadt, Vienna (1841)
• restoration of ceiling frescoes in the Great Boardroom of Palais Niederösterreich, Vienna
• stage curtain for the Hungarian National Theatre, Budapest
• altarpiece for the Ladislauskirche, Oradea, Romania
• Cardinal virtues, frescoes in the prelate courtyard of Melk Abbey (1852)
• Glory of Saint Benedict, ceiling painting for the entrance hall at Melk Abbey (1852)
• The circular dance of angels, painting behind the high altar at St Joseph's Church in Kahlenberg, Vienna (1852)[5]
• painting for the Finsterle family mausoleum in the parish cemetery at Kahlenbergerdorf in Döbling, Vienna
• decoration in the parish church of Leobersdorf (1859-1862)
• portrait of Franz Joseph I of Austria of Austria (1860), oil on canvas, 123 × 95 cm
• ceiling painting in the 'Schubert Room' at the Palais Dumba, Vienna, depicting aspects of Schubert's work, for Nikolaus Dumba[1][6]
• supraport frescoes for the Palais Schwarzenberg, Vienna
• figurative painting for the curtain of the Theater an der Wien (1864)[7]
• Allegory of Austria, fresco in the Great Dining Room of the Austria Classic Hotel Wien, Vienna (destroyed 1945)
• portrait of Johann II, Prince of Liechtenstein (Collection Liechtenstein, inv. No. GE 1841), oil on canvas, 55.4 × 47.4 cm

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

Bibliography

• Constantin von Wurzbach: "Schilcher, Friedrich." In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich (Biographical Lexicon of the Empire of Austria).  Part 29 Kaiserlich-königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1875, p. 312–314 (digitalised).

References

External links

• Media related to Friedrich Schilcher at Wikimedia Commons
• "Works of Art", Friedrich Schilcher (österreichisch, 1811–1881), on Artnet

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[de] Friedrich Schilcher

Friedrich Schilcher (* 1. September 1811[1] in Wien; † 6. Mai 1881 in Unterdöbling bei Wien[2]) war ein österreichischer Porträt-, Genre-, Dekorations- und Historienmaler.

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- [en] Friedrich Schilcher

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[fr] Friedrich Schilcher

Friedrich Schilcher, né le 31 août 1811 à Vienne, décédé le 6 mai 1881 dans la même ville, est un peintre autrichien de portraits et d'histoire.

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