Leopold Kupelwieser [SEP] place of birth
Leopold Kupelwieser
Leopold Kupelwieser (17 October 1796, Markt Piesting – 17 November 1862, Vienna) was an Austrian painter, often associated with the Nazarene movement.
Life.
He was the son of Johann Baptist Georg Kilian Kupelwieser (1760–1813), co-owner of a factory that produced tableware. His talents were recognized at an early age by the sculptor Franz Anton von Zauner and by the time he was twelve, he was already attending the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna.
During a stay in Rome
Schubert's opera "Fierrabras".
Further reading.
- Constantin von Wurzbach: "Kupelwieser, Leopold". In: "Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich", Vol. 13 (1865), pgs.392–396 () (Fraktur)
- Rupert Feuchtmüller: "Leopold Kupelwieser und die Kunst der österreichischen Spätromantik", Österreichischen Bundesvaerlag, 1970
- Rita Steblin: "Die Unsinnsgesellschaft: Franz Schubert, Leopold Kupelwieser und ihr Freundeskreis", Vienna, Böhlau, 1998
External links.
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