Mathilde Esch Explained
| Mathilde Esch |
| Birth Date: | 18 February 1815 |
| Birth Place: | Brno, Moravia |
| Death Place: | Munich |
| Nationality: | Austrian |
| Occupation: | Genre painter |
Maria Mathilde Esch (18 February 1815 – 2 May 1904)[1] was an Austrian genre painter.
Life
The daughter of German architect and local superintendent of construction (1784–1854),[2] Esch grew up in Brno, at the time part of Austria-Hungary. She became a student of several recognized painters of the era, such as Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller and Joseph von Führich, and spent time in cities like Paris, Munich and Düsseldorf.[2] [3]
Following the death of her father in 1854, she permanently moved to Vienna,[4] where she built upon her already existing reputation as a skilled landscape and genre painter by carrying out her profession, with most of her works going into private ownership. She focused primarily on scenes of the German and Hungarian popular culture, but also produced some still lifes.[3] Her paintings were exhibited in Vienna, Munich, Dresden, Prague and Brno.
Selected works
- Bauernhof in Mähren (1856)
- Marktszene in Mähren (1856)
- Münchner Mädchen auf dem Friedhof (1856)
- Die Domkirche auf dem Brünner Petersberge
- Ansicht von Brünn
- Mädchen mit einem Hunde (1858)
- Die Blumenverkäuferin vor der Kirche (1863)
- Kroatische Edelbraut (1880)
- Die 5 Sinne
Notes and References
- There has been some uncertainty regarding Esch's true birth and death date. The dates contained in this article originate from a written inquiry directed at the Munich City Archive. Web site: Gmane -- Mail To News And Back Again. article.gmane.org. de. 18 May 2020. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20091009140014/http://article.gmane.org/gmane.culture.libraries.inetbib/14202. 9 October 2009.
- Book: Wurzbach, Constant von. Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich. 4. Vienna. 1858. 78.
- Book: Müller, Hermann Alexander. Biographisches Künstler-Lexikon. Die bekanntesten Zeitgenossen auf dem Gebiet der bildenden Künste aller Länder mit Angabe ihrer Werke. Bibliographisches Institut. Leipzig. 1882. 161–162. de.
- News: Tagesereignisse. 5 August 1855. Brünner Anzeiger und Tagesblatt. de.
