Karel Josef Aigen (1685–1762) jako kreslíř a inventor grafických listů
Roč.73,č.2(2024)
Abstrakt
Klíčová slova:
Karl Joseph Aigen; 18th-century graphics in Austria; Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna; Gustav Adolph Müller; Franz Ambros Dietel; Jacob Wilhelm Heckenauer
Stránky:
122–133
The work of painter Karl Joseph Aigen (1685–1762) remains a poorly understood category in Moravian and Austrian art history. In efforts to evaluate Aigen's oeuvre, emphasis has been placed primarily on the recognition of his skill as a painter together with his esteemed academic position, which served as indisputable proof of his qualities as an artist. The same emphasis is also shown in the partial research on many church commissions and his output of cabinet paintings. It appears that Aigen also made considerable use of his drawing skills, especially in the design of prints, which could have been an important addition to his finances in the early years of his Viennese career. He collaborated with many renowned engravers of the time on designs for prints with a wide range of iconographic themes. Aigen did not, however, limit his draughtsmanship just to designs for print production. An equally important category demonstrating Aigen's abilities is his academic teaching, which was strictly oriented towards the mastery of drawing. During the 1750s, the artist had the opportunity to help a number of the successors of the younger generation of painters to develop basic drawing skills.
Karl Joseph Aigen; 18th-century graphics in Austria; Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna; Gustav Adolph Müller; Franz Ambros Dietel; Jacob Wilhelm Heckenauer
122–133
