Franz Hochecker - Artist Info

About Franz Hochecker

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    Landscape painter, since 1744 with the sister of the painter Christian Georg Schütz the Elder. married. In the workshop of his brother-in-law, he becomes his employee. As a test piece created in 1760 for the Frankfurt Council a view of Frankfurt, for which he receives the citizenship. From the influence of his brother in the style and in the design clearly marked. Schütz, for his part, drew inspiration from Dutch models and Italian Vedutists as well as from Hermann Saftleven dJ Nachbarocke, atmospheric ideal landscapes m. Castles or ruins are typical of H. In later years, the work of the paintings Schütz 'solve, gain greater autonomy and show tendencies to classical landscape painting and a more realistic landscape conception. Franz Ho...

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