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1804 Vienna - 1871 Niederpocking. Known for: Portrait, figure, allegorical painting.
Joseph Kenner (1794 Vienna-1868 Bad Ischl) was, besides his activity as a k. k. Official as district chief of Freistadt and district chief in Bad Ischl, above all known as draftsman and poet. He was... Read full biography
Joseph Kenner (1794 Vienna-1868 Bad Ischl) was, besides his activity as a k. k. Official as district chief of Freistadt and district chief in Bad Ischl, above all known as draftsman and poet. He was a co-founder of the Francisco-Carolinum Museum in Linz, the founding member of the museum in 1834,... Read full biography
Joseph Kenner (1794 Vienna-1868 Bad Ischl) was, besides his activity as a k. k. Official as district chief of Freistadt and district chief in Bad Ischl, above all known as draftsman and poet. He was a co-founder of the Francisco-Carolinum Museum in Linz, the founding member of the museum in 1834, as well as the secretary of the Museum. Close friendships were concluded not only with the friends of the Linzer Schubert, but also with Moritz von Schwind, within whose circle many of his poems arose.... Read full biography
Joseph Kenner (1794 Vienna-1868 Bad Ischl) was, besides his activity as a k. k. Official as district chief of Freistadt and district chief in Bad Ischl, above all known as draftsman and poet. He was a co-founder of the Francisco-Carolinum Museum in Linz, the founding member of the museum in 1834, as well as the secretary of the Museum. Close friendships were concluded not only with the friends of the Linzer Schubert, but also with Moritz von Schwind, within whose circle many of his poems arose. Schwind, a connoisseur in his own profession, designed a cycle of illustrations for Kenner's horror and martyrs' Der Liedler. Some poems by connoisseurs were also tuned by Franz Schubert. Cf. Joseph Kenner, in: Austrian Biographical Dictionary,... Read full biography
Joseph Kenner (1794 Vienna-1868 Bad Ischl) was, besides his activity as a k. k. Official as district chief of Freistadt and district chief in Bad Ischl, above all known as draftsman and poet. He was a co-founder of the Francisco-Carolinum Museum in Linz, the founding member of the museum in 1834, as well as the secretary of the Museum. Close friendships were concluded not only with the friends of the Linzer Schubert, but also with Moritz von Schwind, within whose circle many of his poems arose. Schwind, a connoisseur in his own profession, designed a cycle of illustrations for Kenner's horror and martyrs' Der Liedler. Some poems by connoisseurs were also tuned by Franz Schubert. Cf. Joseph Kenner, in: Austrian Biographical Dictionary, 1815-1950, volume 3, publisher of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, 1965, pp. 295-296.
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Joseph Kenner (1794 Vienna-1868 Bad Ischl) was, besides his activity as a k. k. Official as district chief of Freistadt and district chief in Bad Ischl, above all known as draftsman and poet.
He was a co-founder of the Francisco-Carolinum Museum in Linz, the founding member of the museum in 1834, as well as the secretary of the Museum. Close friendships were concluded not only with the friends of the Linzer Schubert, but also with Moritz von Schwind, within whose circle many of his poems arose.
Schwind, a connoisseur in his own profession, designed a cycle of illustrations for Kenner's horror and martyrs' Der Liedler. Some poems by connoisseurs were also tuned by Franz Schubert.
Cf. Joseph Kenner, in: Austrian Biographical Dictionary, 1815-1950, volume 3, publisher of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, 1965, pp. 295-296.