Franz Xaver Petter
Biedermeier floral still-life master
Franz Xaver Andreas Petter was an Austrian artist. Petter was born in Lichtental; his father was a painter of porcelain, and it was intended that he should follow in the same profession, but Petter developed an interest in oil painting. He studied under Johann Baptist Drechsler at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. Franz Xaver Petter was one of the most important still-life artists of the Biedermeier period in Vienna. He specialised in floral arrangements, and later arrangements of fruit, and landscapes with flowers, continuing the Dutch Golden Age flower still life depicting traditions. Petter's pictures were very popular with the Austrian nobility. Petter married Catherine Hamböck (1793-1858). They had two sons, Theodore, who became an artist, and Gustav, a musician. Franz Xaver Petter died in May 1866 in Vienna.
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Master student
- Johann Baptist Drechsler Master
- Pauline Koudelka-Schmerling Student
Fellow student
Artworks by this artist
- A Vase Of Camellias, Geraniums, Dahlias, A White Peony, Roses, Poppies And Other Flowers, With Fruit On A Stone Ledge 1845
- Blumenstillleben mit Narzissen 1852
- A Bouquet of Flowers with Daffodils and Camelias 1852
- Blumenstrauß in einer Porzellanvase
- Stillleben mit Weintrauben und Pistole 1856
- Still Life with Grapes, Peaches and Walnuts 1823
- Still Life with Grapes, Pumpkin, Pear, Walnuts, Rose, Daffodils, and Butterfly
- A bird of paradise, roses, tulips and other flowers in a gilt bronze vase on a stone ledge 1844
- Blumenstillleben 1824
- Viburnum Oculus, Roses, Plumbago, Primula Auricula, Hemerocallis, Companula, Chinadoxia and Epiphyllum on a ledge with a Pineapple and a Parrot 1825
- Elaborate Floral Bouquet on a Marble Ledge with a Landscape Beyond 1860
- Blumenstück 1831
- Blumenstück mit Ananas, Weintrauben und Papagei 1833
- Flowers and Pineapple on an Entablature
- Fruit Still Life in a Silver Centrepiece Bowl 1850
- A Forest Floor with Daisies, Primroses and Dandelions 1858
- A Bronze Urn Of Flowers, With A Melon, Peaches And Grapes, A Butterfly And A Caterpillar 1812