Johann Gottfried Steffan
Realistic Alpine landscapes of Munich School
Johann Gottfried Steffan was one of the most important Swiss landscapists of the 19th century. After his apprenticeship as lithographer in his home town, Steffan travelled to Munich in 1833 in order to receive further education. He there attended the Academy of Fine Arts under Peter von Cornelius. Under the influence of Carl Rottmann, he turned to realistic Landscape art. Steffan's studio became the center of the Swiss artists in Munich. Together with numerous colleagues – among these Rudolf Koller –, he made several study trips to the Swiss Alps, especially to the Canton of Glarus and to Lake Walen. Later, he quite frequently went to Berchtesgaden and to Ramsau where he found many of his motifs. Steffan's paintings mostly are idealistic landscapes of the Munich School and often show mountain motifs.
Relationship Network
Master student
- Peter von Cornelius Master
- Josef Wenglein Student
Fellow student
Friend
Influenced by
- Carl Rottmann Influencer
Artworks by this artist
- Auf dem Wendelstein 1847
- Bavaria, a Goat Shepherdess in a Vast Mountain Landscape with a View of the Heuberg near Brannenburg 1848
- Ramsau near Berchtesgaden 1879
- Mountain landscape 1866
- Blick auf die Zugspitze vom Starnberger See 1866
- Landscape with Motifs from the Murgtal by the Walensee 1863
- Wolken 1880
- Heuberg im Inntal im herbstlichen Sonnenlicht 1858
- Der Hintere Murgsee (St. Galler Alpen) 1878