Josef Lauer
Pioneered floral still lifes in landscapes
Josef Lauer was born 1818 in Vienna. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in the class of Sebastian Wegmayr, Joseph Mössmer, Thomas Ender und Franz Steinfeld. Lauer focused on painting still lifes with flowers and fruits, where he was the first depicting floral still lifes integrated in landscapes. His first exhibition was 1840, then he showed his works in different exhibitions also at the Austrian Kunstverein. Since 1861 he was also a member of the Viennese Künstlerhaus. He lived and worked solely in Vienna. Josef Lauer died 1881 in Vienna.
Relationship Network
Master student
- Sebastian Wegmayr Master
- Joseph Mössmer Master
- Thomas Ender Master
- Franz Steinfeld Master
Artworks by this artist
- Still life with bird
- Still life with snail
- A Large Bouquet of Flowers with Roses, Nasturtium and Butterflies
- Herbstblume mit Brombeeren
- A Bouquet of Flowers with White and Red Roses, Primroses and Nasturtium 1848
- Alpenblumen
- Madonna with child in a floral tendrils of roses, lilies and vetches
- Waldbodenstück mit Schneeglöckchen
- Blumenstillleben 1839
- Blumenstück 1845
- Kleines Blumenstück (Alpenblumen) 1860
- Still life with flowers, sparrow and vine branch 1848
- Still Life with Roses and Butterflies by a Brook in a Forest
- Stillleben mit Austern und Zitrone
- Still Life of Flowers in a Blue Crystal Vase
- A Forest Floor with Roses and a Butterfly
- Rosenstück mit Stieglitz und Vogelnest
- Still Life with Lily of the Valley, Pansies and Wildroses
- Kirschen
- Großes Rosenstillleben mit Schmetterlingen und Vogel 1870