迈克尔·武特基

1739 - 1822 Austrian

迈克尔·武特基

洛可可意景与维苏威火山

迈克尔·武特基是一位奥地利洛可可风格的风景画家,专攻意大利题材。 沃特基出生于奥地利多瑙河畔克雷姆斯。1759年,他在维也纳美术学院师从马丁·范·梅滕斯学习。他最初是一位历史画家,但并未取得太大成功。1770年,他成为维也纳学院的成员,并代表学院前往意大利。在那里,他转向风景画创作,这被证明是他真正的专长。 1781年至1787年间,武特基在意大利度过了六年,主要居住在罗马。他最为人所知的是在那不勒斯停留期间创作的画作。当时维苏威火山活动尤为频繁,他借此机会近距离捕捉火山喷发和熔岩流动的场景。在英国外交官兼火山学家威廉·汉密尔顿爵士的陪同下,他甚至冒险前往靠近火山口的地方。 He later spent some time painting the ruins in Rome, then returned to Vienna, where he became a Professor at the Academy. He revisited Italy for a short time in 1805, to collect new material. His stepbrother, Franz Neumann (1744-1816), the Director of the "Royal Coin and Antiquities Gallery", left him 40,000 Florins, but he continued to earn his living by painting. Many years earlier, Lord Bristol had offered to buy two of his Italian landscapes for 1,200 Ducats apiece, but died before the sale was completed. 武特基在维也纳去世。

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