麥可·武特基

1739 - 1822 Austrian

麥可·武特基

洛可可意景與維蘇威火山

邁克爾·武特基是一位奧地利洛可可風格的風景畫家,專攻義大利題材。 沃特基出生於奧地利多瑙河畔克雷姆斯。1759年,他在維也納美術學院師從馬丁·范·梅滕斯學習。他最初是一位歷史畫家,但並未取得太大成功。1770年,他成為維也納學院的成員,並代表學院前往義大利。在那裡,他轉向風景畫創作,這被證明是他真正的專長。 1781年至1787年間,武特基在義大利度過了六年,主要居住在羅馬。他最為人所知的是在那不勒斯停留期間創作的畫作。當時維蘇威火山活動尤為頻繁,他藉此機會近距離捕捉火山噴發和熔岩流動的場景。在英國外交官兼火山學家威廉·漢密爾頓爵士的陪同下,他甚至冒險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. 武特基在維也納去世。

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