!!!Führich, Josef von

b. Chrastava, Czech Republic (then Kratzau), Feb. 9, 1800, 
d. Vienna, March 13, 1876, painter of religious subjects and 
history painter. Studied at the Prague School of Arts. At Metternich's 
request went to Rome in 1827, where he joined the  Nazarenes. Together 
with F. Overbeck, J. A.  Koch and J. Schnorr von Carolsfeld 
participated in creating the frescoes of the Casino Massimo in Rome. 
Returned to Prague in 1829, worked as the curator of the Vienna 
Academic Gallery in 1834 and was Professor of History Painting at the 
Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna from 1840. In 1851 was commissioned to 
design the  Altlerchenfeld Church, which is known as his principal 
work. F. was the most important exponent of 19th century Christian art 
in Austria; created numerous religious cycles (woodcuts and etchings).

!Literature
B. Rittinger, Die Kreuzwegfresken J. F. in der 
Pfarrkirche St. Johann Nepomuk in Wien 2, Praterstrasse, doctoral 
thesis, Wien 1976; G. Frodl, Wr. Malerei der Biedermeierzeit, 1987.



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