Kupelwieser, Leopold#

b. Markt Piesting (Lower Austria), Oct. 17, 1796, d. Vienna, Nov. 17, 1862; painter of religious subjects, landscapes, historical scenes and portraits; father of Karl Kupelwieser and Paul Kupelwieser. Painted in the classicist style of J. P. Krafft, friendly relations with the circle around the composer F. Schubert. Travelled to Rome in 1823 and joined the Nazarenes; back in Vienna painted numerous altar pieces and devotional pictures. From 1836 Professor of History Painting at the Vienna Academy, from the 1840s specialised in monumental painting. Created frescoes for the Johannes Nepomuk Church in Praterstrasse, Vienna and for the Lower Austrian provincial government (1848-1850)., Worked with J. von Fuehrich on the decoration of the Altlerchenfeld Church in Vienna and received numerous commissions for altar pieces and church frescoes throughout the monarchy.

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