!!!Loder, Matthäus

b. Vienna, May 31, 1781, 
d. Vordernberg (Styria), Sept. 16, 1828, painter and iIllustrator. 
Studied at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts, was intrigued by the 
scenic beauties of the Alps; study tours to the Schneeberg Mountain, 
to Upper Styria and the Salzkammergut lake district. Created 
illustrations describing fashions, everyday work, historical subjects 
and nature as well as humorous scenes. L. accompanied Archduchess 
Marie Louise to Italy as a drawing instructor in 1816 and became 
Kammermaler* to Archduke  Johann (numerous water colours, mostly 
Styrian motifs and scenes from Archduke Johann's life).

!Literature
M. L. - E. Gurk, exhibition catalogue, Vienna 1978; 
M. T. v. Wietersheim-Meran, Von der Ritteridylle zum 
Bilddokument: M. L. (1781-1828), 1989.



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