Rebell, Joseph#
Rebell, Joseph, b. Vienna, Jan. 11, 1787, d. Dresden (Germany), Dec. 18, 1828, landscape painter. Studied at the Vienna Academy under F. A. Brand and under M. Wutky and made construction drawings for the architect L. de Montoyer. From 1810 in Milan, worked at the court in Naples and in Rome, returned to Vienna in 1824 and followed F. H. Fueger as director of the imperial and royal picture gallery in the Belvedere Palace, taught landscape painting at the Vienna Academy. Strongly influenced by English and French painting, was one of the earliest landscape realists in the German-speaking countries.
Literature#
H. Lischke, J. R. 1787-1828 - Leben und Werk, doctoral thesis, Innsbruck 1957.