Reiter, Johann Baptist#
Reiter, Johann Baptist, b. Urfahr near Linz (Upper Austria), May 28, 1813, d. Vienna, Jan. 10, 1890, genre and portrait painter, studied at the Vienna Academy under F. X. Petter, J. N. Ender and L. Kupelwieser, financed his studies by painting porcelain, initially painted mainly historical paintings, influenced by Classicism and the Nazarene school. Eventually turned to genre painting and Biedermeier realism, later influenced by A. Romako. Popular portrait painter (Princes Liechtenstein and Esterházy).
Literature#
A. Strobl, J. B. R., 1963; Bilder des Lebens. J. B. R. und der Realismus des 19. Jh., exhibition catalogue, Linz and Grafenegg Castle (Lower Austria) 1990; OeBL.