Heinrich von Angeli (1840 - 1925)

Angeli was the son of an innkeeper. He showed an early talent for painting, with a self-portrait he painted at the age of 13. From 1854 (1855?), with financial support from his uncle, he studied at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts with Peter Johann Nepomuk Geiger (1805–1880). In 1856 he moved to the Düsseldorf Academy to train with history painter Emanuel Leutze (1816–1868), and from 1858 he spent a brief period studying at the Munich Academy with history painter Karl von Piloty (1826–1886). He travelled to Belgium and Holland in 1859, to Paris and Berlin in 1863 and to Italy in 1871. Angeli ran a studio in Munich, where his works between 1859 and 1862 included history paintings for King Ludwig I of Bavaria. He returned to Vienna, where he became a member of the Vienna Künstlerhaus in 1862, and from 1876 he was honorary professor of portrait painting at the Academy. During the 1870s, Angeli was in great demand as a portraitist among the Viennese bourgeoisie and the European aristocracy, who admired his elegant, natural style. He received numerous distinctions at home and abroad.

Author: Habersatter Thomas

Literature: Ducke Astrid, Habersatter Thomas (Hrsg. I Ed.): Face to Face. Österreichische Porträtmalerei des 19. Jahrhunderts. 19th-century Austrian portrait painting. Residenzgalerie Salzburg I -DomQuartier Salzburg 6.6.-29.9.2025. Salzburg 2025, S. I p. 163