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Friedrich Schilcher
Friedrich Schilcher
	Portrait of Friedrich Schilcher by Friedrich von Amerling
Born	1 September 1811; Vienna, Austria
Died	6 May 1881 (aged 69); Vienna, Austria
Nationality	Austrian
Occupation	Painter

Friedrich Schilcher (1811 – 1881) was an Austrian portrait, genre, and history painter, and decorative designer.

Schilcher was born in Vienna on 1 September 1811. He studied at the Vienna Academy, undertook study trips to Hungary and Transylvania, and became the president of Vienna Künstlerhaus.^[1] He died on 6 May 1881 at Unterdöbling in Vienna, and was buried in the Vienna Central Cemetery. In 1975 the Schilchergasse (street), in Vienna's 14th borough of Penzing, was named after him.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Works

restoration of ceiling frescoes by Marcantonio Chiarini in the Winter Palace of Prince Eugene, Innere Stadt, Vienna (1841)
restoration of ceiling frescoes in the Great Boardroom of Palais Niederösterreich, Vienna
stage curtain for the Hungarian National Theatre, Budapest
altarpiece for the Ladislauskirche, Oradea, Romania
Cardinal virtues, frescoes in the prelate courtyard of Melk Abbey (1852)
Glory of Saint Benedict, ceiling painting for the entrance hall at Melk Abbey (1852)
The circular dance of angels, painting behind the high altar at St Joseph's Church in Kahlenberg, Vienna (1852)^[5]
painting for the Finsterle family mausoleum in the parish cemetery at Kahlenbergerdorf in Döbling, Vienna
decoration in the parish church of Leobersdorf (1859-1862)
portrait of Franz Joseph I of Austria of Austria (1860), oil on canvas, 123 × 95 cm
ceiling painting in the 'Schubert Room' at the Palais Dumba, Vienna, depicting aspects of Schubert's work, for Nikolaus Dumba^[1]^[6]
supraport frescoes for the Palais Schwarzenberg, Vienna
figurative painting for the curtain of the Theater an der Wien (1864)^[7]
Allegory of Austria, fresco in the Great Dining Room of the Austria Classic Hotel Wien, Vienna (destroyed 1945)
portrait of Johann II, Prince of Liechtenstein (Collection Liechtenstein, inv. No. GE 1841), oil on canvas, 55.4 × 47.4 cm

Constantin von Wurzbach: "Schilcher, Friedrich." In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich (Biographical Lexicon of the Empire of Austria). Part 29 Kaiserlich-königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1875, p. 312–314 (digitalised).

^ ^a ^b Tzafettas, John; Konecny, Elvira (2015); "Chapter 5 – The Dumba Palace, Palais Am Parkring" in Nikolaus Dumba (1830-1900): A Dazzling Figure in Imperial Vienna : Maecenas of Music and Fine Art, National Benefactor of Austria and Greece, Akakia Publications
^ Zeitschrift für allgemeine Museologie und verwandte Wissenschaften (1878), Dresden, W. Baensch, p.80; “The painter Friedrich Schilcher died on the 6th of December in Unter-Döbling near Vienna". Retrieved 29 December 2020
^ Neumann, Wilhelm, 1849-1919; Gemälde-Sammlung, Friedrich Wilhelm Brederlosche (1894), Beschreibendes Verzeichnis der Gemälde der Friedrich Wilhelm Brederloschen Sammlung zu Riga, Riga, W.F. Häcker, p.78. Retrieved 29 December 2020
^ "Friedrich Schilcher" in Führer durch die Gemäldegalerie (1906), Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Gemäldegalerie, p.600. Retrieved 29 December 2020
^ Schnerich, Alfred (1921); Vienna's churches and chapels : in art and cultural-historical representation, Amalthea Verlag, Zurich, pp.219,220
^ Clive, Peter (1997); Schubert and his World: A Biographical Dictionary, Clarendon Press, pp.41,42. ISBN 019816582X
^ "Theater an der Wien", Theatre-architecture.eu, Theatre Database. Retrieved 29 December 2020