Joseph Anton Koch

Joseph Anton Koch (27 July 1768 in Elbigenalp – 12 January 1839 in Rome) was an Austrian painter of the German Romantic movement. The Tyrolese painter left academic training in the Karlsschule Stuttgart, a strict military academy, and traveled through France and Switzerland. He arrived in Rome in 1795. Koch was close to the painter Asmus Jacob Carstens and carried on Carstens' 'heroic' art, at first in a literal manner. After 1800 Koch developed as a landscape painter. In Rome he espoused a new type of 'heroic' landscape, revising the classical compositions of Poussin and Lorrain with a more rugged, mountainous scenery. He left Rome in 1812 and stayed in Vienna until 1815, in protest of the French invasion. During this period he incorporated more non-classical themes in his work. In Vienna he was influenced by Friedrich Schlegel and enthusiasts of old German art. In response, his style became harsher, and this new approach had a wide influence on German landscape painters who visited Rome.

Works

*"Landscape with Noah", ca. 1803 - "oil on canvas" [86 × 116 cm]
*"Landscape with Ruth and Boaz", ca. 1823/25 - "oil on canvas"

References

*Vaughan, William (1980). "German Romantic Painting". New Haven and London: Yale University Press; pp. 37–38. ISBN 0-300-02387-1

External links

* [http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/search.aspx?advanced=colProProductionMakers%3a%22Koch%2c+Joseph%22 Works by Joseph Koch at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa]