Alexander Strähuber | |
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| Born | (1814-02-28)28 February 1814 Mondsee, Austria |
| Died | 31 December 1882(1882-12-31) (aged 68) Munich, Germany |
| Nationality | Austrian |
| Occupation(s) | Painter and professor |
Alexander Strähuber or (Straehuber); (1814–1882) was an Austrian-born Germanhistory painter andbook illustrator. From 1865 to 1882 he was a professor at theRoyal Academy of Fine Arts inMunich.
Strähuber was born on 28 February 1814 atMondsee inUpper Austria. He was son to Alexander Strähuber, astable master to theWredebarony ofBavaria.[1]
At the age of seven he moved to Munich with his parents and attended grammar school. After showing a talent for drawing, he transferred to the Munich Polytechnic School (Polytechnische Schule München), founded in 1828, where he received drawing lessons fromJoseph Anton Rhomberg and Hermann Mitterer. In 1829 he enrolled at theRoyal Academy of Fine Arts, becoming a student of the history and biblical subject paintersHeinrich Hess andClemens von Zimmermann, and theNazareneJulius Schnorr von Carolsfeld. Von Carolsfeld entrusted Strähuber with individual commissions for painting in the royal palace of theMunich Residenz.[1]
In 1860 Strähuber was one of the founding members of Munich's Vereins für Christliche Kunst (Association for Christian Art), of which he was the first chairman from 1866 until his death. In 1862 he began work as an assistant teacher at the Royal Academy, and in 1865 was appointed professor,[2] and withJohann Georg Hiltensperger andHermann Anschütz he taught in theantiquities class; among his students wereWilhelm Leibl,Franz Widnmann,Julian Fałat andRobert Raudner. In 1879 he was awarded theOrder of Saint Michael.[1]
In addition to paintings, Strähuber created numerous religious drawings and illustrations for religious books, as well as designs forstained glass windows including those for the glass painting studio ofMax Ainmiller.[1]
In 1844 he married Magdalena Stahl, daughter to aBavarian court musician; the marriage produced three sons, Max, Sigmund, and Julius.[1] Max Strähuber studied science and theology and became achaplain toSt Ludwig's Church, Celle. Sigmund Strähuber studied at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste München (Academy of Fine Arts),[3] and became a professor at the Munich Royal School of Applied Arts. Julius Strähuber, studied at Munich Polytechnic (Polytechnische Schule München).
Strähuber died on 31 December 1882 at Munich, and was buried in theAlter Südfriedhof (Old South Cemetery), in Munich.[1][4] In 1947 Strähuberstrasse, in theSolln district of Munich, was named after him.
