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Apr 18, 1813 Königswinter, North Rhine Westphalia, Germany Died on 01 Dec 1879 (aged 66)
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About Franz Ittenbach
- Franz Ittenbach (18 April 1813 – 1 December 1879) was a German religious painter from Königswinter, at the foot of the Drachenfels.Ittenbach began his art education as a student of Kaufmann, then left to study under Franz Katz in Cologne.
- In 1832, Ittenbach became a pupil, at the age of 19, of the Düsseldorf Academy, where he also received private lessons from its president, Schadow.
- He is associated with the Düsseldorf school of painting.
- He was a member of the Nazarene movement and associated himself mainly with three of his friends and fellow-students: Karl and Andreas Müller, and Ernst Deger.
- The four men travelled about in Germany, studying and painting together.
- From 1839 to 1842, Ittenbach lived in Italy.
- On his return, he stayed in Munich for some time.
- In 1849, he returned to Düsseldorf.
- He died there in 1879.
- From 1859 until his death, he was a member of the artist club "Malkasten". Ittenbach was exceedingly religious and persistently declined any commissions for mythological or pagan subjects.
- As a rule, he devoted his energies exclusively to church decoration.
- He would precede the execution of his greatest works with devout religious exercises, including confession and communion. His finest paintings are said to be found at Bonn, in the St.
- Remigius, and in Breslau in a church dedicated to the same saint.
- There is also a remarkable "Holy Family" dated 1861, painted for Prince Liechtenstein in his private chapel near Vienna.
- Most of his other works can be found in various Catholic churches in Germany His only important fresco was painted in 1844 in a church at Remagen. Ittenbach was a popular painter in court circles, a member of most of the European academies, and the recipient of many medals and decorations.
- He painted a few portraits, but they were unimportant; his main work was his altar-pieces.
