Adalbert Stifter
| (1805 - 1868) | Writer and painter |
He
was born in Horní
Planá to a weaver\'s family. He studied on the monastery
gymnasium in Kremsmünsteru (1818 - 1826), studied law and natural
science on the Vienna university (1826 - 1830), then worked in the
literary salons of the Schwarzenbergs
and Metternichs. From 1848 he lived in Linz where he is credited
with reform of primary schools and maintenance of cultural
monuments. Stifter´s literary works were very much influenced by
his relation to the Šumava Hills were he was born, to the life of
their people and history - a novel called "Vítek", short stories
called "A Small Village on Barren Land", "A Deep Forest",
"Granite", "A Forest Wanderer", A Used-up Fir", and "From a
Chronicle of our Family". Painting works of his were in Biedermeier
style (A View onto Horní Planá, Frymburk,
The Ruins of Vítkův
Hrádek) with elements of the early impressionism (Čertova
stěna, A Study of Stones and Clouds).
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Further information :
Adalbert
Stifter 2000 - Trespassing of Frontiers
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