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He was a member of numerous arts organizations, including the National Academy of Design, the National Society of Mural Painters in which he served as President....
Joseph Reiter was born on 13 July , in Württemberg, Germany as the son of Johann Georg F Reiter and Theresia Lang.
Johann Baptist Reiter
Austrian painter (1813–1890)
Johann Baptist Reiter (28 May 1813 in Linz – 10 January 1890 in Vienna) was an Austrian portrait and genre painter of the Biedermeier period.
Biography
His father was a master carpenter. He spent three years as an apprentice at his father's company, painting furniture, signs and crosses. Encouraged by the lithographer and art dealer, Josef Hafner, he enrolled at the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna.
His teachers there included Leopold Kupelwieser and Thomas Ender.
Buy Gentleman in Blue Coat and White Vest by Johann Baptist Reiter as fine art print.After 1830, he largely earned his living as a porcelain painter.
Probably as the result of a recommendation by Kupelweiser, he was awarded a scholarship by the Upper AustrianLandstand that enabled him to continue his studies from 1834 to 1837.
During this time, he also exhibited and won the Lampi-Preis for model drawing in 1836. He was married in 1839. Originally, he did genre and historical scenes, but he decided to switch to portraits and soon became so popu