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Joseph Anton Koch was an Austrian painter. He first became known as an Austrian neo-classicist landscape painter but then established himself in German Romanticism.

He was born in Elbigenalp, Austria on 27th July 1768 and died in Rome, Italy on 12th January 1839 aged 70.

Major Works

“The Death of Oscar” (1804).
“Heroic Landscape with Rainbow” (1805)
“Schmadribach Falls in the Lauterbach Valley” (1811).
“Serpentara Landscape with the Procession of the Magi” (1820).
“Portrait von Johann Michael Wittmer” (1830).

Biography Timeline

Joseph Anton Koch was born on 27th July 1768 in Elbigenalp, Austria and grew up in the village of Obergiblenin the Lech Valley of the Austrian Tyrol.

His parents were famers and he was responsible for looking after the livestock in the countryside where he used to draw the country scenes. He had ten brothers and sisters and only two sisters and himself reached adulthood.

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