Gottlob Friedrich Steinkopf

Gottlob Friedrich Steinkopf (1 March 1779, in Stuttgart – 20 May 1861, in Stuttgart) was a German landscape painter.

"Blick auf Schloss Rosenstein und das Neckartal" (1828)

From 1799 he studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. He later lived and painted in Rome (1807–14) and Vienna (1814–20). In 1821 he returned to his hometown of Stuttgart, where he stayed for the remainder of his life. In 1829 he became a teacher of landscape painting at the Art Academy in Stuttgart, where in 1833 he attained the title of professor.^[1][2]

Selected list of oil paintings by Steinkopf

• 1811: Morgen eines Opferfestes (The morning of a sacrificial feast).
• 1812: Rückkehr von der Löwenjagd (Return of the lion hunt).
• 1813: Abendsegen in der Capelle am Wege (Evening blessings in the chapel along the way).
• 1820: Landschaft mit dem Eichbaum (Landscape with the oak tree).
• 1821: Ulysses und Nausikaa (Ulysses and Nausicaa).
• 1822: Italienische Weinlese (Italian vintage) – Considered to be one of the finest works.
• 1822: Achilles und Chiron (Achilles and Chiron).
• 1822: Abraham mit den drei Engeln (Abraham with the three angels).
• 1823: Rückkehr von der Abendandacht (Return of the evening service).
• 1824: Sonntagsabend im Gebirge (Sunday night in the mountains).
• 1827: Capelle auf dem Rothen Berge bei Sonnenuntergang (The chapel on the Rotenberg).
• 1828: Blick auf Schloss Rosenstein und das Neckartal (View of Rosenstein Palace and Neckar valley).
• 1833: Kleobis und Biton (Kleobis and Biton).^[2]

References

1. ADB:Steinkopf, Johann Friedrich at Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie
2. BLKÖ:Steinkopf, Gottlob Friedrich von Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich