Moritz von Schwind

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Moritz von Schwind - Self Portrait (1822)
Born in Vienna in 1804, Austrian painter Moritz von Schwind  was a friend of the composer Franz Schubert, with whom he began studies in 1821 and illustrated his songs.  He decided to forego music for painting and went to Munich in 1828 (the year Schubert died at age 31) to study with Peter Cornelius. 

Schwind was commissioned in 1834 to decorate the library in King Ludwig's new palace with wall paintings illustrating the works of the German poet Ludwig Tieck, one of the founders of the German Romantic movement. 

In 1847 he was appointed Professor at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste München (Munich Academy of Fine Arts.)


Schwind : des Meisters Werke in 1265 abbildungen (1906) - Full Text (Online, EPUB or PDF)

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Moritz von Schwind - Dream of the Prisoner (1836)

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Lithograph of Moritz von Schwind by J. Kriehuber (1827)





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Moritz von Schwind - Boy with a Bugle (1845)
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Moritz von Schwind - Ruebezahl (1851)

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Moritz von Schwind - Schubertiade (1868) Drawn from memory, the image shows Franz Schubert at the piano, and Josef von Spaun, Johann Michael Vogl, Franz Lachner, Moritz von Schwind, Wilhelm August Rieder, Leopold Kupelwieser, Eduard von Bauersfeld, Franz von Schober, Franz Grillparzer. Picture on the wall of Countess Caroline Esterházy.
Franz Peter Schubert (1797- 1828)
Moderato in C-Sharp Minor, Moments musicaux  no. 4, D. 780 (Op. 94)
Artur Schnabel (1882- 1951), pianist.
Transfer and restoration by Bob Varney, recorded in 1937.
Works by Moritz von Schwind
(1804- 1871).