Fendi, Peter

(9/4/1796 Vienna-8/28/1842 Vienna) (Austria)

   Painter, engraver, and lithographer. Born of humble origins, almost completely crippled from childhood. Studied at the Vienna Academy under J. Fischer, H. Maurer, and J. Lampi. Became court artist for the Austrian emperor. He is best known for his bourgeois scenes and portraits. Produced an explicitly erotic portfolio of 40 aquarelles, many pieces with a circus-like theme.

   Reproductions: [Acrobatic sex]; Orgies, 1969: p. 147 . Country pleasures; lithograph; Hill, 1996: p. 69 . Erotic scene [orgy with 5 women and 1 man]; 1835; Dopp, Erotic Fantasy: p. 173 [C]. Illustration from portfolio; print; Klinger, 1982b: pp. 140-149 [B]. [Man entering woman from the rear in standing position]; watercolor; Hill, 1992: p. 81 [B]. [Man entering woman from rear while seated on chair]; water-color; Hill, 1992: p. 83 [B]. [Nude bathers engaged in sex play]; 1835; Encyclopedia, 2005: p. 50 [C]. Rub a Dub Dub; 1835; lithograph; Lucie-Smith, 1997: p. 162 [C]. [Three nude women embracing]; c1860; Brusendorff, 1966a: n.p. [B]. [Three nude women on a bed]; 1835; Encyclopaedia, 2005: p. 51 [C]. [Two nude women at bath]; c1860; Brusen-dorff, 1966a: n.p. [B]. [Woman uses Neptune fountain figure as a bidet]; c1835; watercolor; Naomi, 1998: p. 136 [C]. [Woman with raised skirt pisses into beer mugs]; c1835; watercolor; Naomi, 1998: p. 136 [C].

   [b]Source: Benezit, vol. 5: p. 576; Josef Danhauser, Peter Fendi: 40 erotic aquarelles (Los Angeles: Hogarth Press, 1970); DoA vol. 10: pp. 883-884; Peter Fendi, Geniesset die Liebe: erotische Bilder aus dem kaiserlichen Wien, Die Bibliophilen Taschenbucher, no. 229 (Dortmund: Harenberg, 1981); ThB XI 1915: p. 381.