Franz Kulstrunk
Franz Kulstrunk (born February 5, 1861 in Radstadt , † December 8, 1944 in Salzburg ) was an Austrian painter and drawing teacher (retired from 1908).
Life
Franz Kulstrunk was a representative of the conservative Salzburg art community, who succeeded Josef Mayburger and was in opposition to the art movement of Aquarius . He painted mountain, river and moor landscapes. Countless postcard pictures also come from him. His folklore research (studies of costumes) is also common.
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His colossal painting of the city of Salzburg (1916), which is in the Salzburg City Hall, is well known. The picture was created in a constructive way from a multitude of partial images from nature. The observer is located three km north of the State Bridge at an altitude of 1000 m.
He also made watercolors of a large number of castles and palaces in Upper Austria after engravings by Georg Matthäus Vischer based on the Topographia Austriae superioris modernae published in 1674.
literature
- Adolf Haslinger; Peter Mittermayr (Ed.): Salzburger Kulturlexikon. Residenzverlag, Salzburg 2001. ISBN 3-7017-1129-1 .
- Fuhrmann: Kulstrunk Franz. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 4, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1969, p. 344.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kulstrunk, Franz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 5, 1861 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Radstadt |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 8, 1944 |
| Place of death | Salzburg |