Wenzel Wirkner
Wenzel Wirkner (Václav Wirkner in Czech, born February 25, 1864 in Karlsbad , † February 10, 1947 in Passau ) was an Austrian painter .
Wirkner began his artistic training in Karlovy Vary and Prague . He was active in the German-Bohemian Artists Association and took part in its exhibitions in 1910 and 1912.
From October 18, 1881 he studied at the Royal Academy of Arts in Munich , namely genre painting with Alois Gabl and landscape painting with Otto Seitz . In 1884 he became a student of Johann Caspar Herterich .
His earliest genre paintings were influenced by Art Nouveau , later he mainly dealt with landscape painting.
Following the advice of Professor Max Doerner , Wirkner joined the Samerberg artists' colony in Roßholzen . He took part in the exhibitions in the Munich Glass Palace . In 1909 his works were awarded a gold medal. Around 1900 he created seven pictures for the Chapel of Grace in the Maria Kulm pilgrimage church in Chlum Svaté Maří .
Wenzel Wirkner became a member of the jury and secretary of the artist group "Bund". His works are u. a. in the collections of the Neue Pinakothek in Munich.
literature
- Wirkner, Wenzel . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 36 : Wilhelmy-Zyzywi . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1947.
- Emmanuel Bénézit (founder): Dictionnaire des peintres, sculpteurs, dessinateurs et graveurs , 4th edition, Gründ, Paris 1999, volume 4
Web links
- ArtRoot's biography
- Matriculation Book Academy Munich
- Marie Rumíšková: German-Bohemian Artists Association : pp. 10, 12, 45, 47, 49, 50
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wirkner, Wenzel |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wirkner, Václav (Czech) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian genre and landscape painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 25, 1864 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Carlsbad |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 10, 1947 |
| Place of death | Passau |