Adolf Karpellus
Adolf Karpellus (born January 8, 1869 in Nowy Sącz , Austria-Hungary , † December 18, 1919 in Vienna ) was an Austrian painter and illustrator.
Live and act
Adolf Karpellus was the son of an Austrian officer. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna with Christian Griepenkerl and Josef Mathias Trenkwald (Josef Matyáš Trenkwald) and at the Académie Julian in Paris. His fields were portraits, landscapes, still lifes (flower pieces) and genre scenes. He also worked as a postcard painter (motifs by Baumbach and Scheffel for postcards of the German School Association ) and poster painter as well as an illustrator (among others for the Viennese satirical magazine Figaro ). Karpellus had been a member of the Vienna Artists' Cooperative since 1905 and was a member of the Siebener Club in Café Sperl . Collective exhibition of his posters in the Vienna Künstlerhaus 1905, commemorative exhibition (21 paintings) ibid. 1920.
literature
- B. Palmbach: Karpellus, Adolf . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 79, de Gruyter, Berlin 2013, ISBN 978-3-11-023184-7 , p. 360.
- Eduard Andorfer : Karpellus, Adolf . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 19 : Ingouville – Kauffungen . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1926, p. 568 .
- Peter Krause , Josef Schantl (Hrsg.): Picture postcard catalog (Austrian Association for Student History: Contributions to Austrian Student History. 27). Vienna 2001.
Web links
- Bernhard Denscher: Adolf Karpellus
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Karpellus, Adolf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian painter and illustrator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 8, 1869 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nowy Sącz |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 18, 1919 |
| Place of death | Vienna |