Adolf Pirsch

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Adolf Pirsch (born July 4, 1858 in Gradac , Weißkrain , Austrian Empire , † April 28, 1929 in Graz ) was an Austrian painter.

Life

Mother with her children in a landscape : an oil painting by Adolf Pirsch, date unknown

At the age of 16 he came to Graz and attended the landscape drawing academy. Afterwards, his artistic path took him to Vienna , Venice , Dresden , London , the Czech Republic , Belgium and via the Netherlands, shortly before his death, back to Graz. He devoted himself entirely to the portrait and achieved a considerable quality in it. Among others, he portrayed Pope Leo XIII. , Emperor Franz Joseph I and numerous other members of the European aristocratic society of that time.

In Graz, his side altar painting from 1887 hangs in the Church of the Brothers of Mercy.

After his death, Adolf Pirsch fell into oblivion, also in Slovenia, where his death was only announced five years later in a lengthy article about his life. He has been rediscovered in recent years. His life story, which took him to various European countries, is particularly interesting. Particularly interesting are the circumstances of his birth in Gradac, which are closely interwoven with the structure of the local Ritter von Friedauschen ironworks .

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dr. Gudrun Danzer, From Gradac to Graz, The painter Adolf Pirsch (1858-1929) - a European biography, Znak-Signal magazine, issue 2016/17, Bad Radkersburg, p. 49 ff.
  2. ↑ Damijan Movrin, The Painter Adolf Pirsch, Eine Europäische BNiografie: His Home and Origin, Znak-Signal magazine, 2016/17 edition, Pavelhaus, Bad Radkersburg, p. 27 ff.
  3. ^ Universalmuseum Joanneum: Events. (No longer available online.) In: www.museum-joanneum.at. Archived from the original on September 16, 2016 ; accessed on September 13, 2016 .
  4. ^ Znak-Signal magazine , publisher: Pavelhaus, Bad Radkersburg, edition 2016/17
personal data
SURNAME Stalking, Adolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian painter
DATE OF BIRTH 4th July 1858
PLACE OF BIRTH Gradac , Weißkrain
DATE OF DEATH April 28, 1929
Place of death Graz