Albert Ritzberger
Albert Ritzberger (born May 20, 1853 in Pfaffstätt , † November 8, 1915 in Linz ) was an Austrian draftsman and painter .
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Ritzberger comes from a family of teachers and was initially a teacher himself in Lohnsburg am Kobernaußerwald and Henhart until 1879 . He exhibited his first drawings in a Linz art dealer. Because of its chalk - portraits , he was a 1876-77 study at the Vienna Arts and Crafts School in Ferdinand Laufberger and after training at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna (1879-1884) at Heinrich von Angeli possible.
Encouraged by a number of awards, he founded his own atelier in Gumpendorf in 1884 and married Luise, the daughter of court architect Hans Smattosch , a year later . From 1887 to 1890 he ran his studio in Munich and in 1893 he moved it to Salzburg . In 1893 he made trips to Italy and Holland , after which Vienna and Salzburg were his places of residence. From 1890 until his death lived and worked partly in Linz and partly in Aschach an der Donau in studios in family-owned properties.
From 1887 he was a member of the Vienna Künstlerhaus . A street is named after him in Linz and Aschach.
Works
Ritzberger is considered a genre and portrait painter . His works are large late impressionist figural compositions, which u. a. were represented at exhibitions in the Munich Glass Palace . From 1903 he exhibited his works at the Linz Art Association , where he was honored in its anniversary exhibitions in 1921 and 1931.
- Farmer's snack (1888)
- Virgin and Child (1889)
- Scene on the balcony (oil on canvas and cardboard, 1891)
- Lost in dreams (oil on canvas, 1891)
- At the fountain (oil on canvas, 1895)
- Resting Reaper (oil on canvas, 1897)
- Young Woman Lying on the Sofa (oil on canvas, 1898)
- Half nude of a sleeping girl (oil on canvas, 1904)
- Young girl by the stream (oil on canvas, 1906)
literature
- Georg Wacha: Ritzberger Albert. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 9, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1988, ISBN 3-7001-1483-4 , p. 183 f. (Direct links on p. 183 , p. 184 ).
- Albert Ritzberger , in: The Austrian Painters of the 19th Century, Volume 3, S 123 and 365-Abb., Fuchs-Lexikon in 6 volumes, 1972 to 1979
Web links
- Literature by and about Albert Ritzberger in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ^ Albert Ritzberger on the website of the market town of Aschach ( Memento from December 20, 2005 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Ritzbergerstrasse , in: Web presence of the city of Linz
- ^ Albert Ritzberger , in: ÖBL, Volume 9, pp. 183f
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ritzberger, Albert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian genre and portrait painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 20, 1853 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pfaffstätt |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 8, 1915 |
| Place of death | Linz |