Alfred Seifert (painter)
Alfred Seifert (born September 6, 1850 in Praskolesy in the Hořowitz district , † February 4, 1901 in Munich ) was a Czech-German portrait painter.
Shortly after his birth, the family moved to Hořowitz . Because of an illness, Seifert could not walk for the first four years and spent two years in an orthopedic hospital.
Even as a child he showed a talent for drawing. His first teachers were Professor Karl Würbs , the inspector of the picture gallery of the Society of Patriotic Art Friends in Bohemia, and landscape architect Alois Kirnig.
After two years at the grammar school in Prague's Lesser Town , Seifert began studying at the Royal Academy of Arts in Munich with Sándor Wagner and Wilhelm Lindenschmit the Younger on May 14, 1870 . In 1876 he set up his own studio in Munich.
Seifert spent most of his life in Germany; in Bohemia he remained almost unknown. His works appeared in the illustrated magazine "Světozor" and also in the " Gartenlaube ".
Alfred Seifert was a member of the Bohemian Art Association Umělecká beseda , the Munich Art Association , the Munich Artists' Cooperative and the General German Art Cooperative .
literature
- R. Hemmerle : Seifert, Alfred. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 12, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2001-2005, ISBN 3-7001-3580-7 , p. 135 f. (Direct links on p. 135 , p. 136 ).
- Seifert, Alfred . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 30 : Scheffel – Siemerding . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1936.
- Emmanuel Benezit (Ed.), Jacques Busse (Ed.): Dictionnaire critique et documentaire des peintres, sculpteurs, dessinateurs et graveurs de tous les temps et de tous les pays . Nouv. éd., entièrement réfondue = [4. éd.], Gründ, Paris 1999 ,: ISBN 2-7000-3020-6 .
- Friedrich von Boetticher : Painters works of the nineteenth century. : Dresden 1895
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Seifert, Alfred |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Czech-German portrait painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 6, 1850 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Praskolesy, Hořowitz District |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 4, 1901 |
| Place of death | Munich |