Alois Schornböck

Alois Schornböck (born May 29, 1863 in Hernals near Vienna , † August 9, 1926 in St. Christophen ) was an Austrian painter .

education

Schornböck was the son of a military accountant. He first attended lower secondary school. From 1879 to 1884 he studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna under Christian Griepenkerl . On October 24, 1884 he enrolled in the class of antiquities at the Academy in Munich with Ludwig von Löfftz , where he continued his studies until 1891. After a trip to Italy he returned to Vienna in 1892.

Works and exhibitions

Gertrud of Austria-Tuscany at the age of three

Schornböck mainly painted portraits. His clients were mostly aristocrats and members of the imperial family.

As early as 1892 he regularly took part in the annual exhibition of the cooperative of visual artists in Vienna, the Künstlerhaus Wien . In 1902 and 1907 he tried in vain to become a member of the artists' cooperative. In 1917 he received the title of professor .

In the last years of the monarchy he was one of the most sought-after portrait painters in Vienna.

Works

1892–1894: Baron Danckelman family
1894: Baron and Baroness Weiss v. Horstenstein
1894: Countess Teleki von Szék
1896: Countess Palffy von Erdöd-Wilczek
1897: Countess Zichy
1897: Countess Andrássy-Esterházy von Galánta
1899: Archduke Maximilian
1903: Gertrude of Austria-Tuscany

literature

Schornböck, Alois . 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, p. 265 .
Wladimir Aichelburg : Schornböck Alois. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 11, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1999, ISBN 3-7001-2803-7 , p. 144.
Schornböck, Alois . In: Rudolf Vierhaus (Ed.): German Biographical Encyclopedia (DBE) . 2., revised. and extended edition. tape 9 : Schlumberger – Thiersch . De Gruyter / KG Saur, Berlin / Boston / Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-11-096502-5 , p. 185 ( books.google.de ).

Individual evidence

↑ 00101 Alois Schornböck . In: Matriculation database of the Academy of Fine Arts Munich (ed.): Matriculation book . tape 3: 1884-1920 . Munich 1920 ( matrikel.adbk.de , Digitale-sammlungen.de ).
^ Catalog of the 26th annual exhibition . Cooperative of Visual Artists Vienna, Vienna 1899, p. 30 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
↑ Martha Schad: Empress Elisabeth and her daughters. Piper Publishing House. 4th edition 2002. ISBN 3-492-22857-7 .

personal data
SURNAME	Schornböck, Alois
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian painter
DATE OF BIRTH	May 29, 1863
PLACE OF BIRTH	Hernals (district of Vienna)
DATE OF DEATH	August 9, 1926
Place of death	St. Christophen

[1] 00101 Alois Schornböck . In: Matriculation database of the Academy of Fine Arts Munich (ed.): Matriculation book . tape 3: 1884-1920 . Munich 1920 ( matrikel.adbk.de , Digitale-sammlungen.de ).

[2] Catalog of the 26th annual exhibition . Cooperative of Visual Artists Vienna, Vienna 1899, p. 30 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).

[3] Martha Schad: Empress Elisabeth and her daughters. Piper Publishing House. 4th edition 2002. ISBN 3-492-22857-7 .