Bohdan Heřmanský

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Bohdan Heřmanský (also Theodor Herzmansky , born January 29, 1900 in Königgrätz , † December 17, 1974 in Prague ) was an Austro-Czech painter .

Heřmanský was the son of an Austro-Hungarian officer who moved to Vienna with his family in 1906. Theodor graduated from high school here in 1918 and then took a few semesters of art history at the University of Vienna . In 1920 he studied painting for a semester at the Royal Academy in Stockholm. Through his school friend Johann Wolfgang Schaukal he got to know the painter Anton Kolig , one of the four founding members of the Nötsch district , and in 1921 went to Nötsch in Carinthia as his painting student . Along with Schaukal and Gerhart Frankl , Herzmansky was one of the first members of Kolig's workshop community. In the following years he made several study trips through Europe. In 1928 he settled in Prague and from then on only gave his name in Czech. After the Second World War, he had to earn his living as an optician and metalworker, but was still active as an artist and was able to participate in some exhibitions.

Works (selection)

  • Two self-portraits , 1922, pencil / paper, Vienna, Albertina Graphic Collection.
  • Prague self-portrait , 1930, oil on canvas, Vienna, Austrian Gallery.

Literature (selection)

  • Bohdan Heřmanský . Exhibition cat. Galerie Würthle, Vienna 1968.
  • Bohdan Heřmanský: Wiegeles three family pictures , in: Communications of the Austrian Gallery , 58, 1970.
  • Bohdan Heřmanský: Kolig's male nudes and the Austrian hand drawing of his time , in: Old and modern art , 120, 1972, pp. 28–34.
  • Bohdan Heřmanský: Der Nötscher Malerkreis , in: Communications of the Society for Comparative Art Research in Vienna , 4, 1973.
  • Bohdan Heřmanský: Anton Kolig , in: Mitteilungen der Österreichische Galerie , 63/64, 1975/76, pp. 138–170.
  • Rosemarie Glück: Theodor Herzmansky's early work , Vienna 1998.
  • Rosemarie Glück: "I'm addicted to color ...". Theodor Herzmansky (1900-1974). A forgotten pupil of Anton Kolig , in: Belvedere , 2, 2000, pp. 18–31.
  • Rosemarie Glück: Theodor Herzmansky's early work (later called Bogdan Heřmanský) 1900-1929 , Vienna 1998
personal data
SURNAME Heřmanský, Bohdan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Herzmansky, Theodor
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austro-Czech painter
DATE OF BIRTH January 29, 1900
PLACE OF BIRTH Königgrätz
DATE OF DEATH 17th December 1974
Place of death Prague