Carl Zewy
Carl Zewy (born April 21, 1855 in Vienna ; † June 20, 1929 there ) was an Austrian genre painter.
Zewy studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna under August Eisenmenger and at the Royal Academy of Arts in Munich , but was not enrolled there.
After completing his studies, Zewy returned to Vienna and dealt with genre painting. He also illustrated books. He was friends with the painters Isidor Kaufmann , Josef Gisela and Johann Hamza . Zewy's circle of friends also included the illustrator and caricaturist Karl Elleder and the film director Fritz Lang . Zewy received many orders from the Viennese art dealer Friedrich Schwarz.
Zewy exhibited regularly at the exhibitions of the Vienna Künstlerhaus . Many of his paintings appeared in the " Gartenlaube " and on postcards.
On April 24, 1925, Zewy was awarded the title “Citizen of the City of Vienna”.
literature
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- Zewy, Carl . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 36 : Wilhelmy-Zyzywi . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1947.
- Carl_Zewy in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna
- Zewy, Carl . In: Emmanuel Benezit (founder); Jacques Busse (ed.): Dictionnaire critique et documentaire des peintres, sculpteurs, dessinateurs et graveurs de tous les temps et de tous les pays . Nouvelle édition, entièrement réfondue [= 4th edition]. Gründ, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-7000-3020-6 , Volume 14, p. 872
- Rudolf Schmidt: The Viennese artist house. A chronicle 1861–1951 . Vienna: Society of Visual Artists Vienna 1951, pp. 25, 102, 120, 153, 162, 191, 205, 251
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Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Zewy, Carl |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Zewy, Karl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian genre painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 21, 1855 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 20, 1929 |
| Place of death | Vienna |