Constantin Damianos
Constantin Damianos (born January 2, 1869 in Vienna ; † June 3, 1953 in Graz ) was an Austrian painter and etcher .
Life
Constantin Damianos was born on January 2, 1869 in Vienna; his father was of Greek origin, his mother from Vienna. After completing high school, he completed training at the Academy in Vienna (portrait and landscapes with August Eisenmenger and Siegmund L'Allemand ). He received the school prize of the Lichtenfels School of Landscape Painting and the Golden Füger Medal in 1897.
At first he lived freelance in Vienna. He was a member of the Künstlerhaus. In 1900 his "Motif from Zwettl " was praised by Emperor Franz Joseph I in the Künstlerhaus exhibition in Vienna . From 1902 the artist lived and worked in Graz. He ran his own painting school (formerly Langer) with an important group of students, including Oskar Stössel . He was a member of the cooperative of visual artists and for many years also a board member. He went on major study trips to Italy, Dalmatia and Germany. From 1916 to 1918 he was a painter in the Austrian war press quarter , mainly on the Isonzo front , after which he lived again in Graz.
Create
He used a wide variety of techniques (oil, watercolor, pastel, tempera, ivory painting, etching). Many of his works are in public ownership (Neue Galerie in Graz, collections of the City of Graz, much in private ownership, several pictures in the Liechtensteingalerie in Vienna). He was a sought-after portrait painter; so he created many portraits of members of the old Austrian nobility (princesses Jablonowska and Dietrichstein) and of personalities of cultural life (Hans Kloepfer and Paula Grogger, 1927). Hadwiga Benesch (1903–1941) from Graz, shown here, was the younger daughter of Johanna and Maximilian Benesch.
literature
- Heinrich Fuchs: The Austrian painters of the 19th century . Vienna. 1972, p. K60.
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Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Damianos, Constantin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian painter and etcher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 2, 1869 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 3, 1953 |
| Place of death | Graz |