Eduard Lebiedzki
Eduard Lebiedzki (also Lebietzki, born March 9, 1862 in Chrzanów in Galicia , † November 28, 1915 in Vienna ) was an Austrian painter. He created the frescoes in the Athens University and in the building of the Vienna Parliament.
Life
Eduard Lebiedzki studied painting at the Academy in Vienna under Christian Griepenkerl from 1876 to 1883 and then visited Florence , Rome , Paris and Athens . In addition to the monumental frescoes, he also created some oil paintings, genre paintings such as Idylle , Samson and Delilah , Sakuntala and portraits of Friedrich Ludwig Arnsburg (in the gallery of the Burgtheater) and Heinrich Freiherr von Ferstel, among others
From 1888 he created frescoes in the building of the University of Athens based on cartons by Carl Rahl (1812–1865) . The frescoes show the following themes: King Otto von Wittelsbach among the personified sciences ; The Beginnings of Greek Philosophy ; The builders of Athens ; The golden age of Athens ; The Philosophers of Athens ; Aristotle and his students .
In the years 1898 to 1902 he created the mosaic frieze for the parliament building in Vienna. Between 1907 and 1911 he created frescoes in the portico of the parliament building. The work with a total length of more than 120 meters and a height of 2.30 meters was created from the artist's own boxes. The allegorical figures on a gold background represented "the most excellent ideals and economic tasks of Parliament". The work was badly damaged in the Second World War . He was buried at the Vienna Central Cemetery .
literature
- Lebiedzki, Eduard . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 22 : Krügner – Leitch . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1928, p. 502-503 .
- Ilse Knoflacher: The mosaic frieze by Eduard Lebiedzki, executed by the Tyrolean glass painting and Mosaikanstalt, on the facade of the Austrian Parliament in Vienna. Master's thesis University of Vienna 2012 ( univie.ac.at PDF).
Web links
- Parliament Vienna: The pillared hall: Fries of paintings by Eduard Lebiedzki
Individual evidence
- ↑ Knoflacher p. 20 after the entry in the death register; the frequent indication of Bodenbach in Tetschen as the place of birth is wrong.
- ^ Grave site Eduard Lebiedzki , Vienna, Zentralfriedhof, group 43, group extension F, row 1, no. G2.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lebiedzki, Eduard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 9, 1862 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chrzanów , Galicia |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 28, 1915 |
| Place of death | Vienna |