Erwin Lang (painter)

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Erwin Lang (born July 22, 1886 in Vienna ; † February 10, 1962 there ) was an Austrian painter and graphic artist .

Live and act

Erwin Lang, the son of the social worker and women's rights activist Marie Lang , attended the Vienna School of Applied Arts with Alfred Roller . He exhibited his work for the first time in 1908 at the Vienna Art Show. In 1911, Lang exhibited with Kokoschka and Schiele in an exhibition of the Hagenbund , of which he was a member . One of his essential areas was woodcuts. His woodcuts were also used for book illustration.

In 1920 he came back via China after being a prisoner of war in Russia, from which he was able to escape. He then began as a stage decorator in Vienna and Berlin .

Lang was married in his first marriage to the dancer Grete Wiesenthal . For them he designed the posters and productions. The architect Lukas Matthias Lang and the painter Konrad Lang emerged from the second marriage .

Works (selection)

  • Dante Vita Nuova
  • Grete Wiesenthal and her school
  • Woodcuts (6) as book design in German Minnesang. Carl Konegen Verlag, Vienna 1921

literature

  • The early poster (Germany). 1980, p. 172.
  • Fuchs: painter 1881–1900. Volume 1. p. 151.
  • General artist lexicon. Bio-bibliographic index. Volume 6. 2000, p. 50.
  • Lang, Erwin . 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. 314 .
  • Erwin Lang . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists of the XX. Century. tape 3 : K-P . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1956, p. 165 f .
  • Wilhelmi: artist groups. 1996, p. 171.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Haybach Verlag auf Österreichische Verlagsgeschichte, accessed on October 20, 2009.
  2. ↑ Erwin Lang  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 57 kB) accessed on October 19, 2009@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.altneubeurer.de  

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personal data
SURNAME Lang, Erwin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian painter
DATE OF BIRTH July 22, 1886
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH February 10, 1962
Place of death Vienna