Felician Myrbach
Felician Myrbach (until 1919 Freiherr von Rheinfeld ; born February 19, 1853 in Zaleszczyki , † January 14, 1940 in Klagenfurt ) was an Austrian painter , graphic artist and book illustrator .
Life
Myrbach attended the military academy from 1868 to 1871 , then was a draftsman at the Military Geography Institute and a drawing teacher at the Vienna Cadet School. He also studied at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts .
From 1881 to 1897 Myrbach lived in Paris as a book illustrator, where he illustrated the works of Alphonse Daudet and Victor Hugo, among others . From 1897 he taught as a professor of illustration at the Vienna School of Applied Arts . From 1899 to 1905 he was its director. Although he was more inclined to realism and military subjects , Myrbach opened the "Institute of Viennese Modernism" and won Josef Hoffmann , Alfred Roller , Kolo Moser , Rudolf von Larisch , Carl Otto Czeschka and Franz Cizek as teachers . In 1903 Myrbach was president of the Vienna Secession , in 1905 he resigned with the Klimt group and retired due to disagreements. He then lived again in Paris until 1914, during the First World War in Spain . In 1936 he returned to Austria.
literature
- O (skar) Matulla : Myrbach von Rheinfeld, Felician Frh .. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 7, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1978, ISBN 3-7001-0187-2 , p. 9.
- Maria Auböck (text contributions): Vienna around 1900. Art and culture . Ed .: Maria Marchetti. Brandstaetter, Vienna 1985, ISBN 3-85447-097-5 , p. 535 .
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SURNAME | Myrbach, Felician |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Myrbach-Rheinfeld, Felician von |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian painter, graphic artist and book illustrator |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 19, 1853 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Zaleszczyki |
DATE OF DEATH | January 14, 1940 |
Place of death | Klagenfurt |