Ferdinand Brunner (painter, 1870)

Pond in the Waldviertel, oil on canvas, 1922/23

Ferdinand Brunner (born May 1, 1870 in Vienna ; † November 30, 1945 there ) was an Austrian landscape painter .

Life

Ferdinand Brunner was born in Vienna on May 1, 1870 and entered the studio of the court theater painters Carlo Brioschi , Hermann Burghart and Johann Kautsky at the age of 14 . From 1891 he studied at the Vienna Academy in the master class of Eduard von Lichtenfels . In 1894 he was awarded the Gundel Prize . In 1901 he became a member of the Vienna Künstlerhaus . He exhibited at the international art exhibitions in 1904 and 1907 in Düsseldorf , and later also in the Munich Glass Palace . Ferdinand Brunner died on November 30, 1945 in Vienna.

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Brunner's preferred motifs were landscapes in Upper and Lower Austria , Bohemia and Hungary , whereby he placed particular emphasis on capturing moods. In 1910 he was awarded the Great Golden State Medal, in 1935 he received the Gustav Figdor Prize. His works can now be found in the Vienna Museum on Karlsplatz, in the Lower Austrian State Museum and in the picture gallery of the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna.

literature

• Brunner, Ferdinand . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 14, Saur, Munich a. a. 1996, ISBN 3-598-22754-X , p. 564.
• Heinrich Fuchs: Ferdinand Brunner. Picturesque discoverer of the Waldviertel , Vienna 1979
• Heinrich Fuchs: The Austrian Painters of the 19th Century , Volume 1 (A – F), Vienna 1972
• Rupert Feuchtmüller: Ferdinand Brunner. Catalog on the occasion of the commemorative exhibition for the 100th anniversary of his birthday in the Niederösterreichisches Landesmuseum , Vienna 1970

Web links

Commons : Ferdinand Brunner  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Entry on Ferdinand Brunner (painter, 1870) in the Austria Forum  (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )