Franz Frankl

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Franz Xaver Frankl (born July 17, 1881 in Affecking (district of Kelheim ), † April 29, 1940 in Munich ) was a German landscape painter .

Life

Frankl was based in Munich and initially trained as a graphic designer . Then he studied at the Stuttgart Academy , later in Strasbourg at the School of Applied Arts. Further training took place in Paris and Metz . Frankl had his first collective exhibition in 1907 at the Münchner Kunstverein ; later he took part in collective exhibitions a. a. participated in the permanent exhibition of the Munich artists' cooperative. His fellow student in Munich was Karl Gatermann the Elder (1883-1959), with whom he was on friendly terms. Frankl mainly painted landscapes in the Ammersee and Dachau areas. He was particularly successful in the 1920s.

Works (excerpt)

  • Village with a brook , 40 × 56 cm, oil on wood, Munich
  • Mill in the Dachauer Moos , 41 × 58 cm, oil on wood
  • Summer landscape with a small river , 65 × 80 cm, oil on canvas
  • Old mill in Loisach Valley , 63 × 72 cm, oil on canvas, 1915
  • Charcoal drawing of a young woman
  • Sultry day , oil on canvas, 65 × 80 cm
  • Part from the Alpine Foreland , oil on canvas, 1929
  • Autumn mood , oil on canvas, 1910

literature

  • Eva A. Mayring: Pictures of technology, industry and science: an inventory catalog of the Deutsches Museum, page 272, Edition Minerva, 2008 ISBN 3938832282
  • Bruckmann's Lexicon of Munich Art. Fifth volume, Munich painter in the 19th and 20th centuries Century. P. 253, 1 ill., 1953 F. Bruckmann KG, Munich. ISBN 3-7654-1805-6
  • Dressler's art manual, Volume II, Berlin 1930, p. 268
  • Franz Frankl . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists of the XX. Century. tape 2 : E-J . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1955. p. 148

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Artnet auction catalog, accessed on November 10, 2014
  2. ↑ Artnet auction catalog, accessed on November 10, 2014
personal data
SURNAME Frankl, Franz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Frankl, Franz Xaver (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German landscape painter
DATE OF BIRTH July 17, 1881
PLACE OF BIRTH Affecking (district of Kelheim )
DATE OF DEATH April 29, 1940
Place of death Munich