Franz Kienmayer

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Franz Kienmayer (born February 19, 1886 in Vienna , † 1963 in Baden-Baden ) was an Austrian portrait painter , illustrator and orientalist .

Life

Biographical information on Kienmayer's education is unknown. It is documented that during the First World War on January 15, 1916, he was accepted as a war painter in the art group of the Austro-Hungarian War Press Office . Among other things, he was stationed in Suta near Muereasca and in Bukowina . Most of the works from this creative period are now in the Army History Museum in Vienna, two of which are on display in the thematic area on the First World War.

After the war, Kienmayer worked in Vienna, Predlitz-Turrach , Graz and most recently in Leipzig and Baden-Baden. In Leipzig he was titled as an art professor . From 1929 he traveled to Java , Bali and Indonesia . Motifs from this period, such as landscapes , temple and genre scenes , can now be found in large numbers at art auctions and are privately owned.

In 1931 Kienmayer joined the Apollo Masonic Lodge (mat. No. 2302). From 1933 Kienmayer put himself in the service of the National Socialists . Among other things, his oil painting Hermann Göring , which was created in 1934, became famous. His oil painting Bildnis Generalfeldmarschall von Blomberg , Minister of War in Hitler's cabinet in 1933, was shown at the Nazi propaganda show Great German Art Exhibition in 1937 in the House of German Art in Munich.

Works (selection)

  • Alarm in the bomb-proof shelter , 1917, oil on canvas, approx. 65 × 45 cm, ( Heeresgeschichtliches Museum Wien)
  • Assault soldier with hand grenade at the entrance of a shelter , 1917, oil on canvas, approx. 65 × 45 cm, Heeresgeschichtliches Museum Wien

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Walter Reichel: "Press work is propaganda work" - Media Administration 1914-1918: The War Press Quarter (KPQ) . Communications from the Austrian State Archives (MÖStA), special volume 13, Studienverlag , Vienna 2016, ISBN 978-3-7065-5582-1 , p. 181.
  2. ↑ on freimaurerloge-apollo.de ( memento of the original from September 17, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed on August 28, 2017 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.freimaurerloge-apollo.de
  3. ↑ website alamy.com
  4. ↑ Enter Kienmayer website GDK Reserche.de
personal data
SURNAME Kienmayer, Franz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian portrait painter and illustrator as well as orientalist
DATE OF BIRTH February 19, 1886
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH 1963
Place of death Baden-Baden