Franz Lerch

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Franz Lerch (born August 30, 1895 in Vienna , Austria-Hungary , † January 25, 1977 in New York ) was an Austrian painter and representative of the New Objectivity .

Life

Franz Lerch, son of a bookbinder of the same name, and his wife Eleonore, née Soukup, attended the commercial academy after finishing school. At first he worked in the administration of a construction company. Only after his military service did he study from 1918 to 1926 at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna with Alois Delug , Josef Jungwirth and Karl Sterrer . In 1927 he became a member of the artists' association Hagenbund and remained so until it was dissolved by the National Socialists in 1938 . He also joined the Vienna Secession . In 1927 Lerch went on study trips to Paris and the Netherlands . The win of numerous prizes and the purchase of his works by Austrian museums enabled him to make a living from his profession from 1931. In 1933 he married Stephanie Krausz , the daughter of Samuel Krauss, a well-known Jewish scholar, and took her on a wedding and study trip to Sicily . When Austria was annexed to Germany in 1938, the couple were forced to emigrate to New York due to their wife's Jewish origins , where they worked for the Printex designer company until 1973. He received American citizenship in 1944. Before fleeing to the USA via Great Britain, he destroyed all of his unsold works.

In the USA he could no longer make a living from painting and only did it in his free time.

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Lerch is one of the main representatives of the New Objectivity in Austria.

"In its austerity and severity, Lerch's work is reminiscent of that of Carl Hofer , whom he met in 1928. Richer colors, greater spatial depth and greater plasticity, however, distinguish Lerch's work from Hofer's works. In his files , portraits and landscapes , Lerch represents a position between Expressionism and New Objectivity, which he turned into the lyrical through the painterly inclusion of an organic liveliness within the formal rigor . "

Works by him can be found in the following museums and collections:

Some of his works are listed in the Lost Art database of the Magdeburg coordination office .

Awards

He received in 1925, 1931, 1932 a. 1936 the State Prize, 1931 the City of Vienna Prize.

literature

  • The yearbook of the Viennese society. Biographical contributions to contemporary Viennese history. Edited by Franz Planer. Vienna: F. Planer 1929
  • Born, Wolfgang in Austrian Art I , volume 5 / p. 5ff, 1930,
  • Vollmer / Len-Ly / Page 366 / Lerch, Franz and Lernh, Fran z / 2010 - EASeemann Verlag
  • Boeckl, Matthias, Franz Lerch (1895–1977). A contribution to Austrian painting in the interwar period and its continued effects after 1939, diploma thesis, Vienna 1985
  • Erben, Tino (ed.), Hans Bisanz: The painter Franz Lerch, exhibition cat. Historical Museum of the City of Vienna, Vienna 1975
  • Jan Tabor: Mourning and joy in balance. Galerie Würthle: Pictures by Franz Lerch. In: Courier April 6, 1983, p. 14
  • Heinrich Fuchs: The Austrian painters born in 1881-1900. Volume 1: A-L. Vienna: self-published in 1976
  • The expulsion of the spiritual from Austria. On the cultural policy of National Socialism. [Compilation of the exhibition: University of Applied Arts in Vienna. Catalog: Gabriele Koller ... Responsible for the content: Oswald Oberhuber]. Vienna: Zentralsparkasse 1982
  • Art in Austria 1918-1938 (catalog on the occasion of the exhibition in Halbturn Castle by the Austrian Gallery, 25 May to 21 October 1984)
  • New Objectivity - Austria 1918-1938 (on the occasion of the exhibition "New Objectivity - Austria 1918 to 1938" in the Kunstforum Bank Austria, Vienna, April 1 to July 2, 1995). Vienna: Kunstforum Bank Austria (1995)
  • Peter Chrastek: Hagenbund and his artists - Vienna 1900-1938 - expressive, neo-objective, forbidden, self-published by Wien Museum 2016
  • Lerch, Franz S , in: Werner Röder; Herbert A. Strauss (Ed.): International Biographical Dictionary of Central European Emigrés 1933-1945 . Volume 2.2. Munich: Saur, 1983 ISBN 3-598-10089-2 , p. 710

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Pappernigg, Michaela (arrangement): Art of the 20th century. Inventory catalog of the Austrian Gallery of the 20th Century, Vol. 3: L – R, ed. vd Österreichischen Galerie Belvedere, Vienna 1997, p. 38
  2. ↑ Vollmer / Len-Ly / Page 366 / Lerch, Franz or Lernh, Fran z / 2010 - EASeemann Verlag
personal data
SURNAME Lerch, Franz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian painter
DATE OF BIRTH August 30, 1895
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH January 25, 1977
Place of death new York