Franz Poledne

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Franz Poledne (born April 10, 1873 in Vienna , † January 7, 1932 in Klosterneuburg ) was an Austrian painter and illustrator .

life and work

Mölkerbastei with the Dreimäderlhaus , watercolor by Franz Poledne (1909)

Franz Poledne already worked as a teenager in 1888 in the studio of the court theater painter Hermann Burghart . He worked there until 1893. In the meantime he attended the drawing school of the Graphic Education and Research Institute in Vienna. He then worked as an illustrator for magazines such as Über Land und Meer and Illustrirte Welt . From 1907 until his death he worked as an illustrator for the Illustrierte Kronen Zeitung .

As a painter, Franz Poledne created oil paintings and watercolors . In his vedute , he documented the change in the cityscape of Vienna and, along with Rudolf von Alt , Emil Hütter , Franz Kopallik , Richard Moser and Erwin Pendl, was one of those painters who shaped a sentimental image of old Vienna . Poledne participated in the First World War as a militia - Zugsführer part and got in 1918, the Golden Cross of Merit on ribbon of the Medal of Honor awarded. He was also one of the numerous painters who worked for the Imperial and Royal War Press Headquarters .

Franz Poledne was married and had a son. He lived in Klosterneuburg, where he died at the age of 58 after a serious illness. He had been treated by the later Nazi euthanasia doctor Emil Gelny , with whom he was friends. Poledne was buried at the Upper City Cemetery in Klosterburg.

Web links

Commons : Franz Poledne  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ painter Franz Poledne. In:  Wiener Zeitung , January 9, 1932, p. 3 (online at ANNO ).Template: ANNO / Maintenance / wrz
  2. ↑ a b Franz Poledne †. In:  Illustrierte Kronen-Zeitung , January 8, 1932, p. 5 (online at ANNO ).Template: ANNO / Maintenance / short
  3. ↑ Topography and urban development: graphics and painting. Wien Museum, accessed on March 12, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Award. In:  Illustrierte Kronen-Zeitung , May 18, 1918, p. 3 (online at ANNO ).Template: ANNO / Maintenance / short
  5. ↑ The War Press Headquarters - KPQ. In: 150 Years of the Künstlerhaus Vienna 1861–2011. Wladimir Aichelburg , accessed March 12, 2020 .
  6. ^ A b Farewell to Franz Poledne. In:  Illustrierte Kronen-Zeitung , 10 January 1932, p. 2 (online at ANNO ).Template: ANNO / Maintenance / short
personal data
SURNAME Poledne, Franz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian painter and illustrator
DATE OF BIRTH April 10, 1873
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH January 7, 1932
Place of death Klosterneuburg