Franz Rumpler

Signed 'Fr. Rumpler "

Franz Rumpler (born December 4, 1848 in Tachau , Austrian Empire , † March 7, 1922 in Klosterneuburg ) was an Austrian genre painter and honorary citizen of Tachau.

Life

Rumpler was the son of the carver Johann Baptist Rumpler (1807–1876) and the brother of the wood sculptor Johann Rumpler, the younger (1845–1918) in Tachau, today's Tachov in the Czech Republic . He first worked with his father. At the age of 14 he carved a 10 cm high portrait depicting his mother at the spinning wheel, at the age of 15 he came to Vienna for training and received the academic Rosenbaum Prize for a history picture in the third year of his studies.

After studying with financial support from Cardinal Prince Friedrich zu Schwarzenberg at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts a . a. With Eduard von Engerth , Rumpler undertook extensive study trips to Italy (1871–1875) and France (1879) from 1871 to 1879, together with Hans Makart , and from the mid-1890s he was professor at the special school for history painting at the Imperial and Royal Academy of Fine Arts Arts in Vienna. During this time, numerous painters such as Moritz Coschell (1872–1943), Anton Burtscher (1887–1987), Josef Floch , Wilhelm Victor Krausz , Kolo Moser , Otto Neustädtl (1878–1962), Alois Penz (1854–1910) studied with him. , Josef Stoitzner , Viktor Tischler (1890–1951) or Karl Tucek (1889–1952). His largest exhibition with 230 works was opened in 1897 and Rumpler also became an honorary citizen of his hometown of Tachau that year .

In 1904 Rumpler settled in Klosterneuburg. He seldom exhibited his genre paintings and the landscapes that were later viewed impressionistically under the influence of the Barbizon school , but with great success. He was a co-founder of the Klosterneuburger Künstlerbund , where he organized exhibitions for modern painting and promoted young artists. a. Egon Schiele . The German Gallery in Prague had numerous of his works in its own Rumpler Hall .

In his hometown of Tachau, he added a picture of St. Mary Magdalene to the main altar of the Franciscan monastery church as early as 1874 . Rumpler captured the Tachau Franciscan monastery and the monastery church in an oil painting in 1895.

At his last place of residence, Klosterneuburg , as a co-founder of the local artists' association, he was a corresponding member of the Society for the Promotion of German Science, Arts and Literature in Bohemia, was appointed court councilor and a street was named after him. In 1936, in the 16th district of Ottakring in Vienna , the Rumplerweg was named after him in his honor.

Rumpler died on March 7, 1922. He found his final resting place in a grave of honor in the Vienna Central Cemetery (group 0, row 1, number 90). His artistic estate was auctioned off on October 1st to 2nd, 1931 in the 409th auction of the Dorotheum in Vienna after the death of his wife Marie (1860–1929), according to her testamentary determination, in favor of Viennese institutes for the blind.

Exhibitions (selection)

1897: Collective exhibition in the Vienna art salon Miethke

1913: International art exhibition in Munich. Participation with 40 plants.

1917: Atelier exhibition in the academy

1924: Memorial exhibition in the Vienna Künstlerhaus

Awards

1882: Archduke Carl Ludwig Medal
1908: Order of the Iron Crown III. class

literature

Constantin von Wurzbach : Rumpler, Franz . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 27th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1874, p. 262 ( digitized version ).
Wolfgang Born: Franz Rumpler . In: Complete estate of the painter Franz Rumpler, pictures and drawings by the master, tapestries, furniture, costumes and ornaments: Part 1 . Dorotheum, Vienna 1931, p. 5–9 ( Text archive - Internet Archive - biographical obituary with images of his works).
H. Ankwicz: Rumpler, Franz . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 29 : Rosa – Scheffauer . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1935, p. 206 .
Josef Weinmann: Egerländer Biographical Lexicon with selected people from the former government district of Eger. Männedorf / ZH 1987, ISBN 3-922808-12-3 , p. 123.
F. Kaindl: Rumpler, Franz. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 9, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1988, ISBN 3-7001-1483-4 , p. 326 f. (Direct links on p. 326 , p. 327 ).
Ferdinand Seibt , Hans Lemberg , Helmut Slapnicka: Biographical lexicon on the history of the Bohemian countries. Published on behalf of the Collegium Carolinum , Volume III, R. Oldenbourg Verlag, Munich 2000, ISBN 3-486-55973-7 , p. 546.

Web links

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

Entry on Franz Rumpler in the database of the state's memory for the history of the state of Lower Austria ( Museum Niederösterreich )

Individual evidence

↑ Wolfgang Born: Complete estate of the painter Franz Rumpler, pictures and drawings by the master, tapestries, furniture, costumes and ornaments: Part 1 . Dorotheum, Vienna 1931, p. 9 ( Text Archive - Internet Archive ).
^ Munich artist cooperative , Munich Secession (ed.): Illustrated catalog of the XI. International art exhibition in the Royal Glass Palace in Munich 1913 . Publishing house of the Munich Graphic Society, Pick & Co., Munich 1913, p. 157–158 ( Digitale-sammlungen.de ).

personal data
SURNAME	Rumpler, Franz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian genre painter
DATE OF BIRTH	December 4, 1848
PLACE OF BIRTH	Tachau
DATE OF DEATH	March 7, 1922
Place of death	Klosterneuburg

[1] Wolfgang Born: Complete estate of the painter Franz Rumpler, pictures and drawings by the master, tapestries, furniture, costumes and ornaments: Part 1 . Dorotheum, Vienna 1931, p. 9 ( Text Archive - Internet Archive ).

[2] Munich artist cooperative , Munich Secession (ed.): Illustrated catalog of the XI. International art exhibition in the Royal Glass Palace in Munich 1913 . Publishing house of the Munich Graphic Society, Pick & Co., Munich 1913, p. 157–158 ( Digitale-sammlungen.de ).