Franz Windhager (painter)

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Franz Windhager (born December 3, 1879 in Vienna ; † June 14, 1959 there ) was an Austrian painter and graphic artist .

Life

Franz Windhager studied at the Vienna Academy with Christian Griepenkerl and Franz Rumpler and from 1900 onwards at the Academy in Karlsruhe with Ludwig Schmid-Reutte . Study trips took him through Germany and Italy . In 1909 he became a member of the Vienna Künstlerhaus . Windhager worked as a painter and illustrator (e.g. Grillparzer , Der arme Spielmann , 1913).

During the First World War , Windhager worked as a war painter in the Russian and Italian theater of war .

In the post-war period, Windhager continued to work in Vienna and painted, among other things, building views. He was also known for his colorful genre paintings . He also worked under the name Franz Reichar (d) t or Franz Reichardt-Windhager. He was buried at the Hietzinger Friedhof in Vienna.

Awards

  • 1913 and 1915 Drasche Prize
  • 1916 Schützen anniversary award from the Schützengilde of the Vienna Künstlerhaus
  • 1925 the IC Berendsen Prize

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Austrian Army Museum (ed.): Catalog of the war picture gallery of the Austrian Army Museum , Vienna 1923, p. 16
  2. ↑ Franz Windhager ( Memento of the original from March 21, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on oenb.at, accessed on September 30, 2013  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.oenb.at

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personal data
SURNAME Windhager, Franz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Reichardt-Windhager, Franz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian painter and graphic artist
DATE OF BIRTH December 3, 1879
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH June 14, 1959
Place of death Vienna