Fritz Rojka

Self-portrait

Fritz Rojka (born December 24, 1878 in Vienna , † March 14, 1939 ibid) was an Austrian landscape , portrait and genre painter .

After visiting the graphic teaching and research institute in Vienna with Joseph Eugen Hörwarter , Rojka studied from 1896 to 1898 and from 1904 to 1908 at the Vienna Art Academy with Christian Griepenkerl and Franz Rumpler and was awarded the Special School Prize and the Rome Prize (1908).

Rojka made a trip to Italy in 1909 , visiting Rome , Florence and Venice .

From 1908 he exhibited at the exhibitions of the Vienna Künstlerhaus and became a member in 1920. In 1914 he was called up for military service.

Rojka received the Künstlerhaus Anniversary Prize in 1926, the Künstlerhaus Gold Medal of Honor in 1927, the Rembrandt Prize in 1929 , the Gustav Figdor Prize in 1934 , the State Prize in 1936 , and the Dumba Prize in 1937 .

literature

• Rojka, Fritz . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 28 : Ramsden-Rosa . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1934.
• Rudolf Schmidt: The Viennese artist house. A chronicle 1861–1951 . Society of Visual Artists Vienna, Vienna 1951, pp. 222, 240, 243, 250, 269, 277, 284, 292.
• Fritz Rojka. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 9, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1988,ISBN 3-7001-1483-4, p. 219.
• Michaela Papperigg (arr.): 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. 253 ( digitized version ).
• Rojka, Fritz . In: Emmanuel Bénézit (founder); Jacques Busse (ed.): Dictionnaire critique et documentaire des peintres, sculpteurs, dessinateurs et graveurs de tous les temps et de tous les pays . Nouvelle édition, entièrement réfondue [= 4th edition]. Gründ, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-7000-3020-6 , pp.?.

Web links

Commons : Fritz Rojka  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Fritz Rojka in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna