Fritz Willy Fischer

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Fritz Willy Fischer , actually Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Christoph Fischer Edler von Güllern , (born September 21, 1903 in Salzburg ; † February 12, 1963 there ) was an Austrian painter , journalist , writer and antique dealer .

Life

“The Mask of Gla” was the inspiration and title donor for Fischer's novel

Fritz Willy Fischer was trained as a painter primarily by his adoptive father Adolph Johannes Fischer and then for two or three semesters at the Vienna School of Applied Arts . At the beginning of the 1930s Fritz Wilhelm Fischer has numerous portraits drawn of which above all of that - of the living from 1918 to 1931 in Salzburg - writer Andreas Latzko was described by his contemporaries as a special "gem". In the interwar period, he reportedly wrote exhibition reviews for the socialist daily "Salzburger Wacht". At the end of 1940 he was called up for military service, from where he returned to Salzburg at the end of 1945.

In 1946 he published the detective novel “The Mask of Gla” in the “Salzburger Festungsverlag” (the forerunner of the Residenz Verlag ), of which a Spanish translation was published in 1948 under the title “La máscara de Gla”.

Fritz Willy Fischer owes the renewed attention to his life and work to the artistic connection with the Irish writer James Joyce , whom he met in the summer of 1928 in Salzburg and whom he subsequently portrayed in a lithograph . In connection with his Salzburg exhibition, Fritz Willy Fischer wrote to James Joyce in mid-October 1932 asking him to sign the portrait lithograph mentioned , which according to the accompanying letter is intended to be the main showpiece of the exhibition. Despite numerous researches, it is currently unclear whether Joyce complied with Fischer's request and returned the signed lithograph, whether it disappeared in the post, is still undetected in a Joyce archive or even that Joyce lithograph that has been in the Salzburg's possession since 1950 Museum and attributed to Adolph Johannes Fischer because of her signature.

Graphic work (so far known)

  • Sulamit (portrait, 1930, illustration in the " Wiener Festwochen " catalog " Wiener Secession . Druckgraphik 1897-1972").
  • Franz Karl Ginzkey (portrait, shown and discussed in the context of the Salzburg exhibition in 1932).
  • James Joyce (lithograph, sent to James Joyce to sign on October 17, 1932).
  • Andreas Latzko (portrait, shown in the program magazine " Radio-Wien , 1931, shown and discussed in the context of the Salzburg exhibition in 1932).
  • Gliding in the Gaisberg region (monumental painting for the Salzburg gliding exhibition, Whitsun 1932)
  • Mafalda (lithograph, 1932) (located in the Salzburg Museum , InvNr 1113-2003).
  • Robert Mimra (portrait, shown and discussed in the context of the Salzburg exhibition in 1932).
  • Exotin , lawyer Dr. Julius Pollak , Study Heads (No. 21 and 25) (title of some lithographs that were shown in December 1932 as part of the Salzburg exhibition mentioned and discussed in the media mentioned).
  • Univ.Prof. Dr. Alois Mager, University of Salzburg (portrait drawing 1933).
  • Salzburg - Zwergerlgarten with pavilion (signed lower left: FW Fischer, oil on plywood, approx. 50 × 58 cm) Offered for auction by Dorotheum on October 11, 2012

Literary work

  • Fritz Willy Fischer: The Mask of Gla . Salzburg. Festungsverlag, 1946. 186th pages.
  • Fritz Willy Fischer: La máscara de Gla . Novela terrorífica. Traducción de Manuel Scholz. Barcelona. Ed. Reguera. 1948. 63 pages.

swell

  • Archive of the Vienna School of Applied Arts .
  • Nikolaus Schaffer: Adolph Johannes Fischer. In: General Artist Lexicon. Volume 40 (2004).
  • rg: Fritz Willy Fischer exhibits. Exhibition discussion. In: "Salzburger Volksblatt" of December 10, 1932.
  • A .: The portraitist Friedrich Willy Fischer. Exhibition in the art salon Mora. Exhibition discussion. In: "Salzburger Wacht" from December 14, 1932.
  • Adolf Haslinger and Andreas Weigel: Portrait of James Joyce in the "Salzburg Museum" . Salzburger Nachrichten , October 11, 2007.
  • Andreas Weigel : fragmentary biographies. Searching for and securing traces of Adolph Johannes Fischer and Fritz Willy Fischer-Güllern. In: Michael Ritter (Ed.): Praesent 2011. The Austrian Literature Yearbook. Vienna: präsens 2010. pp. 21–35.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ In September 1931 the portrait was used to illustrate Erhard Buschbeck's article on Andreas Latzko, which is why it can be seen in the TV magazine " Radio-Wien " of September 18, 1931 (p. 8): Andreas Latzko, stone drawing by Fritz Willy Fischer, Salzburg.
  2. ↑ In September 1931 the portrait was used to illustrate Erhard Buschbeck's article on Andreas Latzko, which is why it can be seen in the TV magazine " Radio-Wien " of September 18, 1931 (p. 8): Andreas Latzko, stone drawing by Fritz Willy Fischer, Salzburg.
  3. ↑ Dorotheum : Fritz Willy FISCHER (Salzburg 1903 - 1963) "Salzburg - Zwergerlgarten mit Pavillon" signed lower left: FW Fischer, oil on plywood, approx. 50 × 58 cm, cracked spots, frame damaged. Estimated value 500 to 700 euros.
personal data
SURNAME Fischer, Fritz Willy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fischer Edler von Güllern, Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Christoph (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian painter, journalist, writer and antique dealer
DATE OF BIRTH September 21, 1903
PLACE OF BIRTH Salzburg
DATE OF DEATH February 12, 1963
Place of death Salzburg