Georg Gerlach

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Georg Gerlach (born December 11, 1874 in Berlin , † 1962 in Vienna ) was an Austrian portrait and landscape painter of impressionism .

life and work

Born in Berlin, he attended the graphic teaching and research institute in Vienna after secondary school and at the same time received private painting lessons. His further education was varied: He first studied at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts , then at the Munich Art School and the Munich Academy ; he was also trained at the Austrian Museum for Art and Industry . He exhibited his works, which can be counted as part of Impressionism, mainly in the Vienna Künstlerhaus , the Hagenbund and the Vienna Secession . His main subjects were lively landscapes and flowers . Study trips took Gerlach to Germany , France and Italy . During the First World War he worked as a war painter in the Austro-Hungarian war press quarter (from March 10, 1917), working mainly on the Italian front and especially in the front section between Adelsberg and Udine .

Around 1933 Gerlach had his studio in Vienna- Döbling , Pyrkergasse 7. He died in 1962 in Vienna.

Works (selection)

  • Viennese street scene on the occasion of the funeral of Emperor Franz Joseph I , 1916, oil on cardboard, 33.5 × 22.5 cm, Heeresgeschichtliches Museum , Vienna
  • Gosausee with a view of the Dachstein , oil on canvas, approx. 70 × 100 cm
  • Portrait of a peasant woman in traditional costume , around 1904, oil on canvas, 32 × 26 cm

literature

  • Heinrich Fuchs: The Austrian Painters of the 19th Century, Vienna 1973, Volume 2, P. K 15
  • Heinrich Fuchs: The Austrian painters of the 19th century, supplementary volume 1, Vienna 1979, p. K 130
  • Heeresgeschichtliches Museum (Ed.): Viribus Unitis. Annual report 2012 of the Army History Museum , Vienna 2013

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Heinrich Fuchs: The Austrian Painters of the 19th Century, Vienna 1973, Volume 2, P. K 15
  2. ↑ Walter Reichel: "Press work is propaganda work" - Media Administration 1914-1918: The War Press Quarter (KPQ) . Communications from the Austrian State Archives (MÖStA), special volume 13, Studienverlag, Vienna 2016, ISBN 978-3-7065-5582-1 , p. 182.
  3. ^ Heinrich Fuchs: The Austrian painters of the 19th century, supplementary volume 1, Vienna 1979, p. K 130
  4. ↑ Army History Museum (ed.): Viribus Unitis. Annual report 2012 of the Army History Museum , Vienna 2013, p. 102
  5. ↑ at arcadja.com , accessed January 11, 2012
  6. ↑ at beyars.com , accessed January 11, 2012
personal data
SURNAME Gerlach, Georg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian painter
DATE OF BIRTH December 11, 1874
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH 1962
Place of death Vienna