Gustav Wertheimer

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Gustav Wertheimer
The enchanted sleeper

Gustav Wertheimer (born January 28, 1847 in Vienna , † August 24, 1902 in Paris ) was an Austrian genre and portrait painter.

Life

Wertheimer began his studies at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna with Joseph von Führich . Since May 10, 1870, he studied in the technical painting class of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Munich with Wilhelm von Diez . After graduating, he worked in Munich. At the Vienna World Exhibition in 1873 he presented a larger work for the first time: Nero during the fire in Rome . This had previously been presented in the Vienna Art Salon. In 1881 Wertheimer came to Paris, where he died of consumption in the Hôpital Lariboisière in 1902 .

Wertheimer experienced his greatest successes in Paris. His participation in art exhibitions in Amsterdam , London , New Orleans and Paris brought him numerous medals and prizes. He also received honorary awards at the Paris World's Fair in 1889 and 1900 .

"In Vienna you could only see relatively few works of the master in art exhibitions, since Wertheimer, if his pictures were not already sold off the easel, always brought them to the man at the first exhibition in the Paris Salon."

- from the obituary

literature

  • Anton Bettelheim : Biographical Yearbook and German Nekrolog. Volume VII: January 1 to December 31, 1902. Georg Reimer Verlag, Berlin 1905, p. 101.

Web links

Commons : Gustav Wertheimer  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Matriculation Book Munich (accessed on May 2, 2016)
  2. ↑ Feuilleton: Nero at the Vienna World Exhibition. In: Wiener Sonn- und Monday-Zeitung . March 10, 1873, p. 1/2 ( digitized at ANNO - AustriaN Newspapers Online )
  3. ↑ Theater, Art and Literature. In: German newspaper. March 8, 1873, p. 12 ( digitized at ANNO)
  4. ↑ Theater and Art News. In: New Free Press . July 14, 1881, p. 8 ( digitized at ANNO)
  5. ↑ Art News. In: Austrian Art Chronicle. Volume VII, No. 30, July 28, 1883, p. 403 ( digitized from ANNO)
  6. ↑ Theater and Art. In: Sport and Salon . October 12, 1901, p. 23 ( digitized at ANNO)
  7. ↑ Fine Arts: Obituary. In: Sport and Salon . September 6, 1902, p. 21 ( digitized at ANNO)
personal data
SURNAME Wertheimer, Gustav
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wertheimer, Gustave (French)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian genre painter
DATE OF BIRTH January 28, 1847
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH August 24, 1902
Place of death Paris