Hans Schachinger

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Hans Schachinger in his studio in 1928 with a portrait of Federal President Michael Hainisch on his 70th birthday. Reports about it in the New York Times of October 14, 1928 and in the Hamburger Illustrierte of August 18, 1928. The photo comes from the New York Times of 1928 and is a copy of a private print.

Hans Schachinger (born May 20, 1888 in Vienna , † November 13, 1952 in Nassau an der Lahn ) was an Austrian portrait and genre painter .

life and work

Schachinger studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna under Christian Griepenkerl and Rudolf Bacher . In 1919 he deepened his studies at the Munich Academy . In 1925 he founded his own painting school in Vienna. In 1927 he went on a study trip to Paris , and in 1938 he exhibited for the first time at the Biennale di Venezia . In 1945 he moved to a farmhouse in Kobernaußerwald , and subsequently worked in Schalchen , Upper Austria .

Hans Schachinger received the Silver Medal of the Albrecht Dürer Association in 1916; 1923 the Dumba Prize; 1924 the Künstlerhaus anniversary award; 1925 the Great Gold Medal of Honor; 1927 the Rembrandt Prize of the Vienna Artists' Cooperative and the Austrian State Prize; 1934 and 1935 the City of Vienna Prize; In 1935 the Gustav Figdor Prize and in 1942 the sponsorship prize for the exhibition “The beautiful Viennese image of women” . In 1932 Schachinger was appointed professor . From 1920 he was a member of the Wiener Künstlerhaus , furthermore he was a member of the Innviertler Künstlergilde.

Schachinger attached great importance to a naturalism committed to tradition . This made him a sought-after portraitist during the Nazi era . His genre painting from a rural milieu was characterized by a sparse coloring .

Works by Schachinger are now largely in private hands, but also in publicly accessible collections such as the Österreichische Galerie Belvedere , the Wien Museum , the University of Vienna , the Leopold Museum and the Army History Museum .

Works (excerpt)

  • Portrait of Elisabeth Ortner-Kallina (44x39) from 1935 (private collection)

  • Hans Schachinger "Franziskaner" - excerpt (original 122x112) from 1921 (private property)

  • Hans Schachinger family picture (108x88) from 1919 (private property of the artist's family)

  • Hans Schachinger Portrait of an Old Lady (62x50) from 1911 (private collection)

  • Hans Schachinger farmer's child (36x30) from 1920 (private property)

  • Hans Schachinger "Old Man with Hourglass" (private collection)

  • Hans Schachinger "Kellergasse in Würnitz Lower Austria" from 1930 (private property)

  • Portrait of Hans Schachinger's wife 100x83 from 1927. On May 19, 1927, he was awarded the "Rembrandt Prize" by the Vienna Artists' Cooperative. (Private property)

literature

  • Heinrich Fuchs: The Austrian painters born in 1881–1900. Vienna 1976, Volume 2, p. K 76 f.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Heinrich Fuchs: The Austrian painters born in 1881-1900. Vienna 1976, Volume 2, p. K 76 f.
  2. ↑ Michaela Pappernigg (arrangement): Art of the 20th century. Inventory catalog of the Austrian Gallery of the 20th Century. ( Memento of the original from March 25, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Vol. 4: S – Z- ed. vd Austrian Gallery Belvedere. Vienna 2001, p. 14; cited on the website of the Austrian Gallery Belvedere, accessed on April 12, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / digital.belvedere.at
  3. ^ Heinrich Fuchs: The Austrian painters born in 1881-1900. Vienna 1976, Volume 2, p. K 76 f.
personal data
SURNAME Schachinger, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian painter
DATE OF BIRTH May 20, 1888
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH November 13, 1952
Place of death Nassau (Lahn)