Heinrich Rauchinger

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Heinrich Rauchinger: Portrait of Mme. Mitzuko Akari 1926

Heinrich Rauchinger (born January 1, 1858 in Krakow , Austria-Hungary ; † August 19, 1942 in the Theresienstadt concentration camp ) was an Austrian portrait and history painter .

life and work

Rauchinger studied at the Art Academy in Krakow with Jan Matejko and at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna under August Eisenmenger and Christian Griepenkerl . A scholarship enabled him to spend two years in Italy in 1886, especially in Rome, where he completed his education and made numerous landscape studies. From 1888 he lived as a freelance artist in Vienna and developed into a portrait painter. In 1899 he became a member of the “Cooperative of Fine Artists Vienna” (later: “ Society of Fine Artists Austria, Künstlerhaus ”).

He has received many awards. In 1904 he received the Schützenjubiläumpreis of the Künstlerhaus, in 1905 the Small Golden State Medal for the oil painting Portrait of Mrs. Satory ; In 1913 the Archduke Carl Ludwig Medal for the oil painting Portrait of the Imperial Councilor Gerstl and in 1936 the anniversary medal of the Cooperative of Visual Artists Vienna. He also created portraits of Stefan Zweig and Bertha von Suttner . During the First World War he was President of the Committee of Fine Artists in the service of "War Aid". Participated in the social life of the Künstlerhaus until the 1930s.

Rauchinger had converted from the Jewish to the Roman Catholic faith in 1895 , and he belonged to the Freemasons persecuted and murdered under National Socialism . On July 10, 1942, at the age of 84, he was arrested and deported. He died on August 19, 1942 in the Theresienstadt concentration camp . His last place of residence before the deportation was in Schmelzgasse in Vienna's 2nd district .

Commemoration

The exhibition "The Heart as Heavy as Lead" - Art and Resistance in the Theresienstadt Ghetto 2018 in the Folklore Museum Vienna commemorated a. a. to Heinrich Rauchinger.

Works (selection)

Henryk Rauchinger: W katordze , 1886

literature

Web links

Commons : Heinrich Rauchinger  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Rauchinger Heinrich. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 8, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1983, ISBN 3-7001-0187-2 , p. 438.
  2. ^ Heinrich Fuchs: The Austrian Painters of the 19th Century, Vienna 1973, Volume 3, p. K 108
  3. ^ Rudolf Vierhaus (ed.): German biographical encyclopedia . (DBE) Volume 8. Poethen – Schlüter. Saur, Munich 2005, ISBN 3-598-25038-X , p. 206
  4. ↑ Anna Staudacher: "... reports the exit from the Mosaic faith" 18,000 exits from Judaism in Vienna, 1868 - 1914 names - sources - dates. Peter Lang Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2009, ISBN 978-3-631-55832-4 , p. 476
  5. ↑ Marcus G. Patka: Austrian Freemasons in National Socialism , Böhlau Verlag, 2010, ISBN 978-3-205-79093-8 , persecution and murder: Prof. Heinrich Rauchinger, akad. Painter, Theresienstadt concentration camp , p. 69
  6. ^ Prof. Heinrich Rauchinger, in: Victims database Holocaust.cz
    Order of the day by the council of the elders no.199, August 21st 1942 , document in the Jewish Museum in Prague
  7. ^ Exhibition Art and Resistance in Ghetto Theresienstadt, Volkskundemuseum Vienna , (accessed April 25, 2020).
    Event archive of the DÖW
  8. ↑ Heinrich + smoke Inger, jewishmuseum.cz
  9. ^ The section head Alfred Ritter von Bernd , Belvedere Collection Online
personal data
SURNAME Rauchinger, Heinrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rauchinger, Henryk
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian painter
DATE OF BIRTH January 1, 1858
PLACE OF BIRTH Krakow
DATE OF DEATH August 19, 1942
Place of death Theresienstadt concentration camp