Heinrich Waßmuth

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Heinrich Lorenz Waßmuth (also Wahsmuth or Wasmuth , born September 3, 1870 in Vienna - Gumpendorf , † July 14, 1959 ) was an Austrian painter.

Live and act

Tomb at the Perchtoldsdorf cemetery

Heinrich Waßmuth, the son of an engraver and chaser , attended the State Academy of Fine Arts . After initially working in the Pitzner photo and painting studio, he went into business for himself and made a name for himself as a portrait and landscape painter .

From 1905 on he lived in Perchtoldsdorf . From this community he was commissioned to paint Emperor Franz Joseph , for which the emperor even sat as a model. The picture was originally used for the Roseggergasse elementary school. It hangs today in the Hofburg in Vienna.

From 1916 Waßmuth worked for two years at the court studio in Hamburg , where he painted portraits of the German Emperor Wilhelm and Paul von Hindenburg, for example .

When he returned to his homeland after the First World War , he soon had a large clientele in Vienna again, such as Leo Slezak and Anna Sacher . In Perchtoldsdorf itself, but also in the neighboring municipality of Brunn am Gebirge , he painted numerous portraits of wine growers, including some mayors (Ferdinand Gussenbauer, Rudolf Janko or Franz Kamtner). The Perchtoldsdorf market square with Perchtoldsdorf Castle was one of his favorite motifs.

In 1932 he moved to Hietzing , but still came very often to Perchtoldsdorf by bike.

In 1949 a Waßmuthrunde was created , which meets regularly on Sunday mornings at the Heuriger. These friendships continue to this day, although Waßmuth himself died in 1959, and they maintain their sociability and friendship.

The honorary member of the viticulture association also received an honorary grave from the Perchtoldsdorf community .

Appreciation

Streets were named after him both in his home town and in the neighboring town of Brunn am Gebirge .

In 2004, the Waßmuthrunde in Perchtoldsdorf put together an exhibition with many pictures of wine growers, most of which are privately owned by Perchtoldsdorf residents.

See also

literature

  • Gregor Gatscher-Riedl, Walter Paminger: Wassmuth: the portraitist Perchtoldsdorf: life - work - aftermath. Heimat-Verlag, 2017, ISBN 978-3-200-05232-1 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Graves of honor in Perchtoldsdorf , accessed on March 13, 2015.
  2. ↑ Retrospective Heinrich Waßmuth In: Perchtoldsdorfer Rundschau. 10/2004, p. 20, accessed on March 13, 2015.

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personal data
SURNAME Waßmuth, Heinrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Waßmuth, Heinrich Lorenz (full name); Wahsmuth, Wasmuth
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian painter
DATE OF BIRTH September 3, 1870
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna - Gumpendorf
DATE OF DEATH July 14, 1959