Hermann Grom-Rottmayer
Hermann Grom-Rottmayer (born December 20, 1877 in Vienna , Austria-Hungary ; died January 24, 1953 , in Vienna) was an Austrian painter .
Life
Hermann Grom-Rottmayer studied from 1903 to 1906 at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna with Alois Delug . From 1906 to 1908 he attended the Munich Academy under Ludwig von Herterich . Later he taught at the art school for women and girls in Vienna and from 1926 worked as a professor at the Technical University in Vienna. He founded a seminar for theater production, artificial lighting and advertising through light in Vienna.
From 1910 to 1939 he was a member of the Vienna Secession (Association of Visual Artists) and from 1939 a member of the Künstlerhaus Wien. The best-known student was Helene von Blaas .
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The highest auction result to date was achieved by his painting "Orage sur le blé", which was sold on March 13, 1988 in Versailles for one million francs.
A very touching work is the painting “Black Friday”. In the center of the picture it shows a desperate man crouching on an armchair and crying. His little children sit and stand around him. On the right in the edge of the picture, disappearing in the shadow of the cupboard, you can see an overturned chair and, veiled, his hanged wife.
Grom-Rottmayer was also engaged with a design for the poster advertising for the Vienna Central Baths . The 1904 design was censored. In a revised version it was used after all.
literature
- Robert Waissenberger : The Vienna Secession . Jugend und Volk Verlag, Vienna 1971
- Fuchs Lexikon: The Austrian painters of the 19th century . Volume 2, page 28 / Supplementary volume 1, page 140
- Katinka Gratzer: Grom-Rottmayer, Hermann . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 62, Saur, Munich a. a. 2009, ISBN 978-3-598-23029-5 , p. 522 f.
Web links
- Literature by and about Hermann Grom-Rottmayer in the catalog of the German National Library
- Entry on Hermann Grom-Rottmayer in the Austria Forum (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
- Matriculation documents Munich
- archiv.belvedere.at
- Auction database with pictures by Grom-Rottmayer
Individual evidence
- ^ Hermann Grom-Rottmayer: Centralbad poster (litho design 1904).
- ^ Hermann Grom-Rottmayer: Centralbad poster (censored version 1912).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Grom-Rottmayer, Hermann |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian painter and stage lighting technician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 20, 1877 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 24, 1953 |
| Place of death | Vienna |