Hugo Charlemont

Hugo Charlemont (born March 18, 1850 in Jamnitz , Moravia , † April 18, 1939 in Vienna ) was an Austrian painter .

Hugo Charlemont (detail from a photograph by Anton Huber, 1902)

Life

Hugo Charlemont came from a family of artists. He was the son of the miniature painter Matthias Adolf Charlemont and the brother of the painters Eduard Charlemont (1848–1906) and Theodor Charlemont (1859–1938). Hugo's daughter Lilly Charlemont (1890–1975) was also an artist.

He studied from 1873 at the Academy of Fine Arts and was a student of Eduard von Lichtenfels . He learned printing technology and the art of etching from Arthur William Unger . Later he trained artistically with his brother Eduard and with Hans Makart . Charlemont made some study trips to the Netherlands and stayed in Venice for several years . Hugo Charlemont is the model of the painter van Helmond in Robert Musil's novel The Man Without Qualities . Alice Charlemont, the older daughter of Hugo Charlemont, returns as Clarisse in the novel.

power

Hugo Charlemont was considered a versatile talent among his contemporaries. He devoted himself to a wide variety of subjects, such as landscape , still life , animal , genre or portrait painting . In addition to oil paintings , he also created numerous watercolors and gouaches . Most notable are his landscapes, which are kept in an impressionistic style. Charlemont was not, however, impressed by the innovations in modern art; he remained true to his style even in the 20th century.

He rests in an honorary grave in the Döblinger Friedhof (group 23, row 12, number 13) in Vienna.

Works

• Interior of a hammer forge (Vienna, Österreichische Galerie Belvedere , Inv.No. 2784), 1883, oil on panel, 48.5 × 70 cm
• Landstrasse with birch avenue (Vienna, Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Inv.No. 253), 1894, oil on panel, 68 × 100 cm
• Park of an elegant Viennese villa ( Wien Museum ), 1902, oil on canvas, 145 × 100 cm
• Young woman with azalea stick (Wien Museum), 1928, oil on canvas, 68 × 83 cm
• Illustrations for the " Kronprinzenwerk " (The Austro-Hungarian Monarchy in words and pictures), 1885–1902
• Aulandschaft mit Teich (private collection in Colorado), 1922, oil on canvas, 36 × 26 cm

literature

• Charlemont Hugo de. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1957, p. 141.
• Felix Czeike (Ed.): Charlemont Hugo. In:  Historisches Lexikon Wien . Volume 1, Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 1992, ISBN 3-218-00543-4 , p. 562 ( digitized version ).
• Robert Janás: Bratři Charlemontové - makartovské tendence v moravské malbě. Forum Brunense 2017, pp. 19 - 37. ISBN 978-80-86549-71-2

Web links

Commons : Hugo Charlemont  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Entry on Hugo Charlemont in the Austria Forum  (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )