Jean Egger
Jean Egger , actually Hans Egger (born May 14, 1897 in Hüttenberg , Carinthia , † October 16, 1934 in Klagenfurt am Wörthersee ) was an Austrian painter .
Life
Hans Egger studied between 1918 and 1922 at the Munich Art Academy under Heinrich von Zügel and Carl Johann Becker-Gundahl , with Becker-Gundahl in particular exerting a great influence on him. He then went on study trips to Italy , Holland and Scandinavia , where he got to know the artist couple Oda and Christian Krohg and Edvard Munch, among others . In autumn 1924 Egger came to France and changed his name to Jean Egger . In Paris he quickly made the acquaintance of prominent members of the art and cultural scene, including Chaim Soutine , Moise Kisling , Leopold Zborowski , Beatrice Hastings and Paul Clemenceau, the brother of the French president. Together with Signe Wallin, his partner, Jean Egger traveled to Sweden in the summer of 1930 and painted a series of landscapes, which he successfully exhibited in the Paris autumn exhibition. Two years later, his lung disease forced him to move to Pollença on the Spanish island of Mallorca . On October 16, 1934, Jean Egger died of complications from tuberculous meningitis and was buried in his hometown.
Portrait of Signe Wallin
Portrait of a woman, her eyes lowered
Awards
- 1929 Silver Palm
- 1929 Officier d'Academie
Exhibitions
- Societé des Artistes Independants
- Salon des Tuileries
- Salon d'Automne
- Salon du Franc
- International Salon in Bordeaux
Web links
- Literature by and about Jean Egger in the catalog of the German National Library
- Biography - Jean Egger
- Entry on Egger, Jean Hans in the Austria Forum (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
- artnet.de - Jean Egger
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Egger, Jean |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Egger, Hans |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 14, 1897 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hüttenberg , Carinthia |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 16, 1934 |
| Place of death | Klagenfurt am Wörthersee |