Josef Büche

The young woman from Tyrol

Josef Büche (born February 29, 1848 in Vienna , † August 13, 1917 in Linz-Urfahr ) was an Austrian portrait painter.

Born the son of a painter, Büche studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna with Eduard von Engerth and Carl Wurzinger . He received an overall study award.

Büche portrayed many members of the Austrian imperial family and other outstanding personalities.

From 1881 to 1901 he worked in Innsbruck . In 1883 he became a member of the Vienna Künstlerhaus .

In addition to his own works, he also restored works by other painters.

Büche illustrated the "Austro-Hungarian monarchy in words and pictures". He exhibited his works at art exhibitions.

literature

Ludwig Eisenberg: The spiritual Vienna. Lexicon of artists and writers, reports on Viennese architects, sculptors, stage artists, graphic artists, journalists, painters, musicians and writers . Daberkow, Vienna 1889-1892, p.
Hermann Clemens Kosel: German-Austrian artists and writers lexicon . Volume 1: Biographies of Viennese Artists and Writers . Verlag der Gesellschaft für Graphische Industrie, Vienna 1902, p.
Hans Vollmer : Büche, Josef . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 5 : Brewer-Carlingen . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1911, p. 187 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
Books, Josef. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1957, p. 124.
Books, Josef . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 15, Saur, Munich a. a. 1996, ISBN 3-598-22755-8 .

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