Josef Zlatuschka
Josef Zlatuschka (born February 10, 1879 in Vienna ; † August 5, 1954 there ) was an Austrian painter and graphic artist .
Life
Josef Zlatuschka was the son of the turner's assistant Matthias Zlatuschka and his wife Anna. He grew up with his three siblings in Ottakring , where he also attended compulsory school. The father worked in one of the 510 workshops for mother-of-pearl button production in this Viennese district at the time.
Zlatuschka's talent for drawing was noticed early on. His teacher encouraged and encouraged him to study at the art college . After completing the community school , he therefore attended a drawing school for a year to prepare for the entrance exam. However, due to the family's economic difficulties and the mother's disease of tuberculosis , he had to earn money and contribute to the household budget as soon as possible. He began his apprenticeship as a lithographer , during which he also learned the art of etching . He was 18 years old when he finished his apprenticeship and his mother died.
In 1900, at the age of 21, he was called to military service, which then lasted 3 years. During this time he autodidactically acquired knowledge about painting. He wrote and signed specialist books on anatomy , proportions and perspective , learned materials science and color chemistry and visited museums and exhibitions as often as he could.
In 1902 his father died; also from tuberculosis. Josef Zlatuschka was given the task of continuing to support the siblings, especially since his brother was also ill. At that time he was already working independently. He was able to live from the sale of his pictures and worked mainly in pencil drawing , watercolor , tempera and oil, but also in etching , creating bas-reliefs and small sculptures . These were lost in World War II. His style can be assigned to mood impressionism, but he gave it his own personal touch.
In 1905 he married and 4 years later his daughter was born, but she died at the age of 13.
In 1914 he was in Tyrol before he had to join the military after the outbreak of the First World War . In the war was used on the Carpathian Front. Even during the war he drew and painted whenever the opportunity arose. After the end of the war he mainly turned to Viennese motifs, as these were easy to sell.
In 1924 he fell in love with a married woman and the following year his second daughter was born.
Zlatuschka life motto was, in a modification of the well-known Benedictine saying ora et labora ("pray and work"), labora est ora ("work is prayer"). He avoided the public and only exhibited in the Albrecht Dürer Bund in Vienna, of which he was a member from 1911 until it was dissolved in 1945. There he also received various awards. Then, like most of his painting colleagues, he moved to the Reich Chamber of Fine Arts and exhibited there for a few years in the Vienna Konzerthaus .
Due to health problems, he had to retire and died in 1954 of cancer.
Individual evidence
- ↑ wien.gv.at "Währing: Catalog raisonné of the painter Josef Zlatuschka", September 1, 2017
- ↑ mein district.at "The story of Währinger art treasure is filmed", January 8, 2016
literature
- Alfred Kaufmann: International Address Book of Ex-Libris Collectors , 3rd Edition, Vienna 1932
- Heinrich Fuchs: Austrian painters of the 19th century , supplementary volume 2, Vienna 1979
- Bookplate catalog of the Gutenberg Museum , Mainz 1985
- Manfred Neureiter: Lexicon of Ex-Libris Artists , 2nd edition, Berlin 2009, p. 495.
- Michael Haitszinger, Klaus Prokop: elevenfold | Währing - people & district . ISBN 978-3-200-03804-2 , ARGE elfachzig Vienna 2014, p. 110.
- Margit Tepliczky: Josef Zlatuschka - A forgotten Viennese artist . The publishing house Dr. Snizek eU, ISBN 978-3-903-16701-8 , Vienna 2017 (catalog raisonné )
- Supplementary volume to the book: Josef Zlatuschka - Lost and found oil sketches, Der Verlag Dr. Snizek e. U. ISBN 978-3-903167-06-3 , Vienna 2018 (catalog of works)
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Zlatuschka, Josef |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 10, 1879 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | 5th August 1954 |
| Place of death | Vienna |