Leopold Horovitz

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Self-portrait, 1915
Grave of Leopold Horovitz in the Vienna Central Cemetery

Leopold Horovitz (also Lipót Horovitz , also Horowitz ; born February 2, 1837 in Rozgony ; † November 16, 1917 in Vienna) was a portrait painter of Hungarian descent born in the Austrian Empire .

Life

From 1850 Leopold Horovitz studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna under Carl Joseph Geiger and Carl Wurzinger . After seven years he finished his studies with the 1st degree award.

After stays in Berlin, Dresden and Munich, he settled in Paris in 1860, where he stayed until 1868. There he became known as a painter of genre scenes and portraits, especially portraits of children. His pictures showed influences from Rembrandt , later also from Anthony van Dyck . In 1868 he came to Warsaw. He often visited Budapest, Vienna and Berlin to portray noble ladies. In Warsaw he also created images of the life of the Jewish diaspora , such as prayers in a synagogue on the anniversary of the destruction of the Jerusalem Temple .

The portraits of Georg Brandes , Mór Jókai , Princess Sapieha and Prince Zamoyski brought him recognition . In 1891 he was honored with a gold medal at the Berlin exhibition. From 1893 he worked in Vienna.

His grave is in the old Jewish cemetery at the Vienna Central Cemetery (Gate 1; Group 52a, Row 1, No. 17). His daughter was the chemist Stephanie Horovitz .

gallery

  • Mór Jókai , 1888

  • Princess Izabela Maria Lubomirska , 1889

  • Oscar Ruben von Rothschild , 1898

  • Emperor Franz Joseph I , 1904–1906

literature

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personal data
SURNAME Horovitz, Leopold
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Portrait painter
DATE OF BIRTH February 2, 1837
PLACE OF BIRTH Rozgony
DATE OF DEATH November 16, 1917
Place of death Vienna