Leopold Rothaug

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Leopold Rothaug (born October 27, 1868 in Vienna ; † April 16, 1959 there ) was an Austrian painter and set designer .

Life

Leopold Rothaug was born in 1868 as the son of Theodor Rothaug and Karoline Rothaug (née Vogel). The maternal ancestors were also painters and sculptors. With his two years younger brother Alexander Rothaug , Leopold received his first painting lessons from his father Theodor.

Leopold Rothaug studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna and then worked as a theater painter. He worked in the then well-known studio of the painters Carlo Brioschi , Hermann Burghart and Johann Kautsky , where Konrad Petrides , Georg Janny , Ferdinand Brunner and Alfons Mucha were among others .

Leopold Rothaug is buried with his brother Alexander. His honorary grave is on the Grinzinger Friedhof (group 15, row 1, number 2) in Vienna.

Exhibitions (selection)

  • 1899: Exhibition in the royal glass palace in Munich, shown: "Schloß am Meer", "Deutscher Urwald"
  • 1900: Exhibition in the royal glass palace in Munich, shown: "Musenhain", "Gebirgsee"
  • 1904: World exhibition in St. Louis , Austrian pavilion, shown: four dioramatic windows by Georg Janny, Leopold Rothaug and Konrad Petrides with scenes around the Austrian railway (today owned by the Technisches Museum Wien ).
  • 1938: Large German art exhibition in the Haus der Kunst in Munich, shown: "Ziehender Eichhirsch", "Kirschlein im Walde"
  • 1939: Large German art exhibition in the Haus der Kunst in Munich, shown: "Source in the German Forest"
  • 1942: Large German art exhibition in the House of Art in Munich, shown: "The little garden", "The storm"
  • 1943: Large German art exhibition in the Haus der Kunst in Munich, shown: "Waldschlucht"

Works

Works by Leopold Rothaug are in the Austrian Gallery of the 19th and 20th Century in Vienna.

literature

  • Horst G. Ludwig: Alexander and Leopold Rothaug. Two Viennese painters around 1900 . Hirmer, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-7774-4435-2 .
  • Werner Telesko : Austrian cultural area: the identity of the regions in the visual arts of the 19th century . Böhlau, Vienna 2008, ISBN 978-3-205-77720-5 , p. 421 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Official catalog of exhibitors. Universal exposition, St. Louis, USA 1904: Division of exhibits: Department B - Art . For the Committee on press and publicity, by the Official catalog company (inc.), St. Louis 1904, p. 100 ( digitized version ).
  2. ^ Great German Art Exhibition 1942 in the House of German Art in Munich: Illustrations . Bruckmann, Munich 1942, p. 24 Ill . ( Digitized version ).

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personal data
SURNAME Rothaug, Leopold
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian painter and set designer
DATE OF BIRTH October 27, 1868
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH April 16, 1959
Place of death Vienna