Leopold Widlizka

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Family fate , 1918

Leopold Widlizka (also Widliczka , born November 14, 1870 in Vienna ; † 1940 , USA ) was an Austrian portrait , landscape , still life and war painter .

Life

Widlizka began his studies at the graphic teaching and research institute with Joseph-Eugen Hörwarter and was a guest student at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts in October 1889 , from 1891 was a regular student. In 1892 he moved to the Academy in Munich and worked with Nikolaus Gysis . He was influenced by the circles around Franz von Lenbach and Hermann von Kaulbach . In 1899 Widlizka was back in Vienna, where he exhibited a child's portrait in the Künstlerhaus . He mainly painted landscapes, especially motifs from the Vienna Prater and still lifes.

During the First World War , Widlizka was a member of the Austro-Hungarian War Press Office as a war painter . In 1916 he was a member and board member of the Albrecht Dürer Association. In 1922 he moved to the United States , where his brother worked as an engraver in New York . Nonetheless, he remained connected to his homeland, and in 1924 he was named as a member of the Vienna Art Association . The exact date and place of death are unknown.

Works (excerpt)

literature

  • Heinrich Fuchs: The Austrian Painters of the 19th Century , Vienna 1974, Volume 2

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ wladimir-aichelburg.at , accessed on August 9, 2014
  2. ^ Heinrich Fuchs, The Austrian Painters of the 19th Century, Vienna 1974, Volume 4
  3. ^ Heinrich Fuchs, The Austrian Painters of the 19th Century, Vienna 1979, Supplementary Volume 2, p. K 155
  4. ↑ diepresse.com ( Memento of the original from August 9, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed August 9, 2014 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / diepresse.com
  5. ^ Army History Museum / Military History Institute (ed.): The Army History Museum in the Vienna Arsenal . Verlag Militaria , Vienna 2016, ISBN 978-3-902551-69-6 , p. 129
personal data
SURNAME Widlizka, Leopold
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Widliczka, Leopold
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian landscape and war painter
DATE OF BIRTH November 14, 1870
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH 1940