Max von Esterle
Max von Esterle (born June 16, 1870 in Cortina d'Ampezzo , Austria-Hungary ; died January 4, 1947 in Bezau in Vorarlberg ) was an Austrian painter and portraitist .
Life
Max von Esterle attended the private painting school Heinrich Strehblow in Vienna and from 1897 to 1900 the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris and studied from 1900 to 1904 at the Munich Art Academy . From 1909 to 1910 he worked for the magazine Der Föhn , then until 1913 as a caricaturist for Ludwig von Ficker's magazine Der Brenner . In 1914 he had to take part in the First World War as a soldier and was taken prisoner by Russia, from which he was only released in 1920. From 1919 he was called Max Esterle. From 1924 he worked as a lecturer for drawing and painting technology at the University of Innsbruck . In 1926 he became the first president of the professional association of fine artists in Tyrol. After Austria's annexation in 1938, Esterle became a member of the NSDAP and headed the Tyrolean Chamber of Fine Arts from 1939 to 1941.
plant
Esterle mainly made portraits and paintings of southern landscapes and preferred open-air painting. He also worked in woodcut and etching.
Exhibitions
- 1905: Innsbruck
- 1906: Innsbruck
- 1971: Taxis Gallery
literature
- Max von Esterle: caricatures and drawings. Illustrated book. Published on behalf of the Brenner Archive Research Institute with an afterword by Christine Riccabona. Limbus Verlag, Innsbruck 2017, ISBN 978-3-99039-109-9 .
- Carl Kraus : Esterle, Max von . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 35, Saur, Munich a. a. 2002, ISBN 3-598-22775-2 , p. 196 f.
- Esterle, Max, Knight of . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 11 : Erman-Fiorenzo . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1915, p. 52 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- Franz Kranewitter : A visit to Max von Esterle. Tiroler Morgen Zeitung, December 25, 1908 No. 9, pp. 4–5.
- Ludwig von Ficker: Max von Esterle's art. Innsbruck News, June 30, 1909.
- Sibylle Ransmayr-Tepser: Max von Esterle. Life and work. Dissertation, Innsbruck 1985.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ ( page no longer available , search in web archives: Esterle ) in the Marburg image archive
- ^ Estates in Austria , Austrian National Library
- ^ Esterle, Max . In: Rudolf Vierhaus (Ed.): German Biographical Encyclopedia (DBE) . 2., revised. and extended edition. tape 3 : Einstein – Görner . De Gruyter / KG Saur, Berlin / Boston / Munich 2006, ISBN 3-11-094655-6 , p. 166 ( books.google.de - limited preview).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Esterle, Max von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Esterle, Max (from 1919) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian painter and portraitist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 16, 1870 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cortina d'Ampezzo |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 4, 1947 |
| Place of death | Bezau |