Oskar Sommerfeld
Oskar Sommerfeld (born August 8, 1885 in Inđija , Kingdom of Hungary , Austria-Hungary ; † April 25, 1973 in Hofkirchen an der Trattnach / Austria) was a Danube Swabian academic painter from Syrmia .
Career
On the estate of Mojavolja Pejačević in the village Jarkovci the city of Indjija the region Srem in Vojvodina was his father steward. Oskar Sommerfeld was born here as a Danube Swabian. The academically trained artist lived and worked here and was best known for his landscape paintings from his closer home. He found recognition in the regional art scene and among art experts. So he was honored as the discoverer of the Syrmian landscape. The end and the confusion of the Second World War took him around in many intermediate stops in half of Europe. He found a second home in the Upper Austrian Hausruckviertel . Here he dealt with the persecution, flight and expulsion of the Danube Swabians from Syrmia after 1944 in his cycle of paintings Danube Swabian Passion .
He saw the exhibition of his works in the Palais Pálffy in Vienna as an artistic appreciation of his work. The natural beauties of the landscape of Upper Austria and especially the Hausruckviertel inspired him to paint more landscapes.
literature
- Erwin Lauber: The painter philosopher Oskar Sommerfeld. Hofkirchen an der Trattnach 2011, ISBN 978-3-85499-881-5 .
- Special exhibition: May 27 to June 1, 1961, painting by Prof. Oskar Sommerfeld. Research and cultural center of the Austrians from the Danube, Sudeten and Carpathian regions , Vienna 1961, DNB 573406839 .
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sommerfeld, Oskar |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 8, 1885 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Inđija , Kingdom of Hungary |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 25, 1973 |
| Place of death | Hofkirchen an der Trattnach , Austria |