Oskar von Pistor
Oskar Ritter von Pistor (born November 19, 1865 in Vienna , † May 10, 1928 in Vuzenica , Slovenia ) was a Slovenian painter.
Pistor studied painting from 1880 to 1885 at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna under Christian Griepenkerl and Josef Mathias Trenkwald , then from December 2, 1893 to 1897 at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich under Franz Defregger .
After completing his studies, he returned to Vuzenica, where in 1890 he married Anna Verdnik, the daughter of a landowner from Vuzenica. He was the father of nine children. He set up a studio in the castle ruins. He often visited Graz , Klagenfurt , Innsbruck and Vienna, where he created many portraits of celebrities, a. a. the family members of the Prince of Liechtenstein and Henckel v. Donnersmarck. He also painted landscapes, genre and nudes, and still lifes. In total, he created around three hundred pictures.
After the First World War , he continued to visit Austria despite the newly established border. One of his last works was the portrait of the King of Serbs, Croats and Slovenians Alexander I.
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literature
- Milena Zlatar: Oskar von Pistor: 1865 - 1928: Slovenj Gradec: Galerija Likovnih Umetnosti, 1995 ISBN 961-90213-0-4
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pistor, Oskar von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pistor, Oskar Ritter von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Slovenian painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 19, 1865 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 10, 1928 |
| Place of death | Vuzenica , Slovenia |