Otto Nowak (painter)

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Otto Robert Nowak (born November 12, 1874 in Vienna , † March 27, 1945 in Senftenberg near Krems) was an Austrian history , genre and portrait painter .

Otto Nowak, ca.1920

Life

Nowak graduated from the general drawing school, was a guest student at the Vienna Academy in 1891 and, from 1893, a full student at the general painting school under Julius Berger . He also learned at the master school for history painting under Siegmund L'Allemand and Franz Rumpler . From 1899 he was self-employed as a painter and also gave painting lessons.

Otto Nowak restoration work at Schönbrunn

He was friends with the Austrian architect Max Hegele . Hegele had a house in Weidlingau near Vienna, where Otto Nowak and his wife Hedi Nowak-Reimer spent many summers. Both artists were members of the Vienna Künstlerhaus.

Autumn mood at Laudon Castle, not far from Weidlingau, gouache, 32 × 43 cm

Photos from Otto Nowak's life show him at his wedding and during the last days of the war in Senftenberg.

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In addition to drawings, gouaches and watercolors, Nowak created portraits and history pictures in oil, landscape paintings, religious art and small-format genre pictures in which he depicts a Biedermeier Vienna of the 19th century. One of his preferred motifs was the life of Franz Schubert , of whom he drew portraits, illustrations of his life in Vienna and the surrounding area and his music. Otto Nowak's works are accessible in the Wien Museum .

Works (selection)

  • Karlskirche in Vienna. 1936, 24 × 17 cm, gouache on paper,
  • Schubertiade. 1918
  • Summit victory in South Tyrol. 1926, 46 × 34 cm, oil on cardboard
  • Like once in May. 17 × 21 cm, drawing
  • Emperor Franz Joseph in St. Stephen's Cathedral. 32 × 44 cm, oil on canvas
  • Teaching Jesus. 22 × 27 cm, watercolor
  • Sister-in-law Sophie and Willi in front of the altar. 36 × 47 cm, gouache

  • "Vision Erlkönig", print, 26 × 26 cm

  • "S'Vaterl", Johann Reimer, Otto Nowak's father-in-law, 1904, Crayon, 25 × 33 cm

  • Schubert at the Liechtentaler Kirtag, Sophien-Säle, 1928, print, 17.5 × 21 cm

  • Detail by Franz Schubert in Lichtental, 1928, print, 66.5 × 83.5 cm

  • Reflecting II, drawing, 33 × 48 cm

  • Nude, drawing

  • Praying, drawing

literature

  • Thieme-Becker . Vol. 25, 1931, p. 528.
  • Fuchs Heinrich, The Austrian Painters of the 19th Century. Volume 3 L-R (Vienna, 1973) pages K68 and 187; also supplementary volume

Web links

Commons : Otto Nowak  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.wladimir-aichelburg.at/kuenstlerhaus/lösungen/verzeichnis/lösungen-oversverzeichnis/
personal data
SURNAME Nowak, Otto
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Nowak, Otto Robert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian painter
DATE OF BIRTH November 12, 1874
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH March 27, 1945
Place of death Senftenberg (Lower Austria)