Otto von Baditz
Otto von Baditz , also Otto Baditz , (born March 19, 1849 in Magyarkeresztúr ; † April 21, 1936 there ) was a Hungarian painter .
Life
Otto von Baditz was born in 1849 as the son of a landowner. After graduating from high school, he studied law in Pressburg (now Bratislava ) and attended painting courses with Károly Steinacker in Sopron . Soon he decided to devote himself entirely to painting. In 1870 he began studying at the Vienna Art Academy with Vilmos Engerth and from 1876 he studied at the Munich Art Academy with Wilhelm von Diez . Until 1890 von Baditz lived mainly in Munich and Dachau and ran a joint studio with Béla Spányizog . In 1890 he went to Budapest . There he was temporarily director of the National Salon . From 1911 he lived in seclusion on his property in Tótkeresztúr (today Križevci , Slovenia ).
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Von Baditz worked primarily as a genre painter, but was also a sought-after portraitist . His favorite subjects were mainly scenes from the life of the Hungarian farmers. His works are influenced by the Munich School , but also by painters like Gustave Courbet . Von Baditz also worked as an illustrator for Hungarian magazines and designed a volume of poetry by the Hungarian poet Josef Kiss .
Exhibitions
Solo exhibitions
- 1949: Ferenc Liszt Museum, Sopron
Group exhibitions
- 1878–1914 Budapest Art Gallery
- 1882 and 1888 International Art Exhibition Vienna
- 1900 Paris World Exhibition
literature
- Jürgen Tiede: Baditz, Ottó von . In: Ulrich Thieme , Felix Becker (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker. tape 2 : Antonio da Monza-Bassan . Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig 1908, p. 336 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- Edith Prochazka: Baditz, Otto von . In: Horst Ludwig (Hrsg.): Bruckmanns Lexikon der Münchner Kunst . Munich painter in the 19th and 20th centuries Century . Volume 1, Verlag F. Bruckmann, Munich 1981, p. 45
- Otto von Baditz . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 6, Saur, Munich a. a. 1992, ISBN 3-598-22746-9 , p. 220.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Otto von Baditz, matriculation 1841-1884, registration number 03317 , Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, accessed on May 26, 2019
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Baditz, Otto von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Baditz, Otto |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Hungarian painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 19, 1849 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Magyarkeresztúr |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 21, 1936 |
| Place of death | Magyarkeresztúr |