Peter Breithut

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Portrait of a lady from 1897, bronze plaque, 10 × 8.2 cm

Peter Breithut (born June 12, 1869 in Krems , † June 3, 1930 in Mannheim ) was an Austrian painter , sculptor , graphic artist and medalist .

Dorfstrasse near the mountain landscape, 1924, watercolor on paper, 34 × 37.5 cm
Homesteads in winter, color lithograph, 35 × 47.5 cm

Life

Peter Breithut was mainly active as a medalist until around 1913/14, after which he worked in painting and graphics. He first learned the trade of goldsmith. In 1887/88 he took part in the special course for chasing art at the Vienna School of Applied Arts with S. Schwarz. In 1897/98 he completed a degree in sculpture at the Vienna Academy under Edmund von Hellmer . After studying in France in 1912 and 1913, Breithut worked primarily as a painter and graphic artist. From 1902 to 1921 he was a member of the Vienna Künstlerhaus . Until 1914 he exhibited in the Vienna Secession . From 1920 to 1930 he was a member of the Hagenbunde , where a commemorative exhibition (watercolors and portrait drawings) took place in 1930. He was married to the painter Eugenie Breithut-Munk . Breithut made medallions for Archduke Franz Salvator , Caspar von Zumbusch , Babette Devrient , Michael Thonet , Karoline Bachmayr and Ernst Wilhelm von Brücke .

Collections

Albertina , Vienna Museum , Münzkabinett Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna , medallion collection Museum Francisco Carolinum Linz.

literature

  • Peter Chrastek: Expressive, New Objective , Forbidden. Hagenbund and its artists. Vienna 1900–1938. Vienna Museum and Association of Friends and Scientific Research of the Hagenbund, Vienna 2016, ISBN 978-3-9504059-1-0 .
  • Matthias Boeckl, Agnes Husslein-Arco , Harald Krejci (eds.): Hagenbund. A European Network of Modernism (1900–1938) , exhibition catalog Österreichische Galerie Belvedere Vienna. Munich 2014, ISBN 978-3-7774-2273-2 .
  • Tobias G. Natter (Ed.): The lost modernity. The Künstlerbund Hagen 1900–1938 , exhibition catalog Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna 7 May to 26 October 1993 (temporary exhibition of the Österreichische Galerie, 172).
  • Rudolf Schmidt: Austrian artist lexicon. From the beginning to the present , Vol. A – D, Vienna 1980.
  • Robert Waissenberger (Hrsg.): Hagenbund , exhibition catalog Historisches Museum der Stadt Wien, Vienna September 18 to November 30, 1975 (40th special exhibition of the Historisches Museum der Stadt Wien).
  • Heinrich Fuchs: The Austrian painters of the 19th century , Vol. I, Vienna 1978.
  • Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists of the XX. Century , Volume 1: A – D , Leipzig 1953.
  • Ludwig Hevesi : Old Art - New Art. Vienna 1894–1908 , Vienna 1909.
  • Hermann Kosel (Ed.): Biographies of Viennese Artists and Writers , Vol. 1, Vienna 1902.
  • Saur General Artist Lexicon. The visual artists of all times and peoples , Vol. XIV.
  • Ulrich Thieme , Felix Becker (Hrsg.): General artist encyclopedia of fine artists from antiquity to the present , Vol. IV, Leipzig.

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personal data
SURNAME Broad hat, Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian painter, sculptor, graphic artist and medalist
DATE OF BIRTH June 12, 1869
PLACE OF BIRTH Krems
DATE OF DEATH June 3, 1930
Place of death Mannheim