Richard Geiger

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Richard Geiger (born June 29, 1870 in Vienna , Austria-Hungary ; † February 9, 1945 in Budapest , Kingdom of Hungary ) was an Austrian painter of Jewish descent. His work includes paintings and genre pictures , but above all graphics such as illustrations , bookplates and posters .

Life

Geiger first attended a drawing school in Vienna and then studied at the local Academy of Fine Arts , where he was a student of Christian Griepenkerl and August Eisenmenger . He studied sculpture with Fritz Klimsch at the Academy of Arts in Berlin . Here he took part in the exhibitions of the academy with his portrait busts and sculptures. In Paris he studied at the Académie Julian and worked in François Flameng's studio . Here he mainly painted scenes from the life of the Clochards .

From 1893 Geiger worked as a genre painter in Budapest. In Hungary he worked for the Izidor Kner publishing house in Gyomaendrőd, among others . From 1906 Geiger illustrated twenty Hungarian Karl May volumes for the Athenaeum publishing house in Budapest with a total of 104 autotypes . During the First World War he worked as an illustrator for the Hungarian weekly newspaper Tolnai Világlapja . In the 1920s he illustrated countless books and created bookplates and posters. He also painted portraits, nudes, genre pictures and mythological scenes. He became known primarily for his carnival motifs and numerous portraits of Pierretten (female version of a Pierrot ). He won several prizes in graphic competitions and participated in exhibitions in France, Germany and Hungary.

Works (selection)

Young beauty
  • Lolling, smoking lady with accordion player in the pub
  • Singer with bandoneon player in a pub
  • Colombine with Pierrot and Harlequin
  • Variety musician with guitar
  • Gypsy woman with tambourine
  • Harem lady with a parrot
  • Southern beauty
  • Pierrot and Pierrette
  • Harlequin
  • Serenade

literature

  • Hans Vollmer : General Lexicon of the Fine Artists of the 20th Century. EASeemann Verlag, Leipzig 1953–1958.
  • Ulrich Thieme , Felix Becker : General lexicon of visual artists from antiquity to the present. EA Seemann Verlag, Leipzig 1907–1950
  • Joachim Busse : International handbook of all painters and sculptors of the 19th century. Busse art documentation. Frankfurt 1977.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ In some publications the year 1872 is mentioned as Geiger's year of birth, for example in Richard 1872-1945 on viaf.org .
  2. ↑ Hans Hinkel : European Jewish Quarter. The Jews between the Baltic Sea and the Black Sea. Volk und Reich Verlag, 1939.
  3. ^ A b Pierre Lubek: Moments sauvés. Vagabondage de A à Z dans le théâtre de ma mémoire. 2016, ISBN 2-322-09491-9 . P. 232.
  4. ↑ Wolfgang Hermesmeier, Stefan Schmatz: Karl May Bibliography 1913–1945. Bamberg-Radebeul 2000, ISBN 3-7802-0157-7 .
  5. ↑ Violinist Richard . In: National Széchényi Library , Budapest.
  6. ^ Watercolor by Richard Geiger. ( Memento from December 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) In: Bares für Rares , objects from October 26, 2016.
  7. ↑ György Seregélyi: Magyar és festők grafikusok adattára. Database of Hungarian Painters and Graphic Artists, Szeged 1988. ISBN 963-500-817-1 .
personal data
SURNAME Violinist, Richard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian painter
DATE OF BIRTH June 29, 1870
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna , Austria-Hungary
DATE OF DEATH February 9, 1945
Place of death Budapest , Kingdom of Hungary