Robert Auer (painter)
Robert Eugen Leopold Auer (born November 27, 1873 in Zagreb , Austro-Hungarian Monarchy , † March 8, 1952 in Zagreb, Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia ) was a Croatian painter.
Life
He was born as the son of the paper and bookseller Robert Ferdinand Auer and his wife Amalie nee von Hribar in the Croatian capital Zagreb. His ancestors were of German origin, came from the Kingdom of Bavaria and are said to have been the Counts Auer von Auerochs . On his mother's side, Robert Auer came from a noble family from Carniola .
After completing school, Robert Auer was supposed to become a businessman at his father's request and was therefore sent to the commercial academy. However, his artistic talent was soon discovered and he then switched first to the arts and crafts school and then to the academy in Vienna and then to the artists' academies in Munich and Paris . After Robert Auer had lived in New York for two years, he returned to Zagreb, where he was appointed professor at the School of Arts and Crafts. In 1918 he retired early because of his friendliness towards the Germans.
Robert Auer was a full member of the artists 'cooperative in Zagreb and a full member of the South Slavic artists' union "Lada".
In addition to figural compositions and portraits, Robert Auer also created paintings of landscapes.
In 2010 a retrospective of over a hundred paintings by Robert Auer took place in the Klovićevi Dvori Gallery in Zagreb, some of which are owned by museums, but many of them are in private hands.
family
He married Leopoldine Schmidt from Vienna on October 11, 1897, with whom he had three children.
literature
- Herrmann AL Degener : Degeners Who is it? Berlin 1935, p. 42.
Web links
- Literature by and about Robert Auer in the catalog of the German National Library
- Robert Auer - Art Nouveau (English, with several examples of his works)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Herrmann AL Degener: Degeners Who is it? Berlin 1935, p. 42.
- ↑ Example of a city view of Zagreb, 1902.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Auer, Robert |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Auer, Eugen Leopold |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Croatian painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 27, 1873 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zagreb |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 8, 1952 |
| Place of death | Zagreb |