Robert Philippi
Robert Philippi (born August 4, 1877 in Graz , Austria-Hungary ; died March 23, 1959 in Vienna ) was an Austrian painter.
Life
Robert Philippi received his first artistic training from the theater painter Robert Kautsky and in the private painting school Streblow in Vienna. From 1893 to 1896 he attended the Vienna Academy with Christian Griepenkerl and Josef Mathias Trenkwald and later the Vienna School of Applied Arts with Felician Myrbach and Alfred Roller . There he became an assistant to Franz Čižek in 1914 and again from 1917 to 1920.
Philippi initially worked in drawing and woodcut, and from 1925 turned increasingly to painting. Philippi is considered to be influenced by the art of Gustav Klimt . He was a member of the Hagenbund until 1925 .
Works (selection)
- Ten woodcuts . Foreword by Hans Tietze . Vienna: Thyrsos Verlag, 1923
literature
- Philippi, Robert . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists of the XX. Century. tape 3 : K-P . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1956, p. 583 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Robert Philippi in the catalog of the German National Library
- Robert Philippi , website, at Kunsthandel Widder
Individual evidence
- ↑ Birth and death days at Vienna History Wiki
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Philippi, Robert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th August 1877 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Graz |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 23, 1959 |
| Place of death | Vienna |