Rudolf Bacher

Rudolf Bacher: Tomb of Caecilia Metella (1894)

Rudolf Bacher (born January 20, 1862 in Vienna ; † April 16, 1945 there ) was an Austrian painter and sculptor .

Life

Bacher studied from 1882 to 1888 at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts under Leopold Carl Müller . In 1886 he was awarded the court prize. Bacher's early paintings were mostly devoted to religious themes. From 1894 he was a member of the Vienna Künstlerhaus .

Bacher was one of the founding members of the Vienna Secession in 1897 and served as its president in 1904/5 and 1912–14. In 1896 he received a small gold medal at the International Art Exhibition in Berlin . Bacher contributed numerous drawings and woodcuts for Ver Sacrum magazine . From 1903 to 1933 he worked as a professor at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts. In later years Bacher was primarily active as a portraitist , sculpting he preferred animal sculptures . On the occasion of his 80th birthday in 1942, Bacher received the Goethe Medal for Art and Science and the City of Vienna's Ring of Honor . In 1943 he was awarded the Waldmüller Prize . Rudolf Bacher was an honorary member of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. He was buried at the Sieveringen cemetery .

literature

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Heinrich Fuchs: The Austrian painters of the 19th century. Volume 1: A - F. Self-published by the author, Vienna 1972, p. 24.
Bacher Rudolf. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1957, p. 41.

Individual evidence

^ Ernst Klee : The culture lexicon for the Third Reich. Who was what before and after 1945. Completely revised edition. Fischer-Taschenbuch-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2009, ISBN 978-3-596-17153-8 , p. 25.
↑ eipcp.net: “Swastikas? Ornaments! "As continuity of displacement / Fifth station: Nazi bust (accessed on September 19, 2015)
^ Rudolf Bacher grave site , Vienna, Sieveringer Friedhof, Department 2, Group 11, Row 4, No. 60.

personal data
SURNAME	Bacher, Rudolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian painter and sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH	January 20, 1862
PLACE OF BIRTH	Vienna
DATE OF DEATH	April 16, 1945
Place of death	Vienna

[1] Ernst Klee : The culture lexicon for the Third Reich. Who was what before and after 1945. Completely revised edition. Fischer-Taschenbuch-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2009, ISBN 978-3-596-17153-8 , p. 25.

[2] .net: “Swastikas? Ornaments! "As continuity of displacement / Fifth station: Nazi bust (accessed on September 19, 2015)

[3] Rudolf Bacher grave site , Vienna, Sieveringer Friedhof, Department 2, Group 11, Row 4, No. 60.