Rudolf Buchner (painter)

Rudolf Johann Josef Buchner (born March 15, 1894 in Wermsdorf , North Moravia , † October 15, 1962 in Vienna ) was an Austrian painter and graphic artist .

Life

Buchner had taken part in the First World War as an officer and was taken prisoner by the Russians.

From 1919 he studied law (Dr. jur. 1927) and art history at the universities in Vienna and Leiden ( Netherlands ), and attended courses in enamelling at the Vienna School of Applied Arts and at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna . He also worked with Albert Sallak and Hugo Emil Flatz to paint . In 1920 the then resident of Deutsch-Wagram founded the Marchfeld Association of Visual Artists , of which he remained president until his death. He participated in exhibitions at the Wiener Brücke and the Vienna Secession . From 1928 to 1932 he was on study trips, including further training at the Rotterdam Academy . Marriage to Adrienne Alindo. In 1938 he became a member of the Hagenbund .

In May 1945 he was appointed acting director of the professional association of Austrian visual artists in the Vienna Künstlerhaus . His deputies were Franz Lex (for painting), Josef Müllner (for sculpture), Otto Prutscher (for architecture) and Josef Hoffmann (for applied arts).

From 1945 until his death he was a member of the Vienna Secession, from 1959 a member of the Wiener Künstlerhaus and since 1957 a member of the Lodge Zukunft . In 1962 he received the title of professor .

plant

Buchner's main focus was landscape painting and graphics.

Awards

1940 City of Vienna Prize
1959 Gold Medal of Honor from the State Association of Lower Austrian Art Associations
1962 Culture Prize of the State of Lower Austria

Exhibitions

1942 October 17 - November 15, Wiener Kunsthalle, association of visual artists. Special show R. Buchner, K. Gunsam . Vienna: (Cyliax), 1942. - 32 p., Chapter Ill.
1955 with the Vienna Secession in Darmstadt
1957 Düsseldorf
Some of his works are exhibited in the Albertina Vienna .

Web links

Literature by and about Rudolf Buchner in the catalog of the German National Library
Felix Czeike (Ed.): Buchner, Rudolf Johann Josef. In: Historisches Lexikon Wien . Volume 1, Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 1992, ISBN 3-218-00543-4 , p. 493 ( digitized version ).
Rudolf Johann Josef Buchner in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna (with correct place of birth)

Individual evidence

^ Rudolf Buchner. In: Art trade Aries opportunities. 2015, accessed November 21, 2015 .
↑ ^a ^b Rudolf Buchner. In: Belvedere Archive - online database. Retrieved November 21, 2015 .
^ Günter K. Kodek: The chain of hearts remains closed. Members of the Austrian Masonic lodges 1945 to 1985. Löcker, Vienna 2014, ISBN 978-3-85409-706-8 , p. 31 .

personal data
SURNAME	Buchner, Rudolf
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Buchner, Rudolf Johann Josef (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian painter and graphic artist
DATE OF BIRTH	March 15, 1894
PLACE OF BIRTH	Wermsdorf, Vernířovice , ( North Moravia )
DATE OF DEATH	October 15, 1962
Place of death	Vienna

[1] Rudolf Buchner. In: Art trade Aries opportunities. 2015, accessed November 21, 2015 .

[belvArchiv-2] Rudolf Buchner. In: Belvedere Archive - online database. Retrieved November 21, 2015 .

[3] Günter K. Kodek: The chain of hearts remains closed. Members of the Austrian Masonic lodges 1945 to 1985. Löcker, Vienna 2014, ISBN 978-3-85409-706-8 , p. 31 .