Rudolf Hafner (painter)

Rudolf Hafner at work

Rudolf Hafner: Graz clock tower

Rudolf Hafner (born June 5, 1893 in Vienna , † March 4, 1951 there ) was an Austrian painter and set designer .

Life

Hafner studied painting with Ludwig Herterich at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich . During the First World War he was on the front lines from 1914 to 1918. During an attack on the Dukla Pass in Poland , he was seriously injured and suffered severe frostbite on his feet. After 1919 he went on study trips to Switzerland, Poland, Hungary, Italy and Germany.

He exhibited his first picture in 1917 in the Vienna Künstlerhaus , where he was a full member from 1939. In total he took part in more than 40 exhibitions. His works have been acquired by domestic and foreign galleries. a. from the Vienna Albertina and various municipal collections. Other galleries also bought pictures from him, e.g. B. the Lower Austrian State Museum and museums in Graz , Linz , Innsbruck , Brussels , Ankara u. a. He also worked as a set designer at the Burgtheater in Vienna, initially under Anton Wildgans and later under Franz Herterich. He owed his sense of spaciousness to his work as a stage set designer.

He also worked for the Schönbrunn Palace Theater and other theaters. In addition to the liquid application of paint, this was particularly beneficial for the high mountain images and vedute. Hafner has repeatedly received prizes for his successful work, including the City of Vienna Prize. In 1946 he was awarded the title of professor.

Grave of Rudolf Hafner at the Vienna Central Cemetery

While working at the Burgtheater, Rudolf Hafner contracted severe aniline poisoning . After a long and severe suffering, he died in Vienna on March 4, 1951 and was buried in the Evangelical Cemetery in Simmering .

Works (selection)

Victory in the West , 1942, oil on canvas, approx. 103 × 151 cm, Heeresgeschichtliches Museum , Vienna.

Web links

Evangelical Cemetery Simmering - Rudolf Hafner

Individual evidence

^ Army History Museum / Military History Institute (ed.): The Army History Museum in the Vienna Arsenal . Verlag Militaria , Vienna 2016, ISBN 978-3-902551-69-6 , p. 142

personal data
SURNAME	Hafner, Rudolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian painter and set designer
DATE OF BIRTH	June 5, 1893
PLACE OF BIRTH	Vienna
DATE OF DEATH	March 4th 1951
Place of death	Vienna

[1] Army History Museum / Military History Institute (ed.): The Army History Museum in the Vienna Arsenal . Verlag Militaria , Vienna 2016, ISBN 978-3-902551-69-6 , p. 142