Rudolf row liss
Rudolfzeileissen (born November 10, 1897 in Vienna , † June 29, 1970 ibid) was an Austrian landscape and portrait painter .
life and work
Lineissen studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna from 1918 to 1921 , his teachers were Josef Jungwirth and Karl Sterrer . From 1922 to 1925 he studied at the Art Academy in Munich with Hugo von Habermann , and from 1926 to 1927 with André Lhote in Paris . He then worked as a freelance painter in Berlin, from 1930 in Paris and in 1931 in Prague , the city of his mother's birth. In 1932 he was in Italy , from 1933 to 1936 in Vienna, in 1937 he was in New York .
He was particularly popular as a portrait painter . Among other things, he made a portrait of Katharina Schratt for the Vienna City Hall . His works can be found in many museums. For example, the Albertina has two Prague vedutas and the Army History Museum has a portrait of the first Austrian Chancellor, Michael Mayr, made by Linienissen.
In 1951 a collective exhibition of his works took place in the Vienna Künstlerhaus . In 1951 he was awarded the Golden Medal of Honor, in 1954 he was awarded the title of Professor , in 1956 he received the Honorary Prize of the City of Vienna and in 1967 the Golden Laurel of the Vienna Künstlerhaus.
Works (selection)
- Portrait of Michael Mayr , 1954. Oil on canvas, approx. 79 × 59 cm, Heeresgeschichtliches Museum Vienna
literature
- Heinrich Fuchs: The Austrian painters born in 1881–1900, Volume 2, P. K 163
Individual evidence
- ^ Heinrich Heinrich Fuchs: The Austrian painters born in 1881-1900, Volume 2, p. K 163
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Rowiss, Rudolf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 10, 1897 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 29, 1970 |
| Place of death | Vienna |