Sebastian Isepp

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Sebastian Isepp (born February 18, 1884 in Nötsch im Gailtal , † December 3, 1954 in London ) was an Austrian painter and member of the Nötsch circle .

Life

After graduating from high school in Marburg in 1903, the son of an innkeeper went to the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts , where he studied with Rudolf Bacher and met Oskar Kokoschka and Egon Schiele . Stylistically he was first influenced by Gauguin and Symbolism, later he turned to realistically oriented painting. From 1908 to 1918, Isepp took part in important exhibitions at the Vienna Secession and, along with Kokoschka and Schiele, was considered a leading member of the “Neukunstgruppe”.

During the First World War , Isepp headed the restoration workshop of the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna , but from 1915 to 1918 he had to do most of the military service on the Italian front , where he was buried in a life-threatening manner. After the end of the war and his return to Nötsch, he largely ceased his independent artistic activity. From 1921 to 1938, Vienna was again Isepp's residence, where he first emerged as a restorer in the early 1920s , and from 1925 to 1936 he headed the restoration workshop at the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna. In 1925 he married the singer Helene Hammerschlag, their daughter Konstanze was born in 1927 and their son Martin was born in 1930.

In 1938, after the “Anschluss” of Austria , the family was forced to emigrate to London due to Helene Hammerschlag's Jewish origins. Isepp, who took English citizenship in 1947, worked here as a restorer at the National Gallery until his death . He maintained friendly contact with Kokoschka in London, and in 1951 Isepp made a portrait of Oskar Kokoschka.

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SURNAME Isepp, Sebastian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian painter
DATE OF BIRTH February 18, 1884
PLACE OF BIRTH Nötsch
DATE OF DEATH 3rd December 1954
Place of death London