Thomas Walch
Thomas Walch (born December 28, 1867 in Imst , Austria-Hungary , † December 10, 1943 in Imst) was an Austrian painter.
Life
Thomas Walch became an apprentice to the church painter Ferdinand Müller in Imst in 1883 and a journeyman church painter in 1886.
In 1887 he went on a hike through Bavaria, recommended by Franz von Defregger , he attended the private painting school of Ludwig Schmid-Reutte and Friedrich Fehr in Munich from October 1890 to March 1891 .
From October 1892 to February 1893 he studied at the arts and crafts school in the Austrian Museum in Vienna.
From April 1894 he worked as a portrait painter in Brixen in South Tyrol . In August 1894 he visited Hungary , spent 1895 in Munich and Imst, and in 1896 again visited Hungary and Romania .
Thomas Walch studied from November 3, 1897 at the Royal Academy of Arts in Munich with Nikolaus Gysis and Franz von Defregger . In 1908 he became a member of the Munich Artists' Cooperative .
In 1909 he was awarded a diamond needle by Emperor Franz Joseph I. From 1914 to 1916 he worked as a volunteer war painter in the First World War , after which he returned to Imst. He was one of the co-founders of the Museum Association in Imst.
On April 10, 1923, he married the teacher Jakobine Gfall. She published about 50 reproductions of his patriotic pictures in the form of postcards.
In 1921 Thomas Walch was made an honorary citizen of Imst. Around 1926 he founded a publishing company.
literature
- Bénézit 1976, Vol. X, p. 607
- Vollmer 1953–1962
- Witt Checklist 1978, p. 321
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Walch, Thomas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 28, 1867 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Imst |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 10, 1943 |
| Place of death | Imst |