Victor Fleischer

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Victor Fleischer (born December 9, 1882 in Komotau , † 1951 in London ) was an Austrian art historian , writer and publisher.

Life

Victor Fleischer, son of a doctor and brother of Max Fleischer (1880–1941), studied philosophy and art history in Leipzig, Munich and Vienna. He received his doctorate from the University of Vienna in 1905 . He then worked in Vienna as archivist for the Prince of Liechtenstein. He had been friends with Stefan Zweig and Alberto Stringa since his student days . From 1910 he lived in Berlin. In 1920 he received the Bauernfeld Prize . In 1920 he founded the Frankfurter Verlags-Anstalt in Frankfurt am Main , which he directed until 1925. After their merger with Julius Bard Verlag, he lived again in Berlin, from where he emigrated to London.

He was married to the actress and director Leontine Sagan (1889–1974).

Publications (selection)

  • Painter at the court of Leopold I. Dissertation Vienna 1905.
    • Print version: Johannes Antonius van der Baren. In: Art History Yearbook of the KK Central Commission for Research and Conservation of Art and Historical Monuments. Supplement to Volume 2, 1908, pp. 61–95 ( digitized version ).
  • "The stonemason village", 1905
  • "Farm Stories", 1906
  • “People from the Village”, 1909
  • Prince Karl Eusebius of Liechtenstein as builder and art collector (1611–1684). Vienna, Leipzig 1910.
  • "Wendelin and the Village", 1911
  • "The Landlord from the Mountain", 1913
  • "In the jug for the green wreath", 1915
  • “The sky full of clouds”, 1916
  • "Crash", 1925
  • “Nocturnal Encounters”, 1929.

literature

  • German Literature Lexicon . The 20th century. Biographical-bibliographical manual. Volume 9, KG Saur, Zurich and Munich 2006, Col. 75-76.

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personal data
SURNAME Butcher, Victor
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian art historian, writer and publisher
DATE OF BIRTH December 9, 1882
PLACE OF BIRTH Komotau
DATE OF DEATH 1951
Place of death London