Viktor Schufinsky

Viktor Schufinsky (born July 28, 1876 in Vienna , Austria-Hungary ; died October 8, 1947 in Vienna) was an Austrian painter and graphic artist .

Life

Schufinsky studied at the Vienna School of Applied Arts and from 1903 was an assistant at the graphic teaching and research institute . He also taught at the kk technical college for the clay industry in Znojmo , and from 1918 at the arts and crafts school in Vienna.

In the First World War Schufinsky fought on the Russian front, but in December of the same year was assigned to a propaganda group in the Austro-Hungarian war press headquarters . In 1916 he was made lieutenant of the Landsturm , in 1917 he worked for the 5th Army Command on the Isonzo Front . His work also includes poster designs, war picture sheets and orders for the Red Cross .

Works (selection)

Filling a captive balloon in Galicia , 1915, linocut watercolor, 32.7 × 29.7 cm ( Heeresgeschichtliches Museum Wien)

literature

H. Ankwitz: Schufinsky, Viktor . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 30, Saur, Munich a. a. 2001, ISBN 3-598-22770-1 , p. 320.
Heeresgeschichtliches Museum (Military Science Institute): "Flies 90/71" , catalog for the exhibition, Volume II: Flies in the First World War, paintings and drawings. Vienna 1971.

Individual evidence

↑ Heeresgeschichtliches Museum (Military Science Institute): "Flies 90/71", catalog for the exhibition, Volume II: Flies in the First World War, paintings and drawings. Vienna 1971, p. 39 f.

personal data
SURNAME	Schufinsky, Viktor
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian painter
DATE OF BIRTH	July 28, 1876
PLACE OF BIRTH	Vienna
DATE OF DEATH	October 8, 1947
Place of death	Vienna

[1] Heeresgeschichtliches Museum (Military Science Institute): "Flies 90/71", catalog for the exhibition, Volume II: Flies in the First World War, paintings and drawings. Vienna 1971, p. 39 f.