Wilhelm Viktor Krausz

Wilhelm Viktor Krausz (born March 21, 1878 in Neutra , then Hungary , † April 29, 1959 in Baden near Vienna ) was an Austrian painter .

Life

Krausz studied at the Vienna Academy under Franz Rumpler , in Paris with Jules-Joseph Lefebvre and Tony Robert-Fleury and with Heinrich von Zügel at the Munich Academy . Study trips took him to England , Holland , Spain and Switzerland .

During the First World War I tried to get Krausz accepted as a war painter in the Austro-Hungarian war press headquarters , which was granted relatively late on November 22, 1917. With the rank of captain, he first painted in the Balkans . This resulted in numerous portraits of, among others, Tsar Ferdinand of Bulgaria and of Sultan Mehmet V. Krausz was included in the lists of the war press offices until December 1918. After the war he portrayed numerous Viennese artists such as the actors Hans Thimig and Josef Kainz . Your pictures will be shown in the gallery of the Vienna Burgtheater .

Wilhelm Viktor Krausz died (as a US citizen, last resident in 230 Central Park South, New York City ) on April 29, 1959 during a stay at a spa in Baden near Vienna. From 1919 he was with Marianne Krausz, b. Cohn, widowed Schick († June 13, 1938). He was buried in the cemetery of the Simmering fire hall .

Works (selection)

Portrait of Emperor Karl I , 1917, oil on canvas, approx. 150 × 100 cm, Heeresgeschichtliches Museum , Vienna.
Austrian Battery in Asia Minor , 1916, oil on canvas, Heeresgeschichtliches Museum, Vienna.

Individual evidence

↑ Walter Reichel: "Press work is propaganda work" - Media Administration 1914-1918: The War Press Quarter (KPQ) . Communications from the Austrian State Archives (MÖStA), special volume 13, Studienverlag, Vienna 2016, ISBN 978-3-7065-5582-1 , p. 182.
↑ Eighth report of the incumbent City Council for Culture and Science on the transfer of ownership of art and cultural objects from the collections of the museums of the City of Vienna and the Vienna Library in the City Hall in accordance with the municipal council resolution of April 29, 1999. (Restitution report 2007). Vienna 2008, p. 170. - Full text online (PDF; 1.2 MB) .
^ William Krausz grave site , Vienna, Simmering fire hall, ML Department, Group 137, No. 1.
^ Manfried Rauchsteiner , Manfred Litscher: Das Heeresgeschichtliche Museum in Wien , Verlag Styria , Vienna 2000, ISBN 3-222-12834-0 , p. 64.

personal data
SURNAME	Krausz, Wilhelm Viktor
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian painter
DATE OF BIRTH	March 21, 1878
PLACE OF BIRTH	Neutra Hungary
DATE OF DEATH	April 29, 1959
Place of death	Baden near Vienna

[1] Walter Reichel: "Press work is propaganda work" - Media Administration 1914-1918: The War Press Quarter (KPQ) . Communications from the Austrian State Archives (MÖStA), special volume 13, Studienverlag, Vienna 2016, ISBN 978-3-7065-5582-1 , p. 182.

[2] Eighth report of the incumbent City Council for Culture and Science on the transfer of ownership of art and cultural objects from the collections of the museums of the City of Vienna and the Vienna Library in the City Hall in accordance with the municipal council resolution of April 29, 1999. (Restitution report 2007). Vienna 2008, p. 170. - Full text online (PDF; 1.2 MB) .

[3] William Krausz grave site , Vienna, Simmering fire hall, ML Department, Group 137, No. 1.

[4] Manfried Rauchsteiner , Manfred Litscher: Das Heeresgeschichtliche Museum in Wien , Verlag Styria , Vienna 2000, ISBN 3-222-12834-0 , p. 64.