Robert Pötzelberger
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Robert Pötzelberger (9 June 1856 in Vienna – 2 August 1930 in Reichenau, Baden-Württemberg) was an Austrian painter, sculptor and lithographer.
Life
Pötzelberger studied at the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna between 1875 and 1879 under Leopold Carl Müller. After this education, he became a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich in 1880, staying until 1892; then, a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts, Karlsruhe until 1899; and then at the Academy of Fine Arts, Stuttgart until his retirement in 1926. His students included Friedrich Mißfeldt in Karlsruhe[1] and Willi Baumeister in Stuttgart. He was a founding member of the Vienna Secession.[2]
Influenced by academic styles French impressionism, he created many historical works, but also looked to the natural world of South Germany and Austria for inspiration.
His son, Oswald Poetzelberger, was also a painter.
References
- ^ Sonja Mißfeldt; Friedrich Missfeldt (2009). Friedrich Missfeldt: (1874 - 1969); Leben und Werk eines schleswig-holsteinischen Malers und Grafikers. p. 27. ISBN 9783869350066.
- ^ "Ordentliche Mitglieder" [Ordinary Members]. Ver Sacrum. 1: 28. 1898.
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- "Pötzelberger, Robert". Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon 1815–1950. Vol. 8. 1980. p. 149.
External links
Media related to Robert Poetzelberger at Wikimedia Commons
- 1856 births
- 1930 deaths
- Austrian male sculptors
- 19th-century Austrian painters
- Austrian male painters
- 20th-century Austrian painters
- 19th-century sculptors
- 20th-century Austrian sculptors
- Austrian lithographers
- 19th-century lithographers
- 20th-century lithographers
- Members of the Vienna Secession
- Artists from Vienna
- Academy of Fine Arts Vienna alumni
- Academy of Fine Arts, Munich faculty
- Art Nouveau painters
- Art Nouveau sculptors
- 20th-century printmakers
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