Robert Pötzelberger
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 State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart until his retirement in 1926. His students included 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, , 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.
- "Pötzelberger, Robert". Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon 1815–1950. 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
- 19th-century male artists
- Austrian male painters
- 20th-century Austrian painters
- 20th-century male artists
- 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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