Adolf Ignjo Waldinger (16 June 1843 – 7 December 1904) was a

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from

Osijek Osijek () is the fourth-largest city in Croatia, with a population of 96,848 in 2021. It is the largest city and the economic and cultural centre of the eastern Croatian region of Slavonia, as well as the administrative centre of Osijek-Baranja ...

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origin. He was a member of Osijek's Bürgerliche Zeichenschule drawing school.

Biography

Adolf Waldinger attended the art school in

from 1855 to 1861. He was taught by the artists Hugo Conrad von Hötzendorf and Antun Müntzberger. In 1862 he went to

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to attend the Kunstakademie. On completing his studies, he worked in the studios of J. Nowopatzki, Gottfried Seelos and Joseph Sellény. In 1884 he became an art teacher at a school in Osijek, and continued until his death.

Honours

In Osijek there are two institutions which are named after him: the

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and Hotel Waldinger which was opened in 1904, the year he died.

References

External links

Adolf Waldinger biography
at Essekeri.hr {{DEFAULTSORT:Waldinger, Adolf 1843 births 1904 deaths People from Osijek Painters from Austria-Hungary People from Slavonia 19th-century Croatian painters 20th-century Croatian painters Croatian male painters 19th-century Croatian male artists 20th-century Croatian male artists Burials at Saint Anne Cemetery