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Gabriel (von) Hackl (24 March 1843 – 5 June 1926) was a German

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painter.

Life and work

He was born in

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. To fulfil his father's wishes he then studied anatomy, archaeology and drawing at the

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. In 1865 he moved to Munich, at whose

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he studied under Alexander Wagner and Carl Theodor von Piloty. He then took a place at the Münchner

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and married Sophie Schmid. In 1878 he became a professor and lecturer in drawing at the Münchner Kunstakademie, holding the position until 1919. His colleagues there included

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. Several artists trained by Hackl found success, though he had no lasting success with his own work, which still occasionally appears at auction.Hackl's paintings on artnet
/ref> He died on 5 June 1926, in Munich.

Notable pupils

*1880: Pius Ferdinand Messerschmitt *1884:

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*1887:

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*1889:

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*1890:

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*1891:

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*1897:

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*1905: *1914: Henry Ives Cobb, Jr

Works in public collections

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, Schweinfurt *

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, Vienna *

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, Munich * Steiermärkisches Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz

Exhibitions

*1891: Jahresausstellung der Genossenschaft der Bildenden Künstler Wiens und der Gesellschaft der Freunde Junger Kunst, Baden-Baden *2006: ''Zur Natur des Menschen. Genremalerei des 19. und frühen 20. Jahrhunderts'', Neue Galerie am Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz

Literature

* ''Gabriel von Hackl''. In: Ulrich Thieme, Felix Becker u. a.: ''Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart.'' Band 15, E. A. Seemann, Leipzig 1922, S. 416

External links

''Franz Hofstötter – Ausbildung.''
(PDF-Datei; 65 kB)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hackl, Gabriel 1843 births 1926 deaths 19th-century German painters German male painters 20th-century German painters 20th-century German male artists 19th-century Austrian painters 19th-century German male artists Austrian male painters Academic staff of the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich Austrian nobility German people of Austrian descent Austrian emigrants to Germany Artists from Maribor