Julius Victor Berger (20 July 1850, Neutitschein,

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— 17 November 1902,

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) was an

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n painter who is known primarily for his

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s and

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Life

Julius Berger's was the son of , who was also a painter. He entered the

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in Vienna at the young age of 14. In 1874 he was granted a three-year scholarship to study art in

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. Upon returning to Vienna he briefly shared an apartment with fellow painter

Emil Jakob Schindler Emil Jakob Schindler (27 April 1842 – 9 August 1892) was an Austrian landscape painter. His eldest daughter was the author and composer Alma Mahler. Life He was born to a family of cotton spinning-mill operators that had been established in F ...

and his wife Anna Sofie. While Schindler was traveling Berger began an affair with Anna. He was almost certainly the father of Margarethe Julie Schindler (b. 16 August 1880), who was the half sister of Alma Maria Schindler. Berger became a professor of decorative painting at the

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in 1881, and in 1887 a professor at the

. Among his friends was the history painter

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. Berger's most recognized work is the ceiling painting in Hall XIX of the

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in Vienna. He is interred in the

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, also in Vienna (Group 14A, Number 8).

Selected paintings

File:Julius Victor Berger - Musikzauber.jpg, The Magic of Music File:Julius Victor Berger - Junge Dame am Naschmarkt 1901.jpg, Young Woman
at the Market File:Julius Victor Berger - Patronage of the Arts by the House of Habsburg 1891.jpg, Patronage of the Arts by the

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File:Julius Victor Berger – Romantische Szene im Garten des Belvedere.jpg, Romantic Scene in the

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References

* ''Julius Victor Berger''. In:

Ulrich Thieme Ulrich Thieme (31 January 1865 in Leipzig – 25 March 1922 in Leipzig) was a German art historian. He was the son of the industrialist and art collector Alfred Thieme (1830–1906), brother of the publisher Georg Thieme (1830–1906) and gr ...

, Felix Becker ''et al.'': ''

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''. Vol 3, Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig 1909, p. 397f *

External links

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