Robert Scheffer (6 May 1859,
Vienna - 27 October 1934, Vienna) was an Austrian painter. He specialized in landscapes,
genre scenes and portraits. He was also an art collector and operated a private art school.
Biography
He studied from 1879 to 1881 at the
Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna, with
Christian Griepenkerl,
Carl Wurzinger
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Life and work
His father was the caretaker for an estate. In 1832, at the age of fourteen, he beca ...
and
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. By 1886, he had completed his studies at the
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From 1905 to 1918, he exhibited regularly at the
Vienna Künstlerhaus. His most popular paintings were on the theme, "Young Woman in a
Biedermeier
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Interior", of which there are numerous variations.
He served as a board member of the
Albrecht Dürer
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Association; from which he received the Silver Medal of the Albrecht Dürer Bunds in 1930. He was also a recipient of the in 1929.
In 1891, he opened a private art school, together with August Schubert (1844-?), who taught drawing, and , who taught painting. Many well known artists began as his students, including
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Anton Faistauer, , Josef Kalous (1887-1974),
Anton Peschka
Anton Emanuel Peschka (21 February 1885, Vienna - 9 September 1940, Vienna) was an Austrian painter.
Biography
After receiving a commercial education, he took his first art lessons with Robert Scheffer. He then studied at the Academy of Fine Ar ...
, Gustav Schütt (1890-1968) and . After his death, the school was operated until 1949 by his daughter, Gret Kalous, under the name "Schule für künstlerisches Modezeichnen" (School for Artistic Fashion Drawing).
Sources
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* Emmanuel Bénézit: ''Dictionnaire critique et documentaire des peintres, sculpteurs, dessinateurs et graveurs de tous les temps et de tous les pays.'' Vol. 9, Gründ, Paris 1976, , pg.355.
* Joachim Busse: ''Internationales Handbuch aller Maler und Bildhauer des 19. Jahrhunderts.'' Wiesbaden 1977.
*
Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon. Bio-bibliographischer Index A-Z. Saur, Munich 1999–2000, Vol. 8, pg.752.
External links
More works by Scheffer@ ArtNet
Robert Scheffer@ the Wien Geschichte Wiki
Malschule Scheffer@ the Wien Geschichte Wiki
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1859 births
1934 deaths
Austrian painters
Austrian genre painters
Austrian portrait painters
Painters from Vienna
Painters from Austria-Hungary