Rudolf Bacher - Grabmal der Caecilia Metella 1894

Rudolf Bacher (20 January 1862, in

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– 16 April 1945, in Vienna) was an Austrian painter and sculptor.

Life and work

From 1882 to 1888, he studied at the

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, with

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, and the history painter,

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. His early paintings were mostly devoted to religious themes. From 1894, he was a member of the

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. He was one of the founding members of the

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, and served two terms as its President (1904-1905, 1912-1914). In 1896, he was awarded a small gold medal at the

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. He was a regular contributor of drawings and woodcuts to the magazine, ''

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'' From 1903 to 1933, he was a professor at his alma mater, the Vienna Academy. In his later years, he focused on portrait painting and small animal sculptures. On the occasion of his 80th birthday, in 1942, he was presented with the

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and the Ehrenring der Stadt Wien.

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: ''Das Kulturlexikon zum Dritten Reich. Wer war was vor und nach 1945'', Fischer-Taschenbuch-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2009, pg. 25 He was also named an

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of the Academy.

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