Elegant Lady 1922
Robert Scheffer
Original oil on canvas
80 ⨯ 60 ⨯ 2 cm
ConditionExcellent
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- About the artwork
Signed and dated 1922 l.l. Biedermeier interior Scheffer was born in Vienna in 1859. He was trained by the painters Griepenkerl, Wurzinger, Leopold Müller and Ferdinand Keller at The Academy of Fine Arts Vienna and Karlsruhe. His works are among others to be found in the collection of the Municipal Museum in Vienna. From 1905 to 1918, he exhibited regularly at the Vienna Künstlerhaus. His most popular paintings were on the theme, "Young Woman in a Biedermeier Interior", of which there are numerous variations. He was a board member of the Albrecht Dürer Association and had his own art school.
- About the artist
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.
He studied from 1879 to 1881 at the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna, with Christian Griepenkerl, Carl Wurzinger and Leopold Carl Müller. By 1886, he had completed his studies at the Academy of Fine Arts, Karlsruhe, in the master classes of Ferdinand Keller.
From 1905 to 1918, he exhibited regularly at the Vienna Künstlerhaus. His most popular paintings were on the theme, "Young Woman in a Biedermeier Interior", of which there are numerous variations.
He served as a board member of the Albrecht Dürer Association; from which he received the Silver Medal of the Albrecht Dürer Bunds in 1930. He was also a recipient of the Silver Medal for Services to the Republic of Austria [de] in 1929.
In 1891, he opened a private art school; together with August Schubert (1844-?), who taught drawing, and Carl Haunold [de], who taught painting. Many well known artists began as his students, including John Quincy Adams, Robin Christian Andersen [de], Anton Faistauer, Maria Grengg [de], Josef Kalous (1887-1974), Anton Peschka, Gustav Schütt (1890-1968) and Fritz Zerritsch [de]. 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).
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