Leopold Widliczka (1870 Vienna - 1940 Ny) Portrait Of A Young Woman With A Hat

Portrait of a Young Woman with a Hat The masterful portrait of a young woman from Viennese society was executed at the end of the 19th century by the Austrian portrait, landscape, still life and war painter Leopold Widlizka (also Widliczka (1870 in Vienna - 1940 New York, USA). Widlizka began his studies at the Institute for Graphic Teaching and Research under Joseph-Eugen Hörwarter and was a guest student at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna in October 1889, and was a regular student from 1891. In 1892 he moved to the Munich Academy and worked under Nikolaus Gysis. He was influenced by the circles around Franz von Lenbach and Hermann von Kaulbach. In 1899 Widlizka was back in Vienna, where he exhibited a portrait of a child at the Künstlerhaus. He mainly painted landscapes. During the First World War, Widlizka was a war painter and member of the Imperial and Royal War Press Office. In 1916 he was a member and chairman of the Albrecht Dürer Association. In 1922 he moved to the USA, where his brother worked as an engraver in New York. Nevertheless, he remained attached to his homeland and in 1924 he was mentioned as a member of the Viennese art community. Works: Family Destiny, 1918, oil on canvas, Military History Museum, Vienna

Literature: Heinrich Fuchs: The Austrian Painters of the 19th Century, Vienna 1974, volume 2.
Inscription: signed on the edge, lower right.
Technique: Pastel on cardboard, luxurious veneered wooden frame with hand-carved and gilded wooden oval. From the original period.
Dimensions: image only in oval l 21 1/4" x h 25 1/4" (54 x 64 cm), unframed 23 1/42 x 26 1/8" (59 x 71.5 cm), framed 29 1/3" x 34 1/4" (74.5 x 87 cm) Condition: good.