Josef Dobrowsky
Josef Dobrowsky (22 September 1889 - 9 January 1964) was an Austrian painter and member of the Zinkerbacher Artist Colony that lived and worked together at Lake Wolfgang until its dissolution after Austria was annexed by Germany, known as the Anschluss, in 1938. Early life Josef Dobrowsky was born in Carlsbad, Bohemia, part of the Austrian Empire at the time under the Hapsbug monarchy. His father was a jeweler. As a teenager Dobrowsky attended the Vienna School of Applied Arts, Franz Hohenberger's painting school until 1906 when he began studying at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna where he learned under Christian Griepenkerl and Rudolf Bacher. There he became friends with Ernst Huber. From 1914 to 1918 his studies were interrupted by the First World War and his military service. He returned to school after the war and graduated in 1919. In 1915, Dobrowsky married Theresia Mayer (1889–1972). They had two sons together, Karl and Josef. Career Following the war he w ...
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