Alfred Zoff (11 December 1852, in

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– 12 August 1927, in Graz) was an Austrian

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landscape painter.

Biography

His father was a doctor who originally came from

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. He decided to become an artist at an early age and, although he began by studying medicine, in 1869 he took classes at the State Drawing Academy in Graz with the landscape painter, Hermann von Königsbrunn. By 1880, he had decided on art as a career and was enrolled at the

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, where he studied with

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.Zoff: Monografie und Werke
@ Galerie Martin Suppan. After his father's death in 1882, his mother moved to

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and he would often visit there to paint. It remained a favorite location for the rest of his life. He also made occasional trips to Italy and Belgium. He completed his studies in 1890 at the

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, with Gustav Schönleber, who acquainted him the

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of landscape painting. After that, he lived in Munich and

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. From 1907, he was a Professor of landscape and

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painting at the Academy in Graz, where he was an exponent of the Viennese style known as "" (Mood Impressionism). He received numerous awards, including a bronze medal at the

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. His memberships included the Künstlerhaus Wien (from 1883) and the

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(from 1900). In 1927, shortly before his death, he was officially granted citizenship (Bürgerrechte) by the city of Graz.

Selected paintings

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References

Alfred Zoff: Monografie und Werke
bei Galerie Suppan Fine Arts

External links

ArtNet: More works by Zoff.Biographical notes
@ the Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich {{DEFAULTSORT:Zoff, Alfred 1852 births 1927 deaths 19th-century Austrian painters 19th-century Austrian male artists 20th-century Austrian painters Austrian landscape painters Academy of Fine Arts Vienna alumni Artists from Graz 20th-century Austrian male artists

Biography

Selected paintings

References

Further reading

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