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Charles Wilda, originally Karl (20 December 1854,
Vienna
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– 11 June 1907, Vienna) was an Austrian
Orientalist painter. He was the elder brother of the painter, .
Biography
He studied with
Leopold Carl Müller at the
Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
The Academy of Fine Arts Vienna (german: link=no, Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien) is a public art school in Vienna, Austria.
History
The Academy of Fine Arts Vienna was founded in 1692 as a private academy modelled on the Accademia di Sa ...
. It was Müller who first introduced him to Orientalist painting, having himself acquired that interest from
Eugène Fromentin in Paris. In 1903, the Viennese art critic,
Ludwig Hevesi, declared Wilda to be Müller's true successor.
He often stayed in Cairo for extended periods, and scenes of the daily street life there compose the bulk of his works. In 1892, he undertook a journey through North Africa with his friend, the sculptor , which provided additional inspiration.
Beginning in the 1880s, he was a regular exhibitor at events in Vienna, Berlin, Munich and Dresden. He was also represented by several works at the
Exposition Universelle (1900).
In 1895, he was awarded the for art and, in 1898, was presented with a small, golden State Medal. Two of his paintings were acquired for the Imperial Collection of Kaiser
Franz Joseph I
Franz Joseph I or Francis Joseph I (german: Franz Joseph Karl, hu, Ferenc József Károly, 18 August 1830 – 21 November 1916) was Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary, and the other states of the Habsburg monarchy from 2 December 1848 until his ...
.
[Wladimir Aichelburg: ''Das Wiener Künstlerhaus 1861–2001. Vol.1: Die Künstlergenossenschaft und ihre Rivalen Secession und Hagenbund.'' Österreichischer Kunst- und Kulturverlag, Vienna 2003, , pg.207.]
Following his death, the
Vienna Künstlerhaus
The Künstlerhaus in Vienna’s 1st district has accommodated the Künstlerhaus Vereinigung since 1868. It is located in the Ringstrassenzone in between Akademiestraße, Bösendorferstraße and Musikvereinsplatz.
The building was erected betw ...
honored him at their Autumn Exposition with over fifty of his oil paintings being featured. He was interred at the
Wiener Zentralfriedhof
The Vienna Central Cemetery (german: Wiener Zentralfriedhof) is one of the largest cemeteries in the world by number of interred, and is the most well-known cemetery among Vienna's nearly 50 cemeteries. The cemetery's name is descriptive of its ...
. His grave is adorned with a monument created in 1909 by Hella Unger (1875-1932).
Selected paintings
Charles Wilda - The Jade-green Isis, 1884.jpg, ''The Antiques Seller''
Charles Wilda - Inside the Souk, Cairo 1892.jpg, ''Inside the Souk''
The Dancer by Charles Wilda, 1883.jpg, ''The Dancer''
The Carpet Merchants by Charles Wilda, 1889.jpg, ''The Carpet Merchants''
Wilda-Charmer.jpg, ''The Snake Charmer''
References
Further reading
* ''Katalog Herbstausstellung und Gedächtnisausstellung Charles Wilda : Wien, 10. November 1907 im Künstlerhause.'' (exhibition catalog), Verlag der Genossenschaft der bildenden Künstler Wiens, 1907.
* Herbert Zemen: ''Der Orientmaler Charles Wilda, 1854-1907. Materialien zur Biographie''. Self-published, Vienna 201
WorldCat
External links
More works by Wilda@ ArtNet
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Austrian male painters
Academy of Fine Arts Vienna alumni
Artists from Vienna
1854 births
1907 deaths
19th-century Austrian painters
19th-century Austrian male artists
20th-century Austrian painters
20th-century Austrian male artists