Erwin Lang (born 22 July 1886 – 10 February 1962) was an
Austrian
painter
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. His work was part of the
painting event in the
art competition at the
1928 Summer Olympics
The 1928 Summer Olympics ( nl, Olympische Zomerspelen 1928), officially known as the Games of the IX Olympiad ( nl, Spelen van de IXe Olympiade) and commonly known as Amsterdam 1928, was an international multi-sport event that was celebrated from ...
. On December 14th, 2007, Erwin Lang's oil on canvas painting ''The Dancer
Grete Weisenthal With Her Son and Sister'' was sold at auction in New York via
Christie's
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for $51,400.
Life
Erwin Lang was born in
Vienna, the son of the social worker and women's rights activist
Marie Lang
Marie Lang (8 March 1858 – 14 October 1934) was an Austrian feminist, theosophist and publisher. Born in 1858 in Vienna, Lang was raised in a liberal, upper-middle-class home. After divorcing her first husband in 1884, she married Edmund Lang ...
, and studied at the
Vienna School of Arts and Crafts under
Alfred Roller. He exhibited his works for the first time in 1908 at the Vienna Art Show. In 1911 Lang exhibited with
Kokoschka and
Schiele
Schiele may refer to:
* Armand Schiele (born 1967), French Alpen skier
* Bernt Schiele (born 1968), German computer scientist
* Egon Schiele (1890, Tulln an der Donau – 1918, Vienna), Austrian painter
** ''Egon Schiele – Exzess und Bestrafung' ...
in an exhibition of the
Hagenbund
The Hagenbund or Künstlerbund Hagen was a group of Austrian artists that formed in 1899. The group's name derived from the name Herr Hagen, the proprietor of an inn in Vienna which they frequented.
Early history
The group's most prominent member ...
, of which he was a member. Another of his main areas was
woodcuts.
References
Further reading
* ''Das frühe Plakat'' (Deutschland). 1980, p. 172
* Fuchs: ''Maler 1881–1900''. Band 1. p. 151
* ''Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon. Bio-Bibliographischer Index''. Band 6. 2000, p. 50
* ''Lang, Erwin''. In: Hans Vollmer (ed.): ''Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart. Begründet von Ulrich Thieme und Felix Becker''. Band 22: ''Krügner–Leitch''. E. A. Seemann, Leipzig 1928, p. 314
* ''Erwin Lang''. In: Hans Vollmer (ed.): ''Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künstler des XX. Jahrhunderts''. Band 3: K–P. E. A. Seemann, Leipzig 1956, pp. 165 f.
* Wilhelmi: ''Künstlergruppen''. 1996, p. 171
External links
Benezit Dictionary of Artists: Lang, Erwin(subscription required)
1886 births
1962 deaths
Austrian male painters
Olympic competitors in art competitions
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