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Fritz Schider or Schieder (13 February 1846, Salzburg - 15 March 1907, Basel) was an Austrian painter, engraver and art teacher.


Biography

He was born to a middle-class family of manufacturers. After completing his basic education, he entered the (Mining School) in Leoben. By 1865, he had decided to pursue a career as an artist and enrolled at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. There, he studied with Alexander von Wagner,
Arthur von Ramberg Arthur von Ramberg (4 September 1819 – 5 February 1875) was an Austrian-born painter who worked in Germany. Biography He was born in Vienna. He studied art at Hanover and early made a tour in Italy, Hungary and Styria. In 1840, he attended the ...
and Wilhelm von Lindenschmit. A year later, he accompanied his friend Hans Makart to Munich and entered Academy of Fine Arts there.Fritz Schider
in the Matrikelbüchern of the Munich Academy. At that time, he came under the influence of Wilhelm Leibl and joined the artists' group known as the . He was also an admirer of Theodor Alt and the early works of Albert von Keller. In 1877, he married Lina Kirchdorffer (1854–1927), one of Leibl's nieces. In 1876, he accepted an offer from the "
Gesellschaft für das Gute und Gemeinnützige The Gesellschaft für das Gute und Gemeinnützige (GGG) is a private, non-profit organization founded in 1777 in Basel, Switzerland. Inspired by Enlightenment ideals, the GGG has played a significant role in the history of education and social wel ...
" in Basel and became a teacher at the company's drawing and modeling school. His students there included ,
Wilhelm Balmer Paul Friedrich Wilhelm Balmer (1865–1922) was a painter from Basel. He was born in Basel as the son of mathematician Johann Jakob Balmer. He was educated in draughtsmanship under Fritz Schnider and later at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munic ...
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Max Buri Max Alfred Buri (24 July 1868, in Burgdorf – 21 May 1915, in Interlaken) was a Swiss painter. He specialized in portraits of the local peasantry and genre scenes. Biography While still engaged in his basic education, he received art less ...
, and . He was also employed by Julius Kollmann to help him with his ''Plastische Anatomie des menschlichen Körpers. Ein Handbuch für Künstler und Kunstfreunde'' (Anatomy for Artists). He later created his own large anatomy atlas, ''Plastisch-anatomische Studien für Akademien, Kunstgewerbeschulen und zum Selbstunterricht'', which was published in installments from 1891 to 1894. In 1885, he became a citizen of Basel. For his anatomical work with Kollmann, and independently, he was named an Honorary Doctor in the medical faculty at the University of Basel in 1896.


References


Further reading

* Adolf Vögtlin:
Fritz Schnider
' In: ''Die Schweiz'', Vol. 8, 1904, pgs. 441–447. * Michael Petzet: ''Wilhelm Leibl und sein Kreis.'' Prestel, Stuttgart 1974. *
Hermann Uhde-Bernays Hermann Uhde-Bernays (31 October 1873 – 7 June 1965) was a German German studies scholar and art historian. Life Born in Weimar, Uhde-Bernays was the son of the journalist Hermann Uhde (1845-1879) and stepson of Michael Bernays. He attended ...
: ''Münchener Landschafter im 19. Jahrhundert.'' Delphin-Verlag, Munich 1921.


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@ ArtNet {{DEFAULTSORT:Schider, Fritz 1846 births 1907 deaths Austrian painters Academy of Fine Arts Vienna alumni Artists from Salzburg Painters from Austria-Hungary Emigrants from Austria-Hungary to Switzerland