Plakatmotiv Ausstellung Hagenbund Herbst 1904-1905 Joseph Urban

The Hagenbund or Künstlerbund Hagen was a group of

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n artists that formed in 1899. The group's name derived from the name Herr Hagen, the proprietor of an inn in

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which they frequented.

Early history

The group's most prominent members early on were Heinrich Lefler and

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, who had originally worked and exhibited within the conservative

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 ...

, but now, like the

Vienna Secession The Vienna Secession (german: Wiener Secession; also known as ''the Union of Austrian Artists'', or ''Vereinigung Bildender Künstler Österreichs'') is an art movement, closely related to Art Nouveau, that was formed in 1897 by a group of Austr ...

, rebelled against the establishment and formed their own organization. The Hagenbund operated for almost a decade in the shadow of the popular and successful Secession, and only in the years that followed the damaging resignation of the Klimt Group from the Secession did its members succeed in developing a more moderate, independent line, in which atmosphere played a major role.

After World War I

After 1918, the formal language of the Hagenbund came to dominate artistic activity in Vienna, and in the 1920s it provided the most important focus for new artistic currents. Among its members during this period were Theodore Fried, Oskar Laske, Anton Hanak,

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, Georg Mayer-Marton, George Merkel, Sergius Pauser, Fritz Schwarz-Waldegg, Otto Rudolf Schatz,

Albin Egger-Lienz Albin Egger-Lienz (29 January 1868 – 4 November 1926) was an Austrian painter known especially for rustic genre and historical paintings. Career He was born in Dölsach-Stribach near Lienz, in what was the county of Tyrol. He was the natural s ...

and

Oskar Kokoschka Oskar Kokoschka (1 March 1886 – 22 February 1980) was an Austrian artist, poet, playwright, and teacher best known for his intense expressionistic portraits and landscapes, as well as his theories on vision that influenced the Viennese Expres ...

. They disassociated themselves from both the Secession and Expressionism on essential questions of aesthetics. They may have approved of the Expressionists’ search for

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, but the expressive formal solutions they found conflicted with the Hagenbund’s own artistic objectives.

The Dissolution of the Hagenbund in 1938

In March 1938, a few days after the

Anschluss The (, or , ), also known as the (, en, Annexation of Austria), was the annexation of the Federal State of Austria into the German Reich on 13 March 1938. The idea of an (a united Austria and Germany that would form a " Greater Germany ...

of Austria into the German Reich, the administration of both the Hagenbund and the

Secession Secession is the withdrawal of a group from a larger entity, especially a political entity, but also from any organization, union or military alliance. Some of the most famous and significant secessions have been: the former Soviet republics le ...

were brought into in to line with the thinking of the Nazi party by existing members of the respective organisation. In the case of the Hagenbund the leading figure was Leopold Blauensteiner and the art of the Hagenbund was described as ''Verfalstkunst'' or ''decadent art''. Many of the Jewish members of the Hagenbund were to flee from Austria at this point and the assets of the Hagenbund were re-allocated to the ''Association of Visual Artists''. It was declared defunct on 29 September 1938.

Members and Guest Members of the Hagenbund

This listing is taken from Chrastek. About 250 artists, architects and interior and graphic designers are listed, but as the Nazis destroyed the archives of the Hagenbund in September 1939, the listing has had to be reconstructed and may be incomplete. In addition just under 1,300 guest artists exhibited at Hagenbund exhibitions. These included Edgar Degas, Josef Dobrowsky,

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, Edvard Munch,

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Ordinary Members

*Friedrich Aduatz (1907-1994) *Artur Oscar Alexander (1876-1953) *Eduard Amseder (1856-1938) *Robin Christian Andersen (1890-1969) * Hugo Baar (1873-1912) *Rudolph Bachmann (1877-1933) *Gustav Bamberger (1861-1936) * Otto Barth (1876-1916) *Franz Barwig (1868-1931) Sculptor *Otto Bariedl (1881-1961) *Hans Sidonius Becker (1895-1945) *Josep Johann Beyer (1861-1933) * Leopold Blauensteiner (1880-1947) *Anton Bleichsteiner (1879-1963) *Peter Breithut (1869-1930) *Hans Bren (1900-1974) *Otto Bruenauer (1877-1912) *Rudolf Buchner (1894-1962) *Leopold Burger (1861-1903) *Alfred Cossmann (1870-1951) * Wunibald Deininger (1879 -1963) Architect *Leo Delitz (1882-1965). Emigrated to London 1938 *Josef Dobner (1898-1972) Sculptor *Thomas Dobner (1903-1971). Architect * Ferdinand Dorsch (1875-1938) *Richard Drasche-Wartinberg (1850-1923) *Viktor Echhardt von Eckardsburg (1864-1946) * Georg Ehrlich (1897-1966) Sculptor and Graphic Artist. Emigrated to England 1937. *Carl Fahringer (1874-1952) *Rudolf Fanner (1879-1959) Sculptor *Oskar Felgel (1876-1957) *

Béni Ferenczy Béni Ferenczy (18 June 1890 – 2 June 1967) was a Hungarian sculptor, medalist and graphic artist. Early life and education Béni Ferenczy was born in 1890 in Szentendre, Hungary, the second son of Károly Ferenczy and Olga Fialka, bo ...

(1890-1967). Sculptor and Graphic artist *Robert Fink (1878-1950) *Johannes Fischer (1888-1955) *Josef Floch (1894-1977) Emigrated to the USA, 1941 *Raoul Frank (1876-1939) * Theodore Fried (1902-1980) Emigrated to the USA, 1942 *Eduard Gaertner (1890-1966) *Johann Nepomuk Geller (1860-1954) *

Tibor Gergely Tibor Gergely ( August 3, 1900 – January 13, 1978) was a Hungarian-American artist best known for his illustration of popular children's picture books. His work was part of the painting event in the art competition at the 1928 Summer Olympics ...

(1900-1978) Emigrated to the USA, 1939 *Raimund Germela (1868-1945) *Jacob Glasner (1879-1942) * Alexander Demetrius Goltz (1857-1944) *

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(1883-1934) *Ferdinand Ludwig Graf 1868-1932) *Adolf Gross (1873-1937) *Fritz Gross (1895-1969). Emigrated to London 1938 *Karl Josef Gunsam (1900-1972) * Gustav Gurschner (1873-!970). Sculptor *Sigmund Walter Hampel. (1867-1949) *Felix Albrecht Harta(1884-1967) *Kark Ludwig Hassmann (1869-1933) *Karl Hauk (1898-1974) *Carry Hauser (1895-1985) * Hans von Hayek (1869-1940) *Fritz Hegenbart (1864-1943) *Emanuel Franz Hegenbarth (1866-1923) *Rolf Eugen Heger (1892-1954) Architect *Wilhelm Hedger (1868-1942) *Josef Heu (1876-1952) *Hans Hloucal (1888-1944) Architect and interior designer *August Hoffmann von Vestenhof (1849-1923) *Otto Hoffmann (1866- after 1937) Architect and interior designer *Karl Huck ((1876- 1926) *Josef Humplik (1888-1958) Sculptor * Bohumír Jaroněk (1866-1933) *Georg Jung (1899-1957) *Julius Paul Junghanns (1876-1958) *Ludwig Heinrich Jungnickel (1881- 1965) *Rudolf Junk (1880-1943) *Maximilian Kahrer (1878-1937) *Eduard Kasparides (1858-1926) *Wilhelm Kaufmann (1895–1975) *Alfred Keller (1875-1945) Architect *Theodor Kern (1900-1969) *Wilhelm Klier (1900-1968) *Robert Kloss (1889-1950) *Friedrich von Knapitsch (1880- 1962) *Robert Kohl (1891-1944) *Rudolf Konopa (1864-1936) *

Ludvík Kuba Ludvík Kuba (April 16, 1863 in Poděbrady, Bohemia – November 30, 1956 in Prague) was a Czech landscape painter, musician, writer, professor in the Academy of Fine Arts Prague, Academy of Fine Arts. He was a representative of the Late-Impre ...

(1863-1956) * Gotthardt Kuehl (1850-1915) *Erwin Lang (1886-1962) *Carl Olof Larsson (1853-1919) *Oskar Laske (1874-1951) * Heinrich Lefler (1863-1919) *Franz Lerch ((1895-1975) Forced to emigrate to New York in 1939 as his wife was Jewish. *Hans Letz (1908-1983) *Alfred Loeb (1885 -before 1945). Died at

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*Jacob Low (1887-1968). Emigrated to Palestine in 1939. *Adolf Luntz(1875-1924) *Richard Lux (1877-1939) *Karl Markus (1899-1974) * Georg Mayer-Marton (1897-1960) Emigrated in 1938 to England and died at Liverpool *

Karl Mediz Karl Mediz (4 June 1868, in Vienna – 11 January 1945, in Dresden) was an Austrian landscape and portrait painter. Many of his works are in the Symbolist style. Biography He was born into a family of merchants and was raised by his aunt in Z ...

(1868-1945) *Georg Merkel (1881-1976) *Ferdinand Michl (1877-1951) *Fritz Berthold Neuhaus (1882- ?after 1950) *Robert Oerley (1876-1945) Architect, designer and artist * Karl O'Lynch von Town (1869-1942) CarlOLynch AlmLandschaft

*Ernst Paar (1906-1986) *Robert Pajer-Gartegen (1886-1944) *

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(1876-1944) Died at

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* (1855-1936) *Ernst Payer(1862-1937) *

Anton Peschka Anton Emanuel Peschka (21 February 1885, Vienna - 9 September 1940, Vienna) was an Austrian painter. Biography After receiving a commercial education, he took his first art lessons with Robert Scheffer. He then studied at the Academy of Fine Ar ...

(1885-1940) *Georg Pevetz (1983-1971) *Robert Phillipi (1877-1959) *Karl Pippich (1862-1932) *Viktor Planckh (1904-1941) *Rudolf Pointner (1907-1991) *Franz Polzer (1875-1930) Architect *Heribert Potuznik (1910-1984) *

Michael Powolny Michael Powolny (18 September 1871 – 4 January 1954) was an Austrian sculptor, medallist, ceramist, designer, and teacher. Powolny was born in Judenburg. He was trained at Tonindustrie in Znaim, and from 1894 to 1901 in the Wiener Kunstgewer ...

(1871-1954) Potter and sculptor *Lois Pregartbauer (1899-1971) *Alfons Purtscher (1885-1962) *Friedrich von Radler (1876-1942) *Hans Ranzoni der Ältere (1868-1956) *Johann Rathausky (1858-1912) * Maximilian Reinitz (1872-1935) *Paul Johann Ress (1878-1952) *Albert Reuss (1889-1975) *Heinrich Revy (1883-1949) * Ferdinand von Rezniček (1868-1909) *Gottfried Richter (1904-1968) *Thomas Riss (1871-1959) *Augustin Roth (1864-1952) *Josef Karl Rumpold (1893-1943) *Herbert Schaffgotsch (1860-1943) *Emerich Schaffran (1883-1962) *Otto Rudolf Schatz (1900-1961) *Robert Schiff (1869-1935) *Ferdinand Schirnböck (1859-1930) * Fritz Schwarz-Waldegg (1889-1942} *Alois Leopold Seibold (1879-1951) *

Kazimierz Sichulski Kazimierz Sichulski (17 January 1879, Lviv – 6 November 1942, Lviv) was a Polish painter, lithographer and caricaturist; associated with the Young Poland movement. His work was part of the Art competitions at the 1928 Summer Olympics#Painting, p ...

(1879-1942) *Rudolf Sieck (1877-1957) *Imre Simay (1874-1955) *Ferdinand Staeger (1880-1976) *Heinz Steiner (1905-1974) *Karl Stemolak (1875-1954) *Josef Straka (1864-1946) *Ferdinand Stransky (1904-1981) *Theodor Stundl (1875-1934) * Eugen Sturm-Skrla (1894-1943) *Emil Strecker (1841-1925) *Maximilian Suppantschitsch (1865-1953) * Josef Tautenhayn (1837-1911) * Franz Thiele (1868-1945) * Eduard Thöny (1866-1950) *Viktor Tischler (1890-1951) *Heinrich Tomec (1863-1928) *Rudolf Tropsch (1870-?) Architect and furniture designer *

(1872-1933) Architect, Opera designer *Henryk Uziembło (1879-1949) *Ernst Wagner (1877-1951) *Alfred Wesemann (1874-?) *Konrad Widter (1861-1904) *Karl Alexander Wilke (1879-1954) *Hans Wilt (1867-1917) *Wilhelm Wodnansky (1876-1958) *

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(1886-1954) *Heinrich Zita (1882-1951) *

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(1852-1927) *

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(1860-1920) *

Heinrich von Zügel Heinrich Johann von Zügel (22 October 1850, Murrhardt – 30 January 1941, Munich) was a German painter who specialized in pictures of farm and domestic animals, often posed with a human in a dramatic or humorous situation. Life Beginning in 1 ...

(1850-1941) *Ludwig von Zumbusch (1861-1927)

Extraordinary Members

These were female artists who from 1924 onwards could participate in discussions and exhibit their paintings, but had no right to vote. *

Anna Lesznai Anna Lesznai (3 January 1885 – 2 October 1966) was a Hungarian-born American writer, painter, designer, and key figure in the Hungarian avant-garde. Life and work Amália J. Moskowitz (familiarly known as ''Máli'') was born in Budapest. Sh ...

(1885-1966) *

Bettina Ehrlich Bettina Ehrlich, ''née'' Bauer, (10 March 1903 – 10 October 1985) was an Austrian painter and illustrator of children's books, many of which she also wrote. She lived briefly in Berlin and Paris, and from 1938 in England. Family and educ ...

(1903-1985) * Hermine Aichenegg (1915-2007) * Anny Schröder-Ehrenfest (1898-1972) * Elsa Kalmár von Köveshazi (1876-1956) * Frieda Salvendy (1887-1968) * Hildegard Jone-Humplik (1891-1963) * Johanna Kampmann-Freund (1888-1940) * Lilly Steiner (1884-1961) * Maria Fischer (1886-1955) * Nora Purtscher-Wydenbruck (1894-1959) * Franziska Zach (1900-1930)

Corresponding members

* Georg Wrba (1872-1939) *

Jan Štursa Jan Josef Štursa (15 May 1880 in Nové Město na Moravě – 2 May 1925 in Prague) was a Czech sculptor, one of founders of modern Czech sculpture. Birth and studies Štursa was born in mountainous area of Vysočina Region. He studied masonry ...

(1880-1925) * Hugo Boettinger (1880-1934)

Guest members

Anton Faistauer Anton Faistauer (14 February 1887, Sankt Martin bei Lofer – 13 February 1930, Vienna) was an Austrian Expressionist painter. Life He came from a family of farmers, grew up near Maishofen and originally wanted to be a priest. After a meeting ...

(1887-1930) *

Anton Kolig Anton Kolig (1 July 1886 – 17 May 1950) was an Austrian Expressionism, expressionist painter. Biography Anton Kolig was born in Neutitschein as the son of salon artist Ferdinant Kolig. He studied at the Vienna School of Arts and Crafts with O ...

(1886-1950) * Ernst Stöhr (1860-1917) * Franz Wiegele (1887-1944) * Georg Gerlach (1874-1962) * Helene Funke (1869-1957) *

Leopold Forstner Leopold Forstner (2 November 1878 in Bad Leonfelden, Upper Austria – 5 November 1936 in Stockerau) was an artist who was part of the Viennese Secession movement, working in the Jugendstil style, focusing particularly on the mosaic as a form. Bio ...

(1878-1936) *

(1886-1980) * Stephanie Hollenstein (1886-1944) * Trude Waehner (1900-1979)

References

External links

Exhibition catalogues of the Hagenbund in the digital library of Belvedere, Vienna
{{Authority control Austrian artist groups and collectives Expressionist artists 1899 establishments in Austria