Heinrich Rauchinger (1858–1942) was a
Kraków
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-born
history painter
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and
portrait painter
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Life
Rauchinger was born .
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During the years 1878-1879 he studied at the ]Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts
The Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków ( pl, Akademia Sztuk Pięknych im. Jana Matejki w Krakowie, usually abbreviated to ''ASP''), is a public institution of higher education located in the centre of Kraków, Poland. It is the oldest Pol ...
in Kraków under Jan Matejko
Jan Alojzy Matejko (; also known as Jan Mateyko; 24 June 1838 – 1 November 1893) was a Poles, Polish painting, painter, a leading 19th-century exponent of history painting, known for depicting nodal events from Polish history. His works includ ...
and afterwards at 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 ...
under August Eisenmenger
August Eisenmenger (11 February 1830 – 7 December 1907) was an Austrian painter of portraits and historical subjects.
Life
He was born in Vienna. At the age of fifteen, Eisenmenger was already a student at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna and ...
and Christian Griepenkerl
Christian Griepenkerl (17 March 1839 – 22 March 1916) was a German painter and professor at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna.
Biography
Griepenkerl was born to one of Oldenburg's leading families. As a young man, he heeded the advice of his f ...
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In 1886, after graduating, a scholarship enabled him to spend two years in Italy, especially in ]Rome
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,[ where he completed his training and did numerous landscape studies.
From 1888 he lived as a freelance artist in ]Vienna
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,[ where he presented his works at many painting exhibitions. In the years 1883–1899 he also exhibited at the ]Kraków Society of Friends of Fine Arts
The Kraków Society of Friends of Fine Arts ( pl, Towarzystwo Przyjaciół Sztuk Pięknych w Krakowie, TPSP) is a social group of artists, artisans and their supporters founded in Kraków in 1854, under the Austrian Partition of Poland. Today, the ...
. In 1894 he participated in an exhibition of Polish art in Lviv
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He mainly dealt with portrait painting, creating portraits of Walter Breisky
Walter Breisky (8 July 1871 – 25 September 1944) was an Austrian jurist, civil servant, and politician.
Nominated by the Christian Social Party, Breisky served as minister of education and the interior from July to November 1920, as the vice c ...
, Bertha von Suttner
Bertha Sophie Felicitas Freifrau von Suttner (; ; 9 June 184321 June 1914) was an Austrian-Bohemian pacifist and novelist. In 1905, she became the second female Nobel laureate (after Marie Curie in 1903), the first woman to be awarded the Nobel ...
, and Stefan Zweig
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. He also designed book covers for ''Dzieje Polski'' (History of Poland) by .
In 1895 Rauchinger converted from Judaism
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to Catholicism
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. After the joining of Austria with the Third Reich, he became a victim of Nazi
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terror. On 10 July 1942, at the age of 84, he was arrested and deported. He died on in Theresienstadt
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.[ His last place of residence before deportation was in ]Leopoldstadt
Leopoldstadt (; bar, Leopoidstod, "Leopold-Town") is the 2nd municipal district of Vienna (german: 2. Bezirk) in Austria. there are 103,233 inhabitants over . It is situated in the heart of the city and, together with Brigittenau (20th distr ...
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Works (selection)
*An early painting from 1886 with the Polish
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title ''W katordze'' ("In prison"), oil on canvas, 114 × 178 cm, is on display in the National Museum, Kraków
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*Four portraits in oil on canvas from around 1897–1920 are in the collection of the Jewish Museum in Prague
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*Portrait of Walter Breisky
Walter Breisky (8 July 1871 – 25 September 1944) was an Austrian jurist, civil servant, and politician.
Nominated by the Christian Social Party, Breisky served as minister of education and the interior from July to November 1920, as the vice c ...
, 1922. Oil on canvas, approx. 110 × 90 cm, Museum of Military History, Vienna
The Museum of Military History – Military History Institute (german: Heeresgeschichtliches Museum – Militärhistorisches Institut) in Vienna is the leading museum of the Austrian Armed Forces. It documents the history of Austrian ...
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References
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1858 births
1942 deaths
Artists from Kraków
History painters
Portrait painters
Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts alumni
Academy of Fine Arts Vienna alumni
People from Leopoldstadt
Converts to Roman Catholicism from Judaism
Austrian people who died in the Theresienstadt Ghetto
Polish expatriates in Austria