Hugo Baar (3 March 1873,

Nový Jičín Nový Jičín (; german: Neutitschein) is a town in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 23,000 inhabitants. The historic centre of Nový Jičín is well preserved and is protected by law as an urban monument reservatio ...

– 18 June 1912,

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) was a Moravian-German landscape painter.

Biography

His father was a merchant. After attending a German gymnasium, he learned weaving at a local arts and crafts school from 1889 to 1892. Later, he was able to enroll 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 ...

, where he studied with the landscape painter, Rudolf Ribarz, and the

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, where his primary instructors were

Gabriel von Hackl Gabriel (von) Hackl (24 March 1843 – 5 June 1926) was a German historicist painter. Life and work He was born in Maribor, Lower Styria, Austrian Empire. A surgeon's son, he attended the gymnasium in his home town and the city school in Gr ...

and

Heinrich Knirr Heinrich Knirr (2 September 1862 – 26 May 1944) was an Austrian-born German painter, known for genre scenes and portraits, although he also did landscapes and still-lifes. He is best-known for creating the official portrait of Adolf Hitler for ...

.Brief biography
@ Galerie Osobností. In 1903, he married the daughter of a hat factory manager and had his first showing in Vienna, where he participated in an exhibition staged by 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 ...

and became a member of that group. The following year, he had a solo exhibition in

Olomouc Olomouc (, , ; german: Olmütz; pl, Ołomuniec ; la, Olomucium or ''Iuliomontium'') is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 99,000 inhabitants, and its larger urban zone has a population of about 384,000 inhabitants (2019). Located on th ...

, near his birthplace. After resettling there, he made the acquaintance of

Bohumír Jaroněk Bohumír Jaroněk (23 April 1866, Zlín – 18 January 1933, Zlín) was a Czech painter of landscapes and founder of the Wallachian Open Air Museum in Rožnov pod Radhoštěm. He worked with watercolors, temperas, and oil paints. Biography He c ...

, a member of the "Association of Moravian Artists" (SVUM) who enabled him to exhibit with that organization. In 1907, he was one of the founding members of the local Museum Association. He also exhibited in

Brno Brno ( , ; german: Brünn ) is a city in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. Located at the confluence of the Svitava and Svratka rivers, Brno has about 380,000 inhabitants, making it the second-largest city in the Czech Republic ...

with the "Mährischer Kunstverein", the German equivalent of the SVUM. At this time, he came under the influence of

Gustav Klimt Gustav Klimt (July 14, 1862 – February 6, 1918) was an Austrian symbolist painter and one of the most prominent members of the Vienna Secession movement. Klimt is noted for his paintings, murals, sketches, and other objets d'art. Klimt's prim ...

and was associated with 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 Austri ...

. Later he helped establish the "Association of German-Moravian Visual Artists" in Brno and became its Vice-Chairman. The Chairman was

Hugo Charlemont Hugo Charlemont (18 March 1850 – 18 April 1939) was an Austrian painter. Born in Jemnice, Moriva he was the son of Matthais Adolf Charlemont. He studied art at the Academy of Fine Arts. He died in Vienna. Life Charlemont was born in Jemnice, M ...

, but Baar organized all of the group's activities. In 1910, he travelled extensively throughout Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands. He died suddenly in 1912, while working on a contract for lithographs, in Munich.

Selected paintings

Hugo Baar - Eine Wiesenlandschaft mit Bauernhof.jpg, Meadow Landscape
with Farm File:Hugo Baar - Zimní krajina.jpg, Winter Landscape Hugo Baar - Gebirgsweg in den Beskiden.jpg, Mountain Path in the

Beskids The Beskids or Beskid Mountains ( pl, Beskidy, cs, Beskydy, sk, Beskydy, rue, Бескиды (''Beskydŷ''), ua, Бескиди (''Beskydy'')) are a series of mountain ranges in the Carpathians, stretching from the Czech Republic in the west a ...

Baar-hugo-1873-1912-austria-vecerni-nalada.jpg, Evening Mood

References

External links

ArtNet: More works by Baar.Hugo Baar
@ abART {{DEFAULTSORT:Baar, Hugo 1873 births 1912 deaths People from Nový Jičín Artists from the Margraviate of Moravia Moravian-German people Austrian landscape painters 19th-century Austrian painters 19th-century Austrian male artists Members of the Vienna Secession Academy of Fine Arts Vienna alumni Painters from Austria-Hungary Emigrants from Austria-Hungary to Germany

Biography

Selected paintings

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