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Ludwig Koch (disambiguation) Ludwig Koch is the name of: * Ludwig Koch (painter) (1866–1934), Austrian equestrian painter * Ludwig Carl Christian Koch (1825–1908), German entomologist and arachnologist * Ludwig Koch (sound recordist) (1881–1974), German-born British broa ...

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HGM Koch Oberst Rodakowski in der Schlacht bei Custozza 1866

Ludwig Koch (

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, 13 December 1866 – 26 November 1934) was an

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painter Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and ai ...

sculptor Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions. Sculpture is the three-dimensional art work which is physically presented in the dimensions of height, width and depth. It is one of the plastic arts. Durable sc ...

and

illustrator An illustrator is an artist who specializes in enhancing writing or elucidating concepts by providing a visual representation that corresponds to the content of the associated text or idea. The illustration may be intended to clarify complicat ...

Life

Koch became known mainly as a horse and

genre painter Genre painting (or petit genre), a form of genre art, depicts aspects of everyday life by portraying ordinary people engaged in common activities. One common definition of a genre scene is that it shows figures to whom no identity can be attached ...

. He was a guest at the

Spanish Riding School The Spanish Riding School (german: Spanische Hofreitschule) is an Austrian institution dedicated to the preservation of classical dressage and the training of Lipizzaner horses, based in Vienna, Austria, whose performances in the Hofburg are also ...

for many years, and recorded many of the school jumps artistically. In addition, he devoted himself to depictions of military history. He studied at the

Academy of Fine Arts in 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 ...

from 1883 to 1891 and was a pupil of

Siegmund L'Allemand Siegmund L’Allemand (8 March 1840, Vienna - 24 December 1910, Vienna) was an Austrian painter, known for history and war scenes, genre works and portraits. Biography His father, Thaddäus (1810-1872), was an engraver and his uncle was the his ...

and

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 ...

. Afterwards he was noted for paintings of Austrian military history, he received the special school prize for the painting ''General Pappenheim'' in 1889. In 1891, at the Viennese annual exhibition, he displayed the painting ''Baptism of Fire of the Dragoon Regiment Windisch-Graetz in the Battle of Kolin''. Even before 1914, Koch created

portraits A portrait is a painting, photograph, sculpture, or other artistic representation of a person, in which the face and its expressions are predominant. The intent is to display the likeness, personality, and even the mood of the person. For this re ...

and uniforms of the

Austro-Hungarian Army The Austro-Hungarian Army (, literally "Ground Forces of the Austro-Hungarians"; , literally "Imperial and Royal Army") was the ground force of the Austro-Hungarian Dual Monarchy from 1867 to 1918. It was composed of three parts: the joint arm ...

, which were often reproduced on postcards. He briefly served in the war as a war painter along the Italian front, but had to retire due to a kidney disease. Even after the collapse of the

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, Koch dedicated many works to the old army, but also created uniforms for the army of the First Republic.Liselotte Popelka: ''Vom Hurra zum Leichenfeld. Gemälde aus der Kriegsbildersammlung 1914-1918''. Vienna, 1981, p. 10 In addition to military subjects, the main themes of his genre paintings were scenes of the Viennese and of the imperial house (e.g. oil painting ''Ride of the Archduke - Crown Prince Franz Ferdinand to the Maneuver'' at the 590th art auction of the

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Vienna, 1970). Koch published several landscape collections and was an illustrator of many hippological works. One of his most famous works, "The Art of Riding in the Picture" is especially renowned among riders. He was also a member of the so-called ''Siebener Club'', an art association mainly composed of architects (including

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Joseph Maria Olbrich Joseph Maria Olbrich (22 December 1867 – 8 August 1908) was an Austrian architect and one of the Vienna Secession founders. Early life Olbrich was born in Opava, Austrian Silesia (now Czech Republic), the third child of Edmund and Aloisia O ...

and

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In the 1920s Koch was invited to the

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by the U. S. Polo Association, members of which had heard him spoken of abroad as "the finest painter of horses in the world," to come to the U. S. and make pictures of the International Polo matches. Despite the Association's attempt at promotion, Koch remained relatively unknown and eventually decided to return to Europe.Koch article in Time Magazine, 1927: https://web.archive.org/web/20070311212803/http://jcgi.pathfinder.com/time/magazine/article/0%2C9171%2C736940%2C00.html Ludwig Koch 1903 Jahudka

Ludwig Koch was buried in Vienna at the

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in a dedicated grave (group 39, number 241).

Works (selection)

* "Emperor Karl VI in front of Castle Neugebäude" by Ludwig Koch, 1930. Oil on wood, Berlin * ''Portrait

Friedrich von Beck-Rzikowsky Friedrich Graf von Beck-Rzikowsky (21 March 1830 – 9 March 1920), sometimes Friedrich Beck, was an Austrian Generaloberst and Chief of the general staff of the Imperial and Royal army from 1881 to 1906. Beck was born at Freiburg im Breisgau, an ...

'', 1913. Oil on canvas, 90x70 cm,

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* ''Rider Portrait Oberst Maximilian Ritter von Rodakowski at the top of the Trani-Ulanen in the Battle of Custozza on 24 June 1866'', 1908. Oil on canvas, 347x244 cm, Museum of Military History, Vienna * Faded Fanfares, 1932. Oil on canvas, 128x171 cm, Museum of Military History, Vienna Manfried Rauchensteiner, Manfred Litscher: ''Das Heeresgeschichtliche Museum in Wien''.

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, Vienna 2000, , p. 57. * ''Oberst Brosch von Aarenau at the top of the Tyrolean Kaiserjäger Nr. 2'', 1925. Oil on canvas, 100x70 cm, Museum of Military History, Vienna * ''Marching up of the Constitution formed on 1 May 1934 to the Vienna City Hall'', Oil on carton, Museum of Military History, Vienna

References

External links

Koch article in Time Magazine, 1927
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Koch, Ludwig 19th-century Austrian painters 19th-century Austrian male artists Austrian male painters 20th-century Austrian painters 1866 births 1934 deaths Painters from Vienna 20th-century Austrian male artists Painters from Austria-Hungary

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