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Karl Mediz (4 June 1868, in
He was born into a family of merchants and was raised by his aunt in
@ Wienbibliothek Digital. In 1888, at the artists' colony in
After Emilie's sudden death from heart failure in 1908, he was grief-stricken and never fully recovered. He held only one more showing, in Rome in 1911, then withdrew from public life and concentrated on drawing. He died just before the bombing of Dresden.
His estate soon passed into the hands of the new
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Karl Mediz (4 June 1868, in Vienna
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– 11 January 1945, in Dresden
Dresden (, ; Upper Saxon: ''Dräsdn''; wen, label= Upper Sorbian, Drježdźany) is the capital city of the German state of Saxony and its second most populous city, after Leipzig. It is the 12th most populous city of Germany, the fourth ...
) was an Austrian landscape and portrait painter. Many of his works are in the Symbolist
Symbolism was a late 19th-century art movement of French and Belgian origin in poetry and other arts seeking to represent absolute truths symbolically through language and metaphorical images, mainly as a reaction against naturalism and realis ...
style.
Biography
He was born into a family of merchants and was raised by his aunt in Znaim
Znojmo (; german: Znaim) is a town in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 33,000 inhabitants. Znojmo is the historical and cultural centre of southwestern Moravia and the second most populated town in the South Moravian ...
. Later, he worked at his uncle's general store in Retz
Retz is a town with a population of 4,168 in the Hollabrunn District in Lower Austria, Austria.
Geography
Retz is located in the north western Weinviertel in Lower Austria. The municipality's area covers 45,01 km². 11.83 percent of this ...
. After his artistic talents were discovered and favorably commented upon by Friedrich von Amerling
Friedrich von Amerling (14 April 1803 – 14 January 1887) was an Austro-Hungarian portrait painter in the court of Franz Josef. He was born in Vienna and was court painter between 1835 and 1880. With Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller he is one of ...
, he was sent to study 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 ...
, under 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 ...
and Fritz L’Allemand
Friedrich Wilhelm L'Allemand, known as Fritz (24 May 1812, Hanau - 20 September 1866, Vienna) was an Austrian history painter.
Biography
He came from a family of artists. His grandfather, Konrad Marcus Christian L'Allemand (1752-1830) was a we ...
. This was followed by studies in Munich with Paul Hermann Wagner (1852–1937) and Alexander Demetrius Goltz
Alexander Demetrius Goltz (25 January 1857, Püspökladány – 14 May 1944, Vienna) was a painter from Austria-Hungary and later Austria. He was also an illustrator and scenic designer.
Biography
He was the son of a railway engineer and, after ...
. He finished at the Académie Julian
The Académie Julian () was a private art school for painting and sculpture founded in Paris, France, in 1867 by French painter and teacher Rodolphe Julian (1839–1907) that was active from 1868 through 1968. It remained famous for the number ...
in Paris.Brief biography@ Wienbibliothek Digital. In 1888, at the artists' colony in
Dachau
Dachau () was the first concentration camp built by Nazi Germany, opening on 22 March 1933. The camp was initially intended to intern Hitler's political opponents which consisted of: communists, social democrats, and other dissidents. It is lo ...
, he met the painter, Emilie Pelikan, whom he married in 1891. Despite his acquaintance with Theodor von Hörmann
Theodor Hörmann von Hörbach (13 December 1840, in Imst – 1 July 1895, in Graz) was an Austrian landscape painter.
Biography
He began his career in the Austrian Army and served during the Second Italian War of Independence (known as the Sar ...
and recommendations from Fritz von Uhde
Fritz von Uhde (born Friedrich Hermann Carl Uhde; 22 May 1848 – 25 February 1911) was a German painter of genre and religious subjects. His style lay in-between Realism and Impressionism, he was once known as "Germany's outstanding impression ...
, Franz von Lenbach
Franz Seraph Lenbach, after 1882, Ritter von Lenbach (13 December 1836 – 6 May 1904), was a German painter known primarily for his portraits of prominent personalities from the nobility, the arts, and industry. Because of his standing in society ...
and Ludwig Hevesi, he and Emilie could not make any progress and lived in poverty. First, they moved to Krems an der Donau
Krems an der Donau () is a town of 23,992 inhabitants in Austria, in the federal state of Lower Austria. It is the fifth-largest city of Lower Austria and is approximately west of Vienna. Krems is a city with its own statute (or ''Statutarst ...
and, with the financial assistance of friends, he was able to study in Italy. In 1894, they settled in Dresden.
From 1902 to 1912, he was a member of the Hagenbund, who sponsored a joint exhibition for Mediz and Emilie 1903. He also exhibited in Vienna in 1904 and Berlin in 1905 and 1906.
After Emilie's sudden death from heart failure in 1908, he was grief-stricken and never fully recovered. He held only one more showing, in Rome in 1911, then withdrew from public life and concentrated on drawing. He died just before the bombing of Dresden.
His estate soon passed into the hands of the new East German
East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; german: Deutsche Demokratische Republik, , DDR, ), was a country that existed from its creation on 7 October 1949 until its dissolution on 3 October 1990. In these years the state ...
Communist régime and his works were forgotten until 1986, when an exhibition of his and Emilie's paintings was given at the Oberösterreichische Landesmuseen in Linz
Linz ( , ; cs, Linec) is the capital of Upper Austria and third-largest city in Austria. In the north of the country, it is on the Danube south of the Czech border. In 2018, the population was 204,846.
In 2009, it was a European Capital ...
.
References
Further reading
* Therese Backhausen: ''Ménage à trois. Emilie Mediz-Pelikan und Karl Mediz'', Doctoral Dissertation,University of Salzburg
The University of Salzburg (german: Universität Salzburg), also known as the Paris Lodron University of Salzburg (''Paris-Lodron-Universität Salzburg'', PLUS), is an Austrian public university in Salzburg, Salzburg municipality, Salzburg (state ...
, 2008
External links
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