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Hans Zatzka (8 March 1859 – 17 December 1945 or 1949) was an
Hans Zatzka was born on 8 March 1859 in Vienna. His father Bartholomaüs was a construction worker, and his mother was Marie Karpischek Zatzka.
Between 1877 and 1882, he studied at the Academie des Beaux-Arts, under
Many of Zatzka's works were religious paintings and altar pieces dedicated to various churches in Austria. However, he is more known for his paintings of women, fairies, and other fantastical scenes. Often, he would draw inspiration from the works of
File:Hans Zatzka Die Versuchung.jpg, ''The Temptation''
File:Hans Zatzka Madonna mit Christuskind und Putti.jpg, ''Madonna and Child with Angels''
File:Hans Zatzka Zwei Frauen und eine Ziege.jpg, ''Two Women and a Goat''
File:Sledding by Hans Zatzka.jpg, ''Sledding''
File:Hans Zatzka Blumenreigen.jpg, ''Blumenreigen'', ca. 1900
Artwork by Zatzka
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Austrian
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Academic
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and fantasy
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painter
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. He has sometimes been known as P. Ronsard, Pierre de Ronsard, or H. Zabateri, and signed many of his works as Joseph Bernard, J. Bernard, or Bernard Zatzka. The purpose of Zatzka's vast array of pseudonyms was to avoid penalties of breaking contracts which limited the amount of artwork he could sell. This has caused some art databases to conflate Zatzka's work under the pseudonym Joseph Bernard with the French sculptor with the same name.
Biography
Hans Zatzka was born on 8 March 1859 in Vienna. His father Bartholomaüs was a construction worker, and his mother was Marie Karpischek Zatzka.
Between 1877 and 1882, he studied at the Academie des Beaux-Arts, 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 ...
, Carl Wurzinger
Carl Wurzinger (1 June 1817, Vienna - 16 March 1883, Vienna) was an Austrian history painter and a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna.
Life and work
His father was the caretaker for an estate. In 1832, at the age of fourteen, he beca ...
, and Karl von Blaas
Karl von Blaas (28 April 1815 – 19 March 1894) was an Austrian painter known for his portraits and religious compositions executed on canvas as well as in the form of frescoes.
Biography
Carl Von Blaas was born to a peasant family at Nauders i ...
.
Zatzka was able to earn a living through the production of frescoes
Fresco (plural ''frescos'' or ''frescoes'') is a technique of mural painting executed upon freshly laid ("wet") lime plaster. Water is used as the vehicle for the dry-powder pigment to merge with the plaster, and with the setting of the plaste ...
for churches and other institutions.
In 1885, Zatzka was commissioned to create the ceiling fresco ''The Naiad of Baden'' at Kurhaus Baden.
Artwork
Many of Zatzka's works were religious paintings and altar pieces dedicated to various churches in Austria. However, he is more known for his paintings of women, fairies, and other fantastical scenes. Often, he would draw inspiration from the works of Richard Wagner
Wilhelm Richard Wagner ( ; ; 22 May 181313 February 1883) was a German composer, theatre director, polemicist, and conductor who is chiefly known for his operas (or, as some of his mature works were later known, "music dramas"). Unlike most op ...
and the fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm
The Brothers Grimm ( or ), Jacob (1785–1863) and Wilhelm (1786–1859), were a brother duo of German academics, philologists, cultural researchers, lexicographers, and authors who together collected and published folklore. They are among the ...
.
In the late 19th and early 20th century, several pieces by Zatzka were photographed and made into commercial and collectable postcards.
During the 1920s, Zatzka's style became the decor of choice throughout Europe. In addition, the previous thirty years held a resurgence for Zatzka.
Currently, most of Zatzka's paintings reside in private collections.
Sales
Between 1997 and 2008, 619 of his paintings had been sold, amounting to a total value of $945,495. On average his paintings sell for $49,762. The greatest sum a painting has garnered in auction was $176,988. In 2007, Zatka's 'A superb pair of oval paintings on canvas' sold at the Aspire Auctions for $53,763.Legacy
In 2004, Somalia created stamps with four Zatzka motifs: a harem dancer, a few nymphs, a spring goddess, and the night sky.Awards
*1880: Golden FügermedalGallery
References
External links
Artwork by Zatzka
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