Snowy Landscape
Fritz Hegenbart (Salzburg 1864 - Bayrisch-Gmain 1943)
Lot-No. 117
Oil/canvas, 36 x 50 cm, lo. ri. sign. Hegenbart, min. rest. - Austrian-German painter, draughtsman and graphic artist. Like his father he became musician before studying at the Prague academy since 1886. In 1888 he moved to Munich, later he became a student of the Städel school in Frankfurt. The duke of Hassia provided him with a studio in Darmstadt in 1907, but in 1910 H. returned to his native town before settling definitely in Munich. He mainly worked as graphic artist - among others for 'Jugend', before turning to monumental paintings in 1910, that stand out among his oeuvre. Mus.: Magdeburg. Lit.: Thieme-Becker.
Fritz Hegenbart: Snowy Landscape
Fritz Hegenbart (Salzburg 1864 - Bayrisch-Gmain 1943)
Snowy Landscape
Lot-No. 117
Oil/canvas, 36 x 50 cm, lo. ri. sign. Hegenbart, min. rest. - Austrian-German painter, draughtsman and graphic artist. Like his father he became musician before studying at the Prague academy since 1886. In 1888 he moved to Munich, later he became a student of the Städel school in Frankfurt. The duke of Hassia provided him with a studio in Darmstadt in 1907, but in 1910 H. returned to his native town before settling definitely in Munich. He mainly worked as graphic artist - among others for 'Jugend', before turning to monumental paintings in 1910, that stand out among his oeuvre. Mus.: Magdeburg. Lit.: Thieme-Becker.