Oskar Alexander
Oskar Alexander | |
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née Schneefuss) Alexander | |
Children | Liselotte (b. 1922) |
Relatives | Viktor Alexander (stepbrother) Samuel David Alexander (cousin) Šandor Alexander (cousin) |
Oskar Artur Alexander (February 20, 1876 – April 16, 1953) was a Croatian academic painter and professor.[1]
Background and family
Alexander was born in
Alexander was married to
Education and career
From 1894 to 1899, Alexander studied at the
In Paris, he also socialized with Antun Gustav Matoš, who shared a room with Alexander. With Vlaho Bukovac, Viktor Kovačić and others, he co-founded the "Association of Croatian Artists". In 1900 he presented his work in Paris and Munich. From 1908, Alexander was an active member of Hagenbund. In 1912, the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia provincial government named him Professor of Fine Arts. Alexander was friends with Croatian politician and royal commissioner Slavko Cuvaj.
During World War I, Alexander was a war painter, outlining compositions on the battlefield which he later transferred to canvas. Because of that he received the medal from Franz Joseph I of Austria. Among many, Alexander portrayed Engelbert Dollfuss, Vladko Maček and Josip Broz Tito while he visited his sister in Samobor, 1948.[4][5] On May 12, 1937, in Vienna Glaspalast, Alexander presented 138 paintings, while Alexander Löhr opened the exhibition.[6]
Death
Alexander died on April 16, 1953, in Samobor heartbroken by the
See also
References
- ^ "Album sjećanja i nade". Vjesnik (in Croatian). March 6, 2011. Archived from the original on March 7, 2011. Retrieved 2012-07-11.
- ^ Snješka Knežević (2011, p. 88)
- ^ Goldstein (2005, pp. 287, 288)
- ^ a b c (in Croatian) Božena Šurina; Aleksander (Alexander), Oskar Artur; Hrvatski biografski leksikon; 1; 1983 Zagreb; 71.
- ^ a b c (in Croatian) Božena Šurina; Aleksander, Oskar Artur; Likovna enciklopedija Jugoslavije; I; 1984 Zagreb; 6.
- ^ (in Croatian) Neue Freie Presse, 12.V.1937.; Reichspost, 12.V.1937.; Neues Wiener Journal, 13.V.1937.; Neues Wiener Tagblatt, 13.V.1937.; Wiener Neueste Nachrichten, 13.V.1937.; 29.V.1937.; Wiener Zeitung, br.131, 13.V.1937.; Volks Zeitung, 14.V.1937.; Hrvatski Dnevnik 22.VI.1937.
Bibliography
- Snješka Knežević, Aleksander Laslo (2011). Židovski Zagreb. Zagreb: AGM, Židovska općina Zagreb. ISBN 978-953-174-393-8.
- Goldstein, Ivo (2005). Židovi u Zagrebu 1918 - 1941. Zagreb: Novi Liber. ISBN 953-6045-23-0.