Anton Nowak

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Anton Nowak (10 May 1865 – 28 May 1932) was an Austrian artist and graphic designer.

Life[edit]

Nowak was born in Maribor and studied at the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna under Christian Griepenkerl and Leopold Karl Müller.[1][2] In 1894, he joined the Vienna Künstlerhaus.[3]

He was a founding member of the Vienna Secession,[4] and had a work shown at the group's first exhibition.[5] Nowak contributed woodcuts to the group's magazine Ver Sacrum, taking inspiration from the northern Adriatic region.[1] He was on the group's working committee in 1898,[6] 1902,[7] and served as the group's president in 1908-09.[3]

He also painted watercolours of Austrian countryside and the city of Brno, where he ran a painting school. He may have died in the city, but this is not certain.[1][3]

Style[edit]

Nowak's paintings were brightly coloured and naturalistic; under the Secession's influence, he experimented with pointillism in the style of Théo van Rysselberghe. His work as a designer was firmly within the Secession's tradition.[1] He was influenced by Theodor von Hörmann.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d O Matulla (1976). "Anton Nowak". Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon 1815–1950. Vol. 7. p. 160.
  2. ^ Friedrich von Boetticher, ed. (1898). "Nowak, Anton". Malerwerke des neunzehnten Jahrhunderts. Vol. 2. p. 166. OL 5200838W.
  3. ^ a b c d "Painting "Großer Pyhrgas" by Anton Nowak, Austria, around 1900". Auctionata. Archived from the original on 2014-11-26. Retrieved 2014-10-26.
  4. ^ "Ordentliche Mitglieder" [Ordinary Members]. Ver Sacrum. 1: 28. 1898.
  5. ^ "Verzeichnis: der auf der 1. Ausstellung der Vereinigung Bildender Künstler Österreichs angekauften Kunstwerke". Ver Sacrum (8): 37. August 1898.
  6. ^ "Mittheilungen der Vereinigung Bildender Künstler". Ver Sacrum (5): 30. May 1899.
  7. ^ "Mitteilungen". Ver Sacrum (14): 218. 1902.
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