Ferdinand Schmutzer
Ferdinand Schmutzer (21 May 1870 – 26 October 1928) was an Austrian photographer and engraver. His works are held in the permanent collections of many museums worldwide, including the National Museum of Western Art, the Freud Museum in London, the Minneapolis Institute of Art, the University of Michigan Museum of Art, the Detroit Institute of Arts, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, the Blanton Museum of Art, the Glasgow Museums Resource Centre, the Brooklyn Museum, the Neue Galerie Graz, the Ackland Art Museum, the Seattle Art Museum, the McClung Museum of Natural History & Culture, and the British Museum.
Also recorded as Ferdinand Schmutzer the Younger · Ferdinand, the younger Schmutzer · Prof. Ferdinand Schmutzer · Professor Ferdinand Schmutzer
Ferdinand Schmutzer
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- Name
- Ferdinand Schmutzer
- Born
- 21 May 1870
- Birthplace
- Vienna, Austria-Hungary
- Died
- 26 August 1928
- Place of death
- Vienna, First Austrian Republic
- Nationality
- Cisleithania · Austria
- Occupation
- painter · photographer · printmaker · university teacher · graphic artist · portraitist · exlibrist · etcher
- Fields
- portrait
- Languages
- German
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Biography
Helene Haasbauer-Wallrath and Carl Heinrich Walter Kühn are recorded as having studied under Ferdinand Schmutzer. The recorded working language is German. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait. Places of work recorded in the authority are Austria. Employment is recorded with Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. Work by Ferdinand Schmutzer is recorded in the collections of Minneapolis Institute of Art, Finnish National Gallery, Pau Casals Museum, Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest and Hungarian National Gallery.
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Ferdinand Schmutzer was born in Vienna, Austria, according to the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Getty Union List of Artist Names. Ferdinand Schmutzer died in Vienna, Austria, according to the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Getty Union List of Artist Names.
Döbling cemetery, grave of artist family Schmutzer
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Key facts
• Name — Ferdinand Schmutzer • Born — 21 May 1870 • Birthplace — Vienna, Austria-Hungary • Died — 26 August 1928 • Place of death — Vienna, First Austrian Republic
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Ferdinand Schmutzer lived from 21 May 1870 to 26 October 1928 and was an engraver, etcher, painter, photographer and printmaker. Ferdinand Schmutzer was born on 21 May 1870 and died on 26 October 1928.
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- “Ferdinand Schmutzer”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- 1.Ferdinand Schmutzer, the younger The Joachim Quartet Collection The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo. collection.nmwa.go.jp.
- 2.Sigmund Freud (1856–1939) Art UK. artuk.org.
- 3.Spinnerin, Ferdinand Schmutzer ^ Minneapolis Institute of Art. collections.artsmia.org.
- 4.Exchange: Flower Market. exchange.umma.umich.edu Dead link. August 2025.
- 5.The Kiss. www.dia.org.
- 6.Ferdinand Schmutzer. FAMSF Search the Collections. 2018-09-21.
- 7.Blanton Museum of Art - Untitled (seated woman sewing by fireplace). collection.bma.utexas.edu Dead link. April 2024.
- 8.Glasgow Museums Collections Online. collections.glasgowmuseums.com Dead link. August 2025.
- 9.Brooklyn Museum. www.brooklynmuseum.org.
- 10.Ferdinand Schmutzer - Zu restituierende Objekte Neue Galerie Graz. www.museum-joanneum.at.
- 11.The Lay Brother – Works – eMuseum. ackland.emuseum.com.
- 12.Sontag Nachmittag in Tyrol. art.seattleartmuseum.org.
- 13.Portrait of Glassware Manufacturer McClung Museum of Natural History & Culture. mcclungmuseum.utk.edu. 2017-05-03.
- 14.print British Museum. The British Museum.
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