Franz von Matsch
Franz Josef Karl Edler von Matsch (16 September 1861, in Vienna – 5 October 1942, in Vienna), also known as Franz Matsch, was an Austrian painter and sculptor in the Jugendstil style. Along with Gustav and Ernst Klimt, he was a member of the Maler-Companie. He painted Achilles in Achillion Museum in Corfu.
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Franz von Matsch

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- Full name
- Franz Josef Karl Matsch.
- Born
- 1861. · Vienna.
- Died
- 1942. · Vienna.
- Nationality
- Austria.
- Occupation
- painter, sculptor and university teacher.
- Honours
- Goethe Medal for Art and Science.
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Franz Josef Karl Edler von Matsch (16 September 1861, in Vienna – 5 October 1942, in Vienna), also known as Franz Matsch, was an Austrian painter and sculptor in the Jugendstil style. Along with Gustav and Ernst Klimt, he was a member of the Maler-Companie. He painted Achilles in Achillion Museum in Corfu.
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Recorded at birth as Franz Josef Karl Matsch. Born at Vienna in 1861, died in Vienna in 1942.
Otto Prutscher is recorded as having studied under Franz von Matsch. Work by Franz von Matsch is recorded in the collections of Belvedere, Kunsthistorisches Museum and Achilleion. Distinctions recorded are Goethe Medal for Art and Science.

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- Franz von Matsch. Ein Wiener Maler der Jahrhundertwende. Exhibit catalog. Vienna: Museen der Stadt Wien, 1981
- Alfred Weidinger, Agnes Husslein-Arco: Gustav Klimt und die Künstler-Compagnie. Belvedere, Vienna 2007,
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