Hermann Beyfuss
Hermann Beyfuss (also Beyfus; 7 May 1857 – 2 March 1898) was a painter from Austria-Hungary.
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Hermann Beyfuss

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- Name
- Hermann Beyfuss
- Born
- 7 May 1857
- Birthplace
- Vienna, Austria-Hungary
- Died
- 2 March 1898
- Education
- Academy of Fine Arts Vienna Academy of Fine Arts Munich
- Known for
- Genre painting, portraits
- Full name
- Hermann Beyfus.
- Nationality
- Austria–Hungary.
- Occupation
- painter and artist.
- Fields
- portrait and genre.
- Languages
- German.
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Biography
Biography
Hermann Beyfuss studied at Academy of Fine Arts Vienna and Academy of Fine Arts, Munich. The recorded working language is German. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait and genre. Places of work recorded in the authority are Vienna. Work by Hermann Beyfuss is recorded in the collections of Musée d'Orsay and Vienna City Hall.
Photo of a group of artists who exhibited in Baden-Baden, in the Badener Salon, 1895. The description on the photo tells us who can be seen there: Staudacher, painter from Baden; Moppert, painter from Baden; Director Schall from Baden; Hamacher, painter from Baden; Miss Dietrich from Baden; Backmund, painter from Munich; Volkers, painter from Düsseldorf; Vilma Parlaghy from Berlin; Beyfus, painter
Heike Kronenwett, Walter Metzler: Baden-Baden um 1900, Erfurt 2009, p. 94
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Hermann Beyfuss • Born — 7 May 1857 • Birthplace — Vienna, Austria-Hungary • Died — 2 March 1898 • Place of death — Vienna, Austria-Hungary • Education — Academy of Fine Arts Vienna Academy of Fine Arts Munich • Known for — Genre painting, portraits
Life
Life
• Illustration — Photograph of a group of artists who exhibited works in Baden-Baden, in the Badener Salon (1895) Hermann Beyfuss was born in Vienna on 7 May 1857. He studied from 1874 at the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna under Christian Griepenkerl and Carl Wurzinger; he also studied at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich. He was active in Vienna; and in 1885 became a member of the Vienna Künstlerhaus, where he exhibited mainly genre scenes and portraits. He died in Vienna on 2 March 1898. • Illustration — Grave of Raimund Grübl, Heinrich Jaques and Hermann Beyfuss at the Hietzing Cemetery, Vienna
Beyfusgasse
Beyfusgasse
Beyfusgasse (Beyfus-alley), a Viennese street in Inzersdorf, Liesing, was named in 1954 after the painter. It was previously called Siedlergasse.
Gallery
Gallery
• Illustration — Die Lesestunde (1888) • Illustration — Briefübergabe im Salon • Illustration — Der Blumenliebhaber
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- 1.Thieme; Becker, eds. 1909, p. 571.
- 2.Trier 2021.
- 3.Autengruber 2014, p. 48.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 5
- Autengruber, Peter (2014). Lexikon der Wiener Straßennamen. Bedeutung, Herkunft, Hintergrundinformation frühere Bezeichnung(en). 9th ed. Vienna: Pichler-Verlag. p. 48.
- Trier, Dankmar (2021). "Beyfus, Hermann". In Beyer, Andreas; Savoy, Bénédicte; Tegethoff, Wolf (eds.). Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon - International Artist Database - Online. Berlin, New York: K. G. Saur. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
- Thieme, Ulrich; Becker, Felix, eds. (1909). "Beyfus, Hermann". In Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart. Vol. 3: Bassano–Bickham. Leipzig: E. A Seemann. p. 571.
- Gaugusch, Georg (2011). Wer einmal war. Das jüdische Großbürgertum Wiens 1800–1938. Vol. 1: A-K. Vienna: Amalthea. p. 1258. .
- Santifaller, Leo; Obermeyer-Marnach, Eva, eds. (1957). "Beyfuss, Hermann". In Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Vol. 1. Vienna: Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. p. 80.
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