Robert Russ
Illustration — Palazzo Del Cammello, 1882 Robert Russ (1847 – 1922) was an Austrian painter.
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Robert Russ
Robert Russ · Public domain
- Born
- 1847 · Vienna.
- Died
- 1922 · Vienna.
- Nationality
- Austria
- Occupation
- painter · exlibrist · illustrator · watercolorist
- Fields
- landscape
- Teachers
- Albert Zimmermann
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Illustration — Palazzo Del Cammello, 1882 Robert Russ (1847 – 1922) was an Austrian painter.
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Training under Albert Zimmermann is recorded. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are landscape. Places of work recorded in the authority are Vienna. Work by Robert Russ is recorded in the collections of Belvedere, Kunsthistorisches Museum, National Portrait Gallery, Hermitage Museum and Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen.
Russ was born into a family of painters in 1847 in Vienna. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna under Albert Zimmermann, who led the department of landscape art. Russ later taught landscape painting at the academy and was, in 1888, elected an honorary member of the Academy. He heavily influenced Austrian landscape painting toward the end of the 19th century, painting primarily Austrian and Italian landscapes. He died in Vienna in 1922.
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Robert Russ is recorded as painter, exlibrist, illustrator and watercolorist.
View of the monastery Imbach with the ruin Senftenberg in the background, Kremstal, Lower Austria, (Wood engraving 19,3 x 13 cm)
Buch: Rudolf von Habsburg · Die österreichisch-ungarische Monarchie in Wort und Bild
„Marktplatz in Friesbach“ (Hauptplatz in Friesach in Kärnten)
Robert Russ · Illustrierter Katalog der Münchener Jahresausstellung von Kunstwerken Aller Nationen im königl. Glaspalaste 1890, Ausgabe vom Anfang September, München 1890 (Digitalisat der BSB)
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1847
Robert Russ born at Vienna.
1922
Robert Russ died at Vienna.
Selected paintings
• Illustration — San Giovanni Venezia • Illustration — Lake Chiemsee in the Evening (1870) • Illustration — Landschaft bei Plankensteig in Oberösterreich • Illustration — Helgoland (1877) • Illustration — Rio del Ognissanti, Venice (1882) • Illustration — Wild Stream (1870) • Illustration — Porta Furba on the Road to Frascati, Rome (1891) • Illustration — Schlucht und Einsiedelei San Romedio bei Val di Non (1893) • Illustration — The Harbour of Riva on Lake Garda (1912) • Illustration — Hof der Fürstenburg in Burgeis
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