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Franz Sedlacek (21 January 1891 – 1945) was an Austrian painter who belonged to the tradition known as "New Objectivity" ("neue Sachlichkeit"), an artistic movement similar to Magical Realism. At the end of the Second World War he "disappeared" as a soldier of the Wehrmacht near Toruń, Poland. He was declared missing on February 1, 1945 and pronounced dead in 1972.[1]

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Franz Sedlacek
Born	21 January 1891 Breslau, Germany
Died	1945 (aged 53-54) Vienna, Austria
Nationality	German
Known for	Painter
Notable work	Lied in der Dämmerung (Song in the Twilight)
Movement	Symbolism

Biography

Franz Sedlacek was born in Breslau on 21 January 1891, and moved with his family to Linz in 1897. In 1909 he graduated from the Royal High School at the Fadingerstraße. A year later, he moved to Vienna and studied architecture and chemistry. After serving in World War I,[2] he completed his studies and in 1921 began working at the Technical Museum of Vienna.

In 1923, Sedlacek married Maria Albrecht. The couple raised two daughters.

Sedlacek joined the Wehrmacht in 1939, fighting in Russia, Norway and Poland. He went missing during the battle for the Toruń Fortress.[1]

Work

In 1913, Sedlacek founded an artistic association in Linz with Anton Lutz, Klemens Brosch, Franz Bitzan, and Heinz Bitzan. Sedlacek began as a graphic artist, and later turned to oil painting.

In 1925 he produced a number of watercolours for Claire Annabel Caroline Grant Duff's Book The Unicorn.[3]

In 1927, Sedlacek joined the Viennese Secession, an association of artists that was founded by Gustav Klimt and others in 1897.

In 1930, Sedlacek's work was included in an exhibition of Austrian art at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. He was subsequently awarded the Austrian State Prize for painting thrice: in 1933, 1935 and 1937.[1]

A collection of his works is on exhibition at the Leopold Museum in the Museumsquartier in Vienna, Austria, including the 1931 painting, "Lied in der Dämmerung" ("Song in the Twilight"), as well as in the Albertina Museum. Also "Sturm" (Storm) 1932 in the Belvedere Museum Vienna.

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  "Mountain Landscape with Automobile" (1931)
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  "Song in the Twilight" (1931)
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  "Evening Landscape" (1933)
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  "Flowers and Insects" (before 1939)
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  "The Library" (before 1939)

References

External links

• Entry with the Aeiou Encyclopedia
• Biography, Literature and Works by Franz Sedlacek

На других языках

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[de] Franz Sedlacek (Maler)

Franz August Moritz Georg Sedlacek (* 21. Januar 1891 in Breslau; vermisst seit 1945 in Polen) war ein österreichischer Maler.

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- [en] Franz Sedlacek

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[es] Franz Sedlacek

Franz Sedlacek (Wroclaw, 21 de enero de 1891-Polonia, 1 de febrero de 1945) fue un pintor austriaco que perteneció a la tradición conocida como Nueva Objetividad (Neue Sachlichkeit), un movimiento artístico similar al Realismo Mágico.[1]

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[fr] Franz Sedlacek

Franz August Moritz Georg Sedlacek né le 21 janvier 1891 à Breslau et porté disparu en janvier 1945 en Pologne est un peintre et illustrateur autrichien.

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