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Joseph Kleitsch (June 6, 1882 – November 16, 1931) was a Hungarian-American portrait and plein air painter who holds a high place in the early California School of Impressionism.[1]

Joseph Kleitsch
Born	(1882-06-06)June 6, 1882 Sânmihaiu Român, Hungary
Died	November 16, 1931(1931-11-16) (aged 49) Santa Ana, California, U.S.
Nationality	Hungarian-American
Known for	Paintings
Style	Portrait Plein air
Movement	Impressionism

Biography

Born in the village of Sânmihaiu Român, old Hungarian province of Banat, now in Romania, on June 6, 1882, Kleitsch, an ethnic German, began painting at the age of seven. He later pursued art training in Budapest, Munich and Paris. He immigrated to the United States in 1912 and two years later, on July 22, 1914, he married Edna Gregatis of Chicago, Illinois with whom he would have his only child, Eugene.[2] Influenced by his visits to the famous museums of Europe, Kleitsch continued with his love of portrait and figurative painting after relocating to California. There he rose to the challenge of capturing his new environment's brilliant light and diverse landscape. Kleitsch fell in love with the rustic artist village of Laguna Beach, moving there in 1920. Notable works depicted the town's eucalyptus lined streets, the crashing waves of the Pacific coastline and the nearby Mission San Juan Capistrano. Kleitsch became a significant resident of the Laguna Beach Artists Colony.[3] Arthur Millier of the Los Angeles Times in 1922 was quoted saying of Kleitsch "he was a born colorist; he seemed to play on canvas with the abandon of a gypsy violinist". On November 16, 1931, at the age of forty-nine, Kleitsch died of a heart attack in front of the courthouse in Santa Ana, California.[1] Two years after his death, Kleitsch's widow opened the Joseph Kleitsch Fine Arts Gallery in Laguna Beach.[4]

Professional Memberships

• Chicago Society of Artists
• Laguna Beach Art Association
• Painters' & Sculptors' Club
• Palette & Chisel Club of Chicago.

Galleries and Museums

• Joseph Kleitsch Fine Art, Beverly Hills
• Irvine Museum, Irvine California,
• Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, California,
• Pasadena Museum of California Art, Pasadena, California,
• Bowers Museum, Santa Ana, California,
• Fleischer Museum, Scottsdale, Arizona,
• Laguna Art Museum
• William A. Karges Fine Art

Awards

• Gold Medal, Art Institute of Chicago 1914;
• Silver Medal, Painters' and Sculptors' Club;
• Grand Prize & Figure Prize, Laguna Beach Art Association

References

Further reading

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Joseph Kleitsch.

• Literature: Plein Air Painters of the Southland, by Ruth Lily Westphal, 1996;
• Literature: Artists in California, 1786-1940, by Edan Milton Hughes, 1989.

На других языках

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[de] Joseph Kleitsch

Joseph Kleitsch (* 6. Juni 1882 im Banat, Ungarn; † 16. November 1931 in Santa Ana, Kalifornien) war ein aus Österreich-Ungarn stammender amerikanischer Maler.

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- [en] Joseph Kleitsch

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[es] Joseph Kleitsch

Joseph Kleitsch (6 de junio de 1882 - 16 de noviembre de 1931) fue un pintor retratista húngaro-estadounidense y pintor al aire libre que ocupa un lugar destacado en la Escuela de Impresionismo de California.[1]

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[ru] Клайч, Джозеф

Джозеф Клайч (англ. Joseph Kleitsch; 1879—1953) — американский художник-импрессионист венгерского происхождения; представитель калифорнийской школы импрессионизма[1].

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