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Ludwig Hans Fischer
Born(1848-03-02)2 March 1848
Salzburg, Austrian Empire
Died24 April 1915(1915-04-24) (aged 67)
Vienna, Austria-Hungary
NationalityAustrian
EducationVienna Academy of Fine Arts
Known forPainter, watercolorist, engraver, illustrator, ethnologist, author
MovementOrientalist

Ludwig Hans Fischer (2 March 1848 - 24 April 1915) was an Austrian landscape painter, copper engraver, etcher and ethnologist. He was noted for his paintings of Oriental subjects, especially African and Indian women wearing traditional costume.

Biography

A pupil, at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts, of Eduard von Lichtenfels in painting, of Louis Jacoby in engraving, and of William Unger in etching. After completing his studies, in around 1875, he travelled to Italy, Spain, Egypt, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Palestine and India before settling in Vienna. In 1879 he exhibited in Vienna and in the same year, he returned to the Orient. During these travels, he prepared many watercolours and sketches in situ.

In 1875, he received a grant to travel to the Middle East and Palestine; a journey that resulted in the publication of a sketchbook. In 1879, he published another sketchbook following his travels to Turkey, Jerusalem and the Dead Sea.

In addition to a number of oil paintings, he prepared nine large landscapes for the Vienna Museum of Natural History in 1889. Among his series of etchings and engravings, the set published as Historical Landscapes from Austria-Hungary is his most remarkable production. He also painted many water-colors, produced illustrations for a number of books. and designed a number of coins for the Numismatic Society of Vienna.

He was an active member of Vienna's arts culture, through his membership of art groups. He founded the Watercolourists Club in his home city.

Fischer was also writer. He published books on a variety of topics including the craft of painting and watercolours such as Die Technik der Aquarellmalerei first published in 1888, and Die Technik der Ölmalerei first published in 1911. He wrote travel books, for which he provided the illustrations, and also published several ethnographic works including: Indischer Volksschmuck und die Art ihn zu tragen, 1890 , and Eine neolitische Ansiedelung in Wien (Ober-St. Veit), Gemeindeberg , 1898.

Work

Fischer published more than 40 books including handbooks, manuals and guidebooks. Typically, these were richly illustrated with his own prints. He also provided illustrations for other authors.

Select list of publications

  • Die Technik der Aquarell-Malerei, by Ludwig Hans Fischer, 1888
  • Bosnisches Skizzenbuch : Landschafts- und Kultur-Bilder aus Bosnien und der Hercegovina, by Milena Preindlsberger-Mrazović, illustrated by Ludwig Hans Fischer, 1900
  • Die Technik der Ölmalerei, , by Ludwig Hans Fischer and Erwin Schneider, 1925
  • Historische Landschaften aus Oesterreich-Ungarn, by Ludwig Hans Fischer , c. 1884
  • Indischer Volksschmuck und die Art ihn zu tragen, by Ludwig Hans Fischer, 1890

Selected illustrations

  • Tamil woman, 1890 illustration from Annalen des K.K. Naturhistorischen Hofmuseums Tamil woman, 1890 illustration from Annalen des K.K. Naturhistorischen Hofmuseums
  • Dancer from Delhi, 1890, illustration from Annalen des K.K. Naturhistorischen Hofmuseums Dancer from Delhi, 1890, illustration from Annalen des K.K. Naturhistorischen Hofmuseums
  • Leptscha woman from Oardschillini, 1890, illustration from Annalen des K.K. Naturhistorischen Hofmuseums Leptscha woman from Oardschillini, 1890, illustration from Annalen des K.K. Naturhistorischen Hofmuseums
  • Woman from Indian Folk Jewelry Woman from Indian Folk Jewelry
  • The Garden of the Generalife at Granada The Garden of the Generalife at Granada
  • Fishing boats on the Danube Canal, Vienna Fishing boats on the Danube Canal, Vienna
  • Bell tower of the Duomo in Caorle Bell tower of the Duomo in Caorle

See also

References

  1. ^ Gilman, D. C., Peck, H. T. and Colby, F. M. (eds), "Fischer, Ludwig Hans", New International Encyclopedia, (1st ed.) New York, Dodd & Mead, 1905
  2. Austro-Hungarian Orientalist painters (translated from French)
  3. Husslein-Arco, A. and Grabner, S., Orient & Occident: Travelling 19th Century Austrian Painters, Belvedere, 2012, p. 48
  4. ^ "Hans Ludwig Fischer", (translated from German)
  5. Goldstein, F., Kähler, R. and Kähler, H. (eds), Dictionary of Monograms, Walter de Gruyter, 1999, p.939
  6. Fischer, L.H., Die Technik der Aquarell-Malerei, Wien, Gerold, 1888
  7. Fischer, L.H and Schneider, E., Die Technik der Ölmalerei, Wien, Druck und Verlag von Carl Gerold's Sohn, 1911
  8. Fischer, L.H., Indischer Volksschmuck und die Art ihn zu tragen, Wien, 1890
  9. Fischer, L.H. Eine neolitische Ansiedelung in Wien (Ober-St. Veit), Gemeindeberg Anthropologischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 1898

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