Edmund Adler, WEIGHTING THE SPRINGS

55.5 x 68.5cm - oil, canvas signed p.d.: Edmund Adler



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Edmund Adler, Austrian painter; began his artistic education in 1892-1895 by studying lithography at the school of graphic techniques. Later, from 1896-1903, he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna under Christian Griepenkerl. After graduation, he received a scholarship from the Academy and went to Rome for a year's stay (1903-1904). In 1910 he settled permanently in Mannersdorf am Leithegebirge. In the fall of 1914 he enlisted in the army, was soon taken prisoner and spent the next years of the war in a Russian prisoner of war camp in Siberia. During this period he drew a lot, recreating camp scenes, barracks and portraits of fellow prisoners. He returned to the country in 1920; he continued to live and work in Mannersdorf. He showed his works at numerous exhibitions
and in galleries. He painted landscapes, interiors and still lifes, but above all he was known as a portraitist and author of genre scenes whose protagonists were children. These serene mood paintings of happy childhood were particularly appreciated by viewers and collectors. Many of them found their way into private collections, both in Europe and in Canada and the United States. In addition, numerous and varied works by the artist are in museum collections in Vienna, Mannersdorf and Dresden, among others.