Josef Dobrowsky - Artist Info

About Josef Dobrowsky

  • Biography

    Josef Dobrowsky (Karlsbad, Bohemia 1889- Tullnerbach-Vienna, 1964) was a portrait, landscape and genre painter prominently known for his watercolors. His style was very expressive and he mostly used vivid colors.

    He began his art studies at the "Kunstgewerbeschule" (Vienna College of Arts and Crafts), and from 1906 to 1919, studied at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts under Christian Griepenkerl and Rudolf Bacher. In 1919, Josef Dobrowsky joined the Vienna Secession. His early works show the influence of Gustav Klimt, Albin Egger-Lienz, and Ferdinand Hodler.

    In 1934, he became a member of the Prague Secession. From 1946 to 1963 he led a master class as a professor of painting at the V...

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