Rudolf Weisse - Artist Info

About Rudolf Weisse

Name variants

R Weisse, Rudolph (Rudolphe) Weisse
  • Biography

    Rudolph Weisse was born in Usti, Bohemia. While he is often confused with the Swiss Orientalist painter, Johann Rudolf Weiss (1846-1933), both men have their own distinct styles.

    According to Bénézit’s Dictionary of French Artists, Weisse specialized in portraits of Parisian beauties and Orientalist street scenes of Cairo. Weisse studied at the Viennese Akademie der Bildenden Künste and exhibited at the Paris Salon from 1889-1927. His paintings were also shown in Vienna, London, Bordeaux, and Toulon.

    He was awarded a Médaille d’Honneur for his “Scène Orientale” and “Portrait de Femme” at the Paris Exposition Universelle in 1889 and a gold medal in Vienna in 1920.

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