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Wilhelm Kaufmann BIOGRAPHY
1895 - 1975. Known for: Landscape, figure painting, nudes.
The extraordinary artistic talent of Wilhelm Kaufmann became evident when he was a child. In 1911, at only 16 years old, Kaufmann was accepted as the youngest candidate at the Imperial Royal Academy... Read full biography
The extraordinary artistic talent of Wilhelm Kaufmann became evident when he was a child. In 1911, at only 16 years old, Kaufmann was accepted as the youngest candidate at the Imperial Royal Academy of Fine Arts. During the First World War Kaufmann served as a soldier and then worked as a painter... Read full biography
The extraordinary artistic talent of Wilhelm Kaufmann became evident when he was a child. In 1911, at only 16 years old, Kaufmann was accepted as the youngest candidate at the Imperial Royal Academy of Fine Arts. During the First World War Kaufmann served as a soldier and then worked as a painter in Vienna. He participated in exhibitions of the Wiener Sezession, was a member of the Sonderbund Österreichischer Künstler and of the Hagenbund. Pursued by the National Socialist regime, Kaufman... Read full biography
The extraordinary artistic talent of Wilhelm Kaufmann became evident when he was a child. In 1911, at only 16 years old, Kaufmann was accepted as the youngest candidate at the Imperial Royal Academy of Fine Arts. During the First World War Kaufmann served as a soldier and then worked as a painter in Vienna. He participated in exhibitions of the Wiener Sezession, was a member of the Sonderbund Österreichischer Künstler and of the Hagenbund. Pursued by the National Socialist regime, Kaufman became extremely successful after the Second World War. He exhibited at the Victoria & Albert Museum, was appointed professor and received numerous other honors. His works and can be found in the Albertina and the Belvedere in Vienna and various other... Read full biography
The extraordinary artistic talent of Wilhelm Kaufmann became evident when he was a child. In 1911, at only 16 years old, Kaufmann was accepted as the youngest candidate at the Imperial Royal Academy of Fine Arts. During the First World War Kaufmann served as a soldier and then worked as a painter in Vienna. He participated in exhibitions of the Wiener Sezession, was a member of the Sonderbund Österreichischer Künstler and of the Hagenbund. Pursued by the National Socialist regime, Kaufman became extremely successful after the Second World War. He exhibited at the Victoria & Albert Museum, was appointed professor and received numerous other honors. His works and can be found in the Albertina and the Belvedere in Vienna and various other museums and collections.... Read full biography
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The extraordinary artistic talent of Wilhelm Kaufmann became evident when he was a child. In 1911, at only 16 years old, Kaufmann was accepted as the youngest candidate at the Imperial Royal Academy of Fine Arts. During the First World War Kaufmann served as a soldier and then worked as a painter in Vienna.
He participated in exhibitions of the Wiener Sezession, was a member of the Sonderbund Österreichischer Künstler and of the Hagenbund. Pursued by the National Socialist regime, Kaufman became extremely successful after the Second World War.
He exhibited at the Victoria & Albert Museum, was appointed professor and received numerous other honors. His works and can be found in the Albertina and the Belvedere in Vienna and various other museums and collections.Biography from Dominic Winter Auctions
Wilhelm Kaufmann became a student at the Imperial Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna at the age of just 16. In the 1920's he joined the Sonderbund Österreichischer Künstler alongside Oskar Kokoschka, Anton Faistauer, Anton Kolig and Herbert Boeckll, and in 1927 became a member of the Wiener Hagenbund.
Ignoring the advice of Kokoschka to leave Austria following the rise to power of the National Socialists, Kaufmann was prohibited from his activities as an artist between 1938 and 1945, and forced into factory labour.