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1898 Dimling, Austria - 1977 Sonoma County, California. Known for: Mural, town-landscape watercolor painting, illustration.
Franz Bergmann was famous for his boldly painted modernist murals and oil and watercolor paintings. Born in 1898 in Vienna, Austria, he was raised with the artistic influence of his father who was a... Read full biography
Franz Bergmann was famous for his boldly painted modernist murals and oil and watercolor paintings. Born in 1898 in Vienna, Austria, he was raised with the artistic influence of his father who was a painter as well as a librarian at the University of Vienna. Bergmann, who early in his career listed... Read full biography
Franz Bergmann was famous for his boldly painted modernist murals and oil and watercolor paintings. Born in 1898 in Vienna, Austria, he was raised with the artistic influence of his father who was a painter as well as a librarian at the University of Vienna. Bergmann, who early in his career listed his name as Walter Bergman, enrolled in the Vienna National Academy of Art after serving in World War I, and graduated with honors in 1925. He then moved to the United States and lived in New York,... Read full biography
Franz Bergmann was famous for his boldly painted modernist murals and oil and watercolor paintings. Born in 1898 in Vienna, Austria, he was raised with the artistic influence of his father who was a painter as well as a librarian at the University of Vienna. Bergmann, who early in his career listed his name as Walter Bergman, enrolled in the Vienna National Academy of Art after serving in World War I, and graduated with honors in 1925. He then moved to the United States and lived in New York, Colorado, and Chicago, Illinois, before settling in San Francisco, California, in 1929. There he worked as a muralist and a painter, having also painted murals in Chicago for the Sir Francis Drake Hotel. He painted murals for the Golden Gate... Read full biography
Franz Bergmann was famous for his boldly painted modernist murals and oil and watercolor paintings. Born in 1898 in Vienna, Austria, he was raised with the artistic influence of his father who was a painter as well as a librarian at the University of Vienna. Bergmann, who early in his career listed his name as Walter Bergman, enrolled in the Vienna National Academy of Art after serving in World War I, and graduated with honors in 1925. He then moved to the United States and lived in New York, Colorado, and Chicago, Illinois, before settling in San Francisco, California, in 1929. There he worked as a muralist and a painter, having also painted murals in Chicago for the Sir Francis Drake Hotel. He painted murals for the Golden Gate International Exposition in San Francisco in 1939 and he also taught at the California School of Fine Art. In addition, Bergma... Read full biography
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Keywords (30)
Art Method
- •Children's Book, Juvenile Literature Illustration
- •Easel Painting
- •Illustration, Illustrator
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
Art Media
- •Fresco Painting, Murals
- •Mixed Media, Multi Media and/or Multli Styles
- •Oil Paint
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
Art Style
- •Abstraction and Realism; Semi Abstract
- •California Style
- •Modernist, Modernism (Partially Abstract, Leading Edge)
Art Subject
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Regionalism, Local Scene
- •Self-Portrait
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •California Before 1940
- •New Mexico Before 1940
Art Association
- •San Francisco Art Association-
Art School
- •California School of Fine Arts, Teacher
- •National Academy of Design School, New York, Student
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
- •Mural Specialty
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
- •Golden Gate International Exposition, 1939, 1940
Exhibition of Art Association
- •San Francisco Art Association
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago
- •Corcoran Gallery and/or Art School, Washington DC
- •Museum of Modern Art, New York