Franz Sedlacek

Franz Sedlacek (1891–1945) was an Austrian painter who belonged to the tradition known as "New Objectivity" ("neue Sachlichkeit"), an artistic movement similar to Magical Realism. At the end of the Second World War he "disappeared" as a soldier of the Wehrmacht somewhere in Poland.

Franz Sedlacek
Born	January 21, 1891 Breslau, Germany
Died	1945 (aged 53-54) Vienna, Austria
Nationality	German
Known for	Painter
Notable work	Lied in der Dämmerung (Song in the Twilight)
Movement	Symbolism

Biography

Franz Sedlacek was born in Breslau on 21 January 1891, and moved with his family to Linz in 1897. In 1909 he graduated from the Royal High School at the Fadingerstraße. A year later, he moved to Vienna and studied architecture and chemistry. After serving in World War I,[1] he completed his studies and in 1921 began working at the Technical Museum of Vienna.

In 1923, Sedlacek married Maria Albrecht. The couple raised two daughters.

Work

In 1913, Sedlacek founded an artistic association in Linz with Anton Lutz, Klemens Brosch, Franz Bitzan, and Heinz Bitzan. Sedlacek began as a graphic artist, and later turned to oil painting.

In 1925 he produced a number of watercolours for Claire Annabel Caroline Grant Duff's Book The Unicorn.[2]

In 1927, Sedlacek joined the Viennese Secession, an association of artists that was founded by Gustav Klimt and others in 1897.

A collection of his works is on exhibition at the Leopold Museum in the Museumsquartier in Vienna, Austria, including the 1931 painting, "Lied in der Dämmerung" ("Song in the Twilight"), as well as in the Albertina Museum. Also "Sturm" (Storm) 1932 in the Belvedere Museum Vienna.

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  "Mountain Landscape with Automobile" (1931)
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  "Song in the Twilight" (1931)
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  "Evening Landscape" (1933)
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  "Flowers and Insects" (before 1939)
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  "The Library" (before 1939)

References

1. spiegel.de (German)
2. Galerie im Kinsky, Vienna 2010

External links

• Entry with the Aeiou Encyclopedia
• Biography, Literature and Works by Franz Sedlacek