Erwin Lang (born 22 July 1886 – 10 February 1962) was an Austrian painter. His work was part of the painting event in the art competition at the 1928 Summer Olympics.[1] On December 14th, 2007, Erwin Lang's oil on canvas painting The Dancer Grete Weisenthal With Her Son and Sister was sold at auction in New York via Christie's for $51,400.
Life
Erwin Lang was born in Vienna, the son of the social worker and women's rights activist Marie Lang, and studied at the Vienna School of Arts and Crafts[2] under Alfred Roller. He exhibited his works for the first time in 1908 at the Vienna Art Show. In 1911 Lang exhibited with Kokoschka and Schiele in an exhibition of the Hagenbund, of which he was a member. Another of his main areas was woodcuts.
References
- ^ "Erwin Lang". Olympedia. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
- ^ "'Suchen Sie sich einen einfach reichen Mann' Oskar Kokoschka und das Mädchen Li" ['Simply Find Yourself a Rich Man' Oskar Kokoschka and the Girl Li]. Bundesdenkmalamt (in German). Vienna, Austria: Federal Monuments Office. 19 August 2008. Archived from the original on 5 November 2019. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
Further reading
- Das frühe Plakat (Deutschland). 1980, p. 172
- Fuchs: Maler 1881–1900. Band 1. p. 151
- Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon. Bio-Bibliographischer Index. Band 6. 2000, p. 50
- Lang, Erwin. In: Hans Vollmer (ed.): Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart. Begründet von Ulrich Thieme und Felix Becker. Band 22: Krügner–Leitch. E. A. Seemann, Leipzig 1928, p. 314
- Erwin Lang. In: Hans Vollmer (ed.): Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künstler des XX. Jahrhunderts. Band 3: K–P. E. A. Seemann, Leipzig 1956, pp. 165 f.
- Wilhelmi: Künstlergruppen. 1996, p. 171
External links
- Benezit Dictionary of Artists: Lang, Erwin (subscription required)
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