Richard Geiger Explained

Richard Geiger
Birth Date:29 June 1870
Birth Place:Vienna, Austria-Hungary[1]
Death Place:Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary

Richard Geiger (29 June 1870 – 9 February 1945) was an Austrian painter.

Life and work

Geiger was born in Vienna, into a Hungarian Jewish family. His parents were Antal Geiger and Jozefin Wahringer.[2] He first attended a drawing school and then studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, where he studied under Christian Griepenkerl and August Eisenmenger. He studied sculpture with Fritz Klimsch at the Academy of Arts in Berlin. There he took part in the exhibitions of the Academy with his portrait busts and sculptures. In Paris he studied at the Julian Academy and worked in the studio of François Flameng. While at the Julian Academy, he focused on painting scenes from the life of the clochards.

From 1893 Geiger worked as a genre painter in Budapest. He worked for the Izidor Kner publishing house in Gyomaendrőd, among others. From 1906 Geiger illustrated twenty Hungarian editions of the works of Karl May for the Budapest Athenaeum publishing house. He produced a total of 104 autotypes.[3] During World War I he worked as an illustrator for the Hungarian weekly Tolnai Világlapja. In the 1920s he illustrated a large number of books[4] and produced numerous portraits of Pierrette (the female version of a Pierrot).[5] He won several prizes in graphic competitions[6] and took part in exhibitions in France, Germany and Hungary.[7]

Initially he worked for a Hungarian weekly magazine. By the 1920s, he worked illustrating books, bookplates and posters. His paintings included portraits, nudes, genre paintings, and mythological scenes, but he was known for his illustrations, especially his carnival motifs.[8]

Selected works

Further reading

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Geiger, Richard 1872–1945 . viaf.org . In some publications the year 1872 is mentioned as Geiger's year of birth.
  2. Web site: Geiger Richárdné halotti bejegyzése a Budapest XVI. kerületi polgári halotti akv. 108/1954. folyószáma alatt . FamilySearch. 2019-12-06.
  3. Book: Hermesmeier . Wolfgang . Karl-May-Bibliografie 1913–1945 . Schmatz . Stefan . Bamberg-Radebeul . 2000 . 3-7802-0157-7.
  4. Book: Geiger Richard . . Budapest.
  5. Web site: 2016-10-26 . Objekte vom 26. Oktober 2016: Raritäten, Kunst oder Nippes . . https://web.archive.org/web/20161203181812/https://www.zdf.de/show/bares-fuer-rares/objekte-vom-26-oktober-2016-100.html . 2016-12-03 . de . Aquarell von Richard Geiger.
  6. Book: Seregélyi, György . Magyar festők és grafikusok adattára . 1988 . 963-500-817-1 . Szeged . hu . Database of Hungarian Painters and Graphic Artists.
  7. Book: Lubek, Pierre . 2016 . Moments sauvés. Vagabondage de A à Z dans le théâtre de ma mémoire . 232 . fr . 978-2-322-09491-2.
  8. Book: [[Hans Hinkel]] . Judenviertel Europas: Die Juden zwischen Ostsee und Schwarzen Meer . Volk und Reich Verlag . 1939 . Jew Quarter of Europe.
  9. Web site: Sich räkelnde, rauchende Dame mit Akkordeonspieler im Wirtshaus. .
  10. Web site: Sängerin mit Bandoneonspieler in einem Wirtshaus. .
  11. Web site: Colombine mit Pierrot und Harlekin. .
  12. Web site: Varietémusikerin mit Gitarre. .
  13. Web site: Zigeunerin mit Tamburin. .
  14. Web site: Haremsdame mit Papagei. .
  15. Web site: Südländische Schönheit. .
  16. Web site: Harlekinek. .
  17. Web site: Sérénade. .

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