Leo, Léon, or Lev Lerch (13 August 1856 – 6 May 1892) was a painter from Austria-Hungary.
Life edit
Leo Lerch was born in Smíchov, near Prague, on 13 August 1856.[1] He studied at the Munich Academy and was a pupil of Ludwig von Löfftz.[2] He became known as a history painter. He won a bronze medal in Paris at the 1889 Exposition Universelle. He died in Smíchov on 6 May 1892.[1]
Holdings edit
- Munich (Neue Pinakothek): Pietà
- Prague (Galerie Rudolfinum): Bust of an Old Man
- Prague (National Gallery Prague): "Will o the Wisp" [3]
Gallery edit
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Starý muž (c. 1862) -
Mädchenporträt (1884) -
Bludička (1888) -
Erwacht (1888) -
Pietà (c. 1891) -
Frauenkopf -
Portrét dívky -
Signature
_-_Bludi%C4%8Dka_(1888).jpg)
References edit
- ^ a b Benezit 2011.
- ^ Beyer, et al., eds. 2021.
- ^ https://sbirky.ngprague.cz/en/dielo/CZE:NG.O_1195
Sources edit
- Beyer, Andreas; Savoy, Bénédicte; Tegethoff, Wolf, eds. (2021). "Lerch, Leo". In Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon - Internationale Künstlerdatenbank - Online. K. G. Saur. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
- Weitenweber, Vilém (13 May 1892). "Lev Lerch". Zlatá Praha, 9(26): pp. 311–312. (in Czech).
- "Lerch, Leo or Léon". Benezit Dictionary of Artists. 2011. Oxford Art Online. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
