Josef Dobrowsky

1889 - 1964

Essentials

  • Color intensity: monochromatic
  • Lifespan: 75 years
  • Nationality: Czech Republic
  • Typical colors: putty
  • Died: 1964
  • Born: 1889, Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic

The Life and Art of Josef Dobrowsky

Josef Dobrowsky was an Austrian painter born in Karlovy Vary, Bohemia, which was part of the Austrian Empire at the time. The son of a jeweler, he began his formal training at the Vienna School of Applied Arts under Franz Hohenberger. He later moved to the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna, where he studied under Christian Griepenkerl and Rudolf Bacher. His education was interrupted by military service during the First World War, but he returned to complete his studies, graduating in 1919.

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Dobrowsky was a member of the Vienna Secession and the Prague Secession. He was also a prominent figure in the Zinkerbach Artist Colony, a group of artists who gathered at Lake Wolfgang between the mid-1920s and 1937. Throughout his career, he received significant recognition, winning the Great Austrian State Prize for Fine Art in 1936 and again in 1962. Following the war, he served as a professor of painting at the Vienna Academy.

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Josef Dobrowsky appears under the alternate names Josef Karl Felix Dobrowsky.

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