Hans Zatzka art

Hans Zatzka, né le 8 mars 1859 à Vienne (Autriche) et mort le 7 décembre 1945, est un peintre autrichien de style académique et religieux. Il est aussi connu sous les noms de P. Ronsard, Pierre de Ronsard, ou H. Zabateri. De plus, il a signé beaucoup de ses tableaux en tant que Joseph Bernard, J. Bernard, ou Bernard Zatzka.

Élève de l'Académie des Beaux-Arts de Vienne de 1877 à 1882. Il est l'auteur, entre autres, de nombreuses décorations d'églises à Vienne, Mayerling, Olmütz et Innsbruck.

Il était le frère de l'architecte Ludwig Zatzka et est le grand-grand-oncle de l'actrice viennoise Hilde Sochor.

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Hans Zatzka (8 March 1859 – 17 December 1945^[1] (or 1949)^[2]) was an Austrian Academic and fantasy^[3] painter. He has sometimes been known as P. Ronsard,^[2] Pierre de Ronsard,^[1] or H. Zabateri,^[3][4] and had signed many of his works as Joseph Bernard, J. Bernard, or Bernard Zatzka.^[5] The purpose of Zatzka's vast array of pseudonyms was to avoid penalties of breaking contracts which limited the amount of artwork he could sell.^[1][5] This has caused some art databases to conflate Zatzka's work under the pseudonym Joseph Bernard with the French sculptor with the same name.^[5]

Many of Zatzka's works were religious paintings and altar pieces dedicated to various churches in Austria.^[2] However, he is more known for his paintings of women, fairies,^[2] and other fantastical scenes.^[3] Often, he would draw inspiration from the works of Richard Wagner and the fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm.^[3]

In the late 19th and early 20th century, several pieces by Zazka were photographed and made into commercial and collectable postcards.^[1][5]

Within the 1920s, Zatzka's style became the decor of choice throughout Europe.^[3] In addition, the previous thirty years held a resurgence for Zatzka.^[6]

Currently, most of Zatzka's paintings reside in private collections.^[5]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Zatzka