Ferdinand Andri (1871–1956)

Vienna Secession president who became a WWI war painter, documenting battlefields from Belgrade to the Dolomites.

ABOUT

Ferdinand Andri (1 March 1871 – 19 May 1956) was an Austrian architect. His work was part of the architecture event in the art competition at the 1936 Summer Olympics. == Life == Ferdinand Andri was born the son of a gilder. He served an apprenticeship from 1884 to 1886 with the woodcarver and altar builder Johann Kepplinger in Ottensheim near Linz. He attended the Staatsgewerbeschule in Innsbruck. He then studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna from 1886 to 1893 with…

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NOTABLE WORKS

The Gallia children 1901 · National Gallery of Victoria

INFLUENCES

Influenced by

Julius Victor BergerAcademic Realism Gustav KlimtVienna Secession Koloman MoserVienna Secession

Influenced

Herbert BoecklAustrian Expressionism Wilhelm ThönyAustrian Modernism