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Ernst Stöhr

Ernst Stöhr
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Self-portrait (1886)
Born November 1, 1860 (1860-11)
Sankt Pölten, Lower Austria
Died June 17, 1917 (1917-06-18) (aged 56)
Sankt Pölten

Ernst Stöhr (1860-1917) was an Austrian painter, graphic artist, writer and amateur musician; one of the founding members of the Vienna Secession.

His father, Karl (1825-1909), was a violin maker and his uncle, Ludwig Stöhr (1836-1902), who lived with his family, was a music teacher, composer and Director of the Sankt Pölten Musikvereins. As a child, he showed an aptitude for painting, poetry and music and was uncertain which one to pursue.

He eventually chose painting and began his studies in 1877, at the University of Applied Arts Vienna. His multiple talents made him a popular guest in local society. He was displeased with the stiffly formal training at the University however and, in 1879, switched to the Academy of Fine Arts, where he studied with Carl Rudolf Huber and August Eisenmenger.

Once again, he found himself at odds with his teachers, who were too wedded to the Romantic style. He persevered until 1887, when he began travelling between Sankt Pölten, Melk and Wochein, where his cousin Friederike ran a hotel. Eventually, financial problems forced him to return to Vienna.

In 1895, he organized a successful exhibition of works by the recently deceased Theodor von Hörmann, an early critic of the Academy. The following year, he became a member of the Künstlerhaus Wien. There, he joined the circle of young artists known as "Die Jungen", centered around Gustav Klimt. In 1897 he and seventeen other artists left the Künstlerhaus to form the Vienna Secession. Over the years, he was a regular contributor to Ver Sacrum, the group's official publication.

In 1898, he married Friederike and opened a studio in Wochien. That same year, he designed the façade for a house his brother Hermann (a doctor) was building in Sankt Pölten; now preserved as the Stöhr-Haus. Later, he bought his own printing press to experiment with printing techniques. The 12th issue of Ver Sacrum was entirely his work. In 1902, he wrote the preface for the catalog accompanying the Secession's 1902 exhibition (the Beethovenausstellung). During this time, he was invited to become a guest member of the Hagenbund.


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