Hermann Beyfuss

Hermann Beyfuss (also Beyfus; 7 May 1857 – 2 March 1898) was a painter from Austria-Hungary.

Photograph of a group of artists who exhibited works in Baden-Baden, in the Badener Salon (1895)

Grave of Raimund Grübl, Heinrich Jaques and Hermann Beyfuss at the Hietzing Cemetery, Vienna

Life

Hermann Beyfuss was born in Vienna on 7 May 1857. He studied from 1874 at the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna under Christian Griepenkerl and Carl Wurzinger; he also studied at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich. He was active in Vienna; and in 1885 became a member of the Vienna Künstlerhaus, where he exhibited mainly genre scenes and portraits. He died in Vienna on 2 March 1898.^[1][2]

Beyfusgasse

Beyfusgasse (lit. 'Beyfus-alley'), a Viennese street in Inzersdorf, Liesing, was named in 1954 after the painter. It was previously called Siedlergasse.^[3]

Gallery

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  Die Lesestunde (1888)
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  Briefübergabe im Salon
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  Der Blumenliebhaber