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Hörmann, Theodor von© Copyright Theodor von Hörmann. Detail of the painting by J. V. Krämer, around 1890, (Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna). Hörmann, Theodor von, b. Imst (Tyrol), Dec. 13, 1840, d. Graz (Styria), July 1, 1895, landscape painter, officer. Studied at the Vienna Academy under E. Peithner von Lichtenfels and A. Feuerbach, 1875-1883 drawing teacher and fencing master at the military school in St. Pölten, 1883 retired from active military service. Was associated with the circle around E. J. Schindler. As a follower of Plein Air painting spent some time in France, returned in 1890. Considered the most resolute Austrian Impressionist (see also: Impressionism). Literature: T. Braunegger and M. Hörmann-Weingartner, T. v. H., 1979; E. Gürtler, T. v. H. (1840-1895), exhibition catalogue, Tirolean provincial museum Ferdinandeum, Innsbruck 1995.
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