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Schindler, Emil Jakob
© Copyright Emil Jakob Schindler, steam-ship station on the Danube by Kaisermühlen, painting, around 1872 (Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna) Schindler, Emil Jakob, b. Vienna, April 27, 1842, d. Westerland on Sylt (Germany), Aug. 9, 1892, landscape painter, father of Alma Mahler-Werfel. Since his studies at the Vienna Academy friendship with R. Ribarz and E. Jettel; study trips to Dalmatia, Venice, Holland and France. Studied Dutch landscapes from the 17th century and works by the school of Barbizon. Surrounded himself with a small circle of artists (M. Egner, T. Blau, O. Wisinger-Florian, C. Moll, T. von Hörmann, H. Darnaut); after 1885 Plankenberg Castle near Neulengbach (Lower Austria). became the favourite place of study of this school of landscape painting, which was central to Austrian impressionism. P> Bibliography: H. Fuchs, E. J. S., 1970; B. Holaus, Studien zu E. J. S., 2 vols., master´s thesis, Vienna 1994.
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