Vikas, Karl

Vikas, Karl, b. Ternitz (Lower Austria), Sept. 19, 1875, d. Krems (Lower Austria), Aug. 30, 1934, painter. Trained under H. Darnaut, because he did not have adequate financial means to attend the Academy of Fine Arts. Was able to buy a house in Mautern in 1904 due to his success as a landscape and still life painter and numerous commissions from an art dealer; lived there until his death. Like E. J. Schindler V.'s work is characterized by great sensitivity combined with realistic and impressionist elements. Founding member of the Wachauer Künstlerbund (association of artists from the Wachau Valley) in 1919.

Literature: H. u. R. Rathei, Karl Vikas, ein Maler der Wachau (1875-1934), ³2002; W. Krug, Wachau, Bilder aus dem Land der Romantik, 2003; W. Krug, Karl Vikas. Impressionen aus der Wachau, 2007.