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Hermann Beyfuss (also Beyfus; 7 May 1857 – 2 March 1898) was a painter from Austria-Hungary.
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.
Beyfusgasse
Beyfusgasse (lit. 'Beyfus-alley'), a Viennese street in Inzersdorf, Liesing, was named in 1954 after the painter. It was previously called Siedlergasse.
Gallery
References
Sources
Autengruber, Peter (2014). Lexikon der Wiener Straßennamen. Bedeutung, Herkunft, Hintergrundinformation frühere Bezeichnung(en). 9th ed. Vienna: Pichler-Verlag. p. 48.
Trier, Dankmar (2021). "Beyfus, Hermann". In Beyer, Andreas; Savoy, Bénédicte; Tegethoff, Wolf (eds.). Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon - International Artist Database - Online. Berlin, New York: K. G. Saur. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
Thieme, Ulrich; Becker, Felix, eds. (1909). "Beyfus, Hermann". In Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart. Vol. 3: Bassano–Bickham. Leipzig: E. A Seemann. p. 571.
Further reading
Gaugusch, Georg (2011). Wer einmal war. Das jüdische Großbürgertum Wiens 1800–1938. Vol. 1: A-K. Vienna: Amalthea. p. 1258. ISBN 978-3-85002-750-2.
Santifaller, Leo; Obermeyer-Marnach, Eva, eds. (1957). "Beyfuss, Hermann". In Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Vol. 1. Vienna: Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. p. 80.