Ludwig Koch

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Ludwig Koch (December 1866 – 26 November 1934) was an Austrian painter, sculptor and illustrator.

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Life Koch became known mainly as a horse and genre painter. He was a guest at the Spanish Riding School for many years, and recorded many of the school jumps artistically. In addition, he devoted himself to depictions of military history. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna from 1883 to 1891 and was a pupil of Siegmund L'Allemand and August Eisenmenger. Afterwards he was noted for paintings of Austrian military history, he received the special school prize for the painting General Pappenheim in 1889. In 1891, at the Viennese annual exhibition, he displayed the painting Baptism of Fire of the Dragoon Regiment Windisch-Graetz in the Battle of Kolin. Even before 1914, Koch created portraits and uniforms of the Austro-Hungarian Army, which were often reproduced on postcards. He briefly served in the war as a war painter along the Italian front, but had to retire due to a kidney disease. Even after the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Koch dedicated many works to the old army, but also created uniforms for the army of the First Republic. In addition to military subjects, the main themes of his genre paintings were scenes of the Viennese and of the…Citește mai mult

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Works (selection) "Emperor Karl VI in front of Castle Neugebäude" by Ludwig Koch, 1930. Oil on wood, Berlin Portrait Friedrich von Beck-Rzikowsky, 1913. Oil on canvas, 90x70 cm, Museum of Military History, Vienna Rider Portrait Oberst Maximilian Ritter von Rodakowski at the top of the Trani-Ulanen in the Battle of Custozza on 24 June 1866, 1908. Oil on canvas, 347x244 cm, Museum of Military History, Vienna Faded Fanfares, 1932. Oil on canvas, 128x171 cm, Museum of Military History, Vienna Oberst Brosch von Aarenau at the top of the Tyrolean Kaiserjäger Nr. 2, 1925. Oil on canvas, 100x70 cm, Museum of Military History, Vienna Marching up of the Constitution formed on 1 May 1934 to the Vienna City Hall, Oil on carton, Museum of Military History, Vienna

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Koch article in Time Magazine, 1927 Literature by and about Ludwig Koch in the German National Library catalogue