Eduard Veith

Key facts

Lived

1858–1925, Austrian

Movement

• Art Nouveau

1. 1858Born on 30 March in Neutitschein, Moravia (now Novy Jicin, Czech Republic), son of decorative painter Julius Veith. Received his earliest artistic training from his father.
2. 1878Studied at the Museum of Applied Arts in Vienna at age 20 under Professor Ferdinand Laufberger, then created sgraffito for exhibition buildings at the Exposition Universelle in Paris.
3. 1885Settled in Vienna as a freelance artist in his late twenties, after several study trips to Italy, Belgium and Tunisia. Began working primarily on commission.
4. 1895Completed the monumental ceiling fresco in the Maria-Theresia-Saal of the Vienna Hofburg at age 37, executed by order of Emperor Franz Joseph I.
5. 1900Collaborated extensively with architects Fellner and Helmer in Vienna at age 42, painting decorative schemes for theatres and opera houses across the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
6. 1925Died on 18 March in Vienna at age 66. His Symbolist portraits of women and large-scale decorative paintings had made him one of the most sought-after painters in turn-of-the-century Vienna.

• What is Eduard Veith known for?+

  Eduard Veith is known for his allegorical and mythological paintings. He contributed ceiling paintings and decorative schemes to Vienna's civic buildings.
• Who was Eduard Veith?+

  Eduard Veith was an Austrian painter born in Vienna in 1858. He created allegorical and mythological paintings for civic buildings during the decorative arts movement surrounding the Secession.
• What was Eduard Veith's art style?+

  Eduard Veith maintained a traditional academic approach in his art. He applied classical subjects to modern architectural interiors.
• When was Eduard Veith born?+

  Eduard Veith was born in 1858 in Austria. Eduard Veith died in 1925, aged 67.
• How did Eduard Veith die?+

  Eduard Veith died in 1925 at the age of 67.