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    Artist

  • Kratky, Richard, 1877-1944

    • Title

  • Portrait of Dr. Heinrich Gruen

  • Physical Description

    Watercolor ; 33.5 x 25.3 cm. , 13.2" x 10"

  • Date

    circa 1920

  • Summary

    Dr. Gruen is portrayed in his World War I Austrian army uniform, with two medals pinned on his chest. The portait was designed for an oval matting and seems to be copied from a photograph (available in the LBI Archives; AR 7261 2/20). Signed by the artist in the lower right.

  • Depicted

    Gruen, Heinrich, 1873-1924

  • Subject

    Physicians; Men, Portraits

  • Genre

    Portraits

  • Medium

    Watercolors

  • Part Of

    Martha Werner Collection, AR 7261

  • Accession Number

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Biographical/Historical Information

Heinrich Gruen was a Viennese physician who was also active as a member of the Vienna Municipal Council and involved in various medical associations, including as editor of the Aerztliche Standeszeitung [Journal for the Medical Profession] and as board member of the Children’s Hospital Leopoldstadt. During World War I, he served as an army surgeon in Wolhynia on the Eastern front.

Richard Kratky was a Austrian painter and etcher, born in Vienna. He painted Franz Josefs-Kai and Nussdorfer-Schleuse in twotone etchings. He later gave up art to work for the Austrian Federal Railways (Österreichische Bundesbahnen or ÖBB).

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Citation

Kratky, Richard: Portrait of Dr. Heinrich Gruen, Leo Baeck Institute, 86.7.