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    Artist

  • Braun, Sigfried

    • Title

  • Portrait of Peter Altenberg

  • Physical Description

    1 painting : oil on canvas ; 39.17" x 27.95" , 99.5 x 71 cm

  • Date

    circa 1900

  • Notes

    Signed in lower left corner.

  • Summary

    Subject is seated at a circular table in a café, leaning on his crossed arms. A tray in front of him holds a glass of water and a blue and white cup on top of a matching saucer; behind him is a coat tree. He is depicted as middle-aged, balding, with a bushy mustache. He wears a sage colored suit jacket, cream shirt, and a blue and white necktie.

  • Depicted

    Altenberg, Peter, 1859-1919

  • Subject

    Twentieth century; Men, Portraits; Authors; Coffeehouses

  • Genre

    Portraits

  • Medium

    Paintings; Oil paintings

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Biographical/Historical Information

Peter Altenberg, the pen name of Richard Engländer, was an Austrian author and poet. Born in Vienna in 1859, he chose Bohemianism over being a lawyer or doctor, distancing himself from his family and rejecting traditional "macho" masculine qualities. He was a major proponent of Viennese Impressionism, Jung-Wien, Modernism, and a number of literary circles in Vienna. Many of his works were written in various bars and cafés while people-watching. Though he was financially lacking—like other Bohemian artists and writers—his charisma, acquaintances, and talent helped keep him afloat.

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Citation

Braun, Sigfried: Portrait of Peter Altenberg, Leo Baeck Institute, 77.1.