Hans Larwin (6 December 1873 – 17 November 1938) was a Viennese genre painter and academician.

Life Larwin was the son of bookbinder Johann Larwin and his wife Karoline (née Veihinger). He attended at a Kunstgewerbeschule (Austrian vocational arts school) in Vienna and studied from 1889 at the Academy of Fine Arts. He studied under such artists as Christian Griepenkerl in 1891, from 1893 with August Eisenmenger and from 1894 with Kazimierz Pochwalski.

Around 1900, Larwin undertook numerous study trips to Rome, Munich, Paris, and the Netherlands. In 1902 he became a member of the Vienna Künstlerhaus gallery, and had his first exhibitions there. He was also a member of the "Alte Welt" artists' association. During World War I, he was involved as an official war painter on various fronts for the Austria-Hungary dual monarchy.

After a stay in Chicago (1922–24) Larwin lived between 1925 and 1927 in Slovakia, Hungary, and Yugoslavia. In 1927 he returned to Vienna, where he became professor and director of the general painting school at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts in 1930. He also taught at the .

His patron was Jenny Mautner (1856–1938) and her husband, Isidor Mautner (1852–1930), the owners of the since 1925.

His grave is located at the Vienna Central Cemetery.

Awards Throughout his career he received many awards. 1898: Rompreis (state travel scholarship) 1907: Little Golden State Medal; for his oil painting Branntweiner 1908: Imperial Prize; for his oil painting Sonntagabend in Neustift (Sunday evening in Neustift) 1910: Archduke Carl Ludwig Medal; for his oil painting Beim Heurigen (At Heurigen) 1913: Great Golden State Medal; for his oil painting Wiener Stadtratssitzung under Lueger (Vienna City Council meeting under Lueger) 1914: Friedrich Dobner of the Dobenau Prize; for his oil painting Nach der Assanierung in Erdberg(After mating in Erdberg) 1915: Prize of the City of Vienna 1926: State Prize 1927: 1953: Larwingasse in the 22nd municipal district of Donaustadt was named after him

Works

Hans Larwin was known mainly as a genre painter of the Viennese suburbs and scenes from the Viennese national life, but also created portraits. His favorite techniques were oil and pastel painting as well as drawing.

Branntweiner, 1907. Sitzung des Wiener Stadtrats unter Lueger, 1907 (Vienna Museum). Beim Heurigen, 1910. Illustrationen für den ersten Band der bekannten Kremser-Alben, 1911. Nach der Assanierung in Erdberg, 1914. Soldat und Tod, 1917, Museum of Military History, Vienna Zigeunerin mit Zwillingen, 1920s, Art Institute of Chicago?

See also

List of painters from Austria

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