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Sigmund Walter worked as a painter, graphic artist and jewelry artist. As a painter, he usually attracted attention with meticulously and delicately painted genre scenes, interiors and portraits, with clear tendencies towards symbolism and art nouveau, and sometimes also towards pointillism. Walter was the son of a lettering and glass painter, gilder and restorer, who was also the inventor of the decal. In 1884 Walter enrolled at the Staatsgewerbeschule in Vienna, and from 1885 to 1888 he studied, without graduating, at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts under A. Eisenmenger, H. von Angeli and S. L'Allemand. He then continued his education by studying the old masters. In 1900 Walter was represented in the Hagenbund for the first time, from 1902 to 1911 he was a member of the Hagenbund, and in 1914 he joined the Vienna Künstlerhaus. In 1901 and 1909 Walter was exhibited at the Munich Glaspalast (Glass Palace), in 1904 at the World Exhibition in St. Louis, in 1908 in Rio de Janeiro, in 1909 and 1911 as part of watercolor exhibitions in Dresden, in 1911 at the International Art Exhibition in Rome, in 1913 and 1914 in Berlin, and in 1919 As part of a collective in the Vienna Künstlerhaus. Walter maintained contacts with G. Klimt (their Viennese studios were in close proximity to one another and they spent summers together at Lake Attersee), K. Moser, J. Hoffmann and A. Roller. Walter lived in Vienna until 1942, then he moved to Nussdorf am Aersee. Works: Belvedere, Albertina, Vienna Museum, Neue Pinakotherk Munich, Galleria d’Arte Venice, Upper Austrian State Museum Linz. Honors, prizes (selection): 1904 Grand Prix in St. Louis (World Exhibition); 1906 Grand Gold Medal in Rio de Janeiro; 1918 Salo Kohn Prize; 1920 Honorary Diploma International Art Exhibition Rio de Janeiro; 1937 Austrian State Prize; 1947 Golden Laurel from the Vienna Künstlerhaus.
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