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The painter and graphic artist Ferdinand Michl mostly created street and genre scenes, as well as landscapes and portraits, with a French influence from 1904 to around 1914, and from 1920 partly under Asian influence. As a graphic artist, Michl was particularly active in the areas of etching and woodcuts. From 1895 to 1902/1903 he studied painting at the Prague Art Academy with M. Pirner and F. Thiele, and from 1901 to 1902 he continued his studies at the Munich Art Academy with J. Herterich. After studying in Italy, he returned to Vienna. From 1904 to 1909 Michl lived in Paris, where he was active in exhibitions and provided illustrations for French magazines. He then moved again to Vienna, from where he undertook study trips to Holland and Belgium. From 1914 Michl did military service. He was taken prisoner by Russia and fled via Siberia, Manchuria, China and India home to Vienna, where he arrived in 1920. This escape also explains the temporary Asian influences of Asian art in Michl's graphic work. Michl was represented as a guest in the Hagenbund for the first time in 1904; From 1906 to 1922 he was a member of the Hagenbund, and from 1924 a member of Österreichisches Künstlerhaus. In 1924 he took part in a collective at the Vienna Künstlerhaus. Between 1910 and 1914 Michl designed six posters for Hagenbund exhibitions. In addition to numerous individual sheets, he created several graphic cycles, such as“From the Far East”, “The Song of the Earth”, “Austrian Composers” or “Vienna Jews”. Works can be found at: Belvedere, Albertina, Wien Museum, Modern Gallery Prague, Musée d’Art Decoratif Besançon. Prize: 1915 Salo Kohn Scholarship.
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