Hlava%C4%8Dek, Anton#
b. Vienna, May 7, 1842, d. Vienna, Jan. 16, 1926, landscape painter. Studied at the Vienna Academy, in 1906 founded the Austrian Artists' Federation. Produced large murals, e.g. for the town hall in Vienna and for the Museum of Natural History in Vienna; preferred subjects were panorama-style mountain landscapes (Dolomites, foothills of the Alps) and the Wachau region. Awarded the artist's medal at the 1873 world fair for his paintings "Blick auf Klosterneuburg", "Morgen in der Rheinpfalz" and "Attersee".
Literature#
E. FilekandA. Jentsch, A. H., 1926; 1000 Jahre Kunst in Krems, exhibition catalogue, Krems 1971; OeBL.