Ribarz, Rudolf#
Ribarz, Rudolf, b. Vienna, May 30, 1848, d. Vienna, Nov. 12, 1904 (mental hospital), landscape painter. Studied at the Vienna Academy under A. Zimmermann, acquainted with E. J. Schindler and E. Jettel. 1870-1872 travelled to South Tyrol, Trentino and Venice, 1875 in Brussels, 1876-1892 in Paris, contacts with C. Corot and others, educational journeys to northern France, Holland and Venice, 1892 returned to Vienna, where he was head of the department of flower painting at the Vienna School of Arts and Crafts until 1900. Initially followed the "paysage intime" of the French painters with a sensitive regard for nature, later developed a more decorative form of landscape painting.
Literature#
M. Haja, R. R., doctoral thesis, Vienna 1976; R. R. 1848-1904, exhibition catalogue, Vienna 1978; OeBL.