!!!Russ, Robert

Russ, Robert, b. Vienna, June 8, 1847, 
d. Vienna, March 16, 1922, landscape painter, son of painter Franz R. 
the Elder and brother of Franz R. the Younger; studied at the Vienna 
Academy. Pupil of A. Zimmermann, acquainted with E. J.  
Schindler, R.  Ribarz and E.  Jettel. Travelled to Italy, Holland, 
Belgium and Germany, his early works show a distinct similarity with 
the sentimental paintings of E. J. Schindler; later his style of 
painting reveals a restless, flickering delicacy. Painted numerous 
decorative landscapes for the Vienna Burgtheater and the Museum of 
Natural History.

!Literature
Malerische Reise durch Ti. Von der Romantik zum 
Impressionismus, exhibition catalogue, Innsbruck 1992; A. Winkelbauer, 
R. R., master's thesis, Vienna 1995; OeBL.



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