Schuch, Carl#
b. Vienna, Sept. 30, 1846, d. Vienna, Sept. 13, 1903. Landscape and still life painter, studied at the Vienna Academy and with L. Halauska; several trips to Italy, Germany, France, Belgium and Holland, moved to Munich, where he was influenced by W. Leibl and W. Truebner, 1876-1882 nearly constantly in Venice, 1882-1894 work in Paris, where he was influenced by French painting and developed his late style as a painter, which was almost entirely detached from the object; returned to Vienna in 1894. Died in mental derangement.
Literature#
R. Migacz, C. S. als Landschaftsmaler, doctoral thesis, Vienna 1973; B. Huck-Hajek, K. S. Die Stilleben, doctoral thesis, Vienna 1979; C. S., exhibition catalogue, Mannheim and Munich 1986; B. Buberl (ed.), Cezanne - Manet - S., exhibition catalogue, Dortmund 2000.