!!!Wacker, Rudolf

Wacker, Rudolf, b. Bregenz (Vorarlberg), Feb. 25, 1893, 
d. Bregenz, April 19, 1939, painter and graphic artist. From 1921 
worked in Berlin. Initially influenced by expressionism then turned 
more to  New Objectivity  (realistic representation of forms in 
traditional technique). Painted mainly still-lifes, landscapes and 
portraits. From 1924 lived in Bregenz again; 1925 founding member of 
the artists´ society "Der Kreis".

!Literature
R. W. und seine Zeitgenossen - Expressionismus und 
Neue Sachlichkeit, exhibition catalogue, Bregenz 1993; K. Schroeder, 
Die Neue Sachlichkeit in Oesterreich, exhibition catalogue, 
Kunstforum, Vienna 1995.


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