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Richard Gerstl (14 September 1883 – 4 November 1908) was an Austrian painter and draughtsman known for his expressive psychologically insightful portraits, his lack of critical acclaim during his lifetime, and his affair with the wife of Arnold Schoenberg, which led to his suicide.
- Painting, drawing
- Austrian
- Expressionism
- Semi-nude Self-portrait against a Blue Background (1904/5), Schönberg Family (1908)
Richard Gerstl was an Austrian painter and draughtsman known for his expressive portraits, his lack of critical acclaim, and his affair with the wife of Arnold Schoenberg. He painted portraits of Schoenberg, his family, and his friends, using pastels and a stylized expressionist style. He died by suicide in 1908.
- Austrian
- September 14, 1883
- Vienna, Austria
- November 4, 1908
Learn about the life and works of the first Austrian Expressionist artist, Richard Gerstl, who killed himself in 1908 after a brief affair with his wife's lover, Arnold Schönberg. Discover how his paintings and music were influenced by the events of his love triangle and the composer's atonal compositions.
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Jun 22, 2017 · One visitor was the brilliant, unstable young painter Richard Gerstl, whose works are the subject of a forthcoming exhibition at the Neue Galerie. On November 4, 1908, Gerstl—who had...
Gerstl and Schönberg - the story of their relationship Richard Gerstl (1883-1908) A comprehensive and academic reference guide to his life and works and a chronicle of his triangular relationship with Arnold and Mathilde Schönberg (1906-1908)
Feb 2, 2017 · 02 February 2017. RICHARD GERSTL. A RETROSPECTIVE. By Schirn Magazine. The Schirn presents the first retrospective in Germany of the Austrian Painter Richard Gerstl. He is the “first Austrian Expressionist,” and for many still an insiders’ tip: the painter Richard Gerstl (1883–1908).
Oil on canvas. Belvedere, Vienna. Richard Gerstl is one of the most important, and also most enigmatic, artists of turn-of-the-century Vienna. Fewer than 100 canvases and drawings survived his suicide in 1908, at the age of twenty-five. Yet these works were decades ahead of their time.
