Franz Thiele

Franz Josef Thiele, or František Thiele (9 March 1868, Frýdlant - 23 May 1945, Prague) was a Czech painter and university professor.

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Life and work

His father, also named Franz, was a weaver. After completing his primary education in 1883, he received a scholarship, sponsored by the Clam-Gallas family, and went to Vienna. Following a year of introductory courses at the School of Applied Arts, he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts with August Eisenmenger, Franz Rumpler and Christian Griepenkerl.

In 1892, he was awarded a stipend to study in Italy. In 1894, he established himself in Vienna. He made numerous trips throughout Western Europe and visited Tunisia. He became a member of the Künstlerhaus in 1896 and was one of the founding members of the Hagenbund in 1900. Two years later, he was appointed an Associate Professor at the Academy of Fine Arts, Prague, and became a full Professor in 1905; a position he would hold until 1938. He volunteered for service in 1916 and worked as a war artist on several fronts for a year.

During this period, he received several awards, including the Knight's Cross of the Order of Franz Joseph, the Order of the Iron Crown, and the Order of Saint Anna.

He was married twice; in 1909 to Maria Starou then, in 1927, to the painter, Inge Peschka (1903-1993), with whom he had a son.[1]

He retired in 1938, following the German occupation of Czechoslovakia. His next work was a propaganda poster, showing Hitler in front of a cheering crowd. Some of his paintings were purchased by Hitler and Joseph Goebbels.[2] Near the end of the war, he and Inge were sent to a detention center operated by Czech patriots. He did not survive. Some sources indicate he may have been lynched. He was buried in a mass grave near Prague.

References
  1. Biography of Inge Thiele @ Vivomondo
  2. "Franz Thiele - Oslava záboru Sudet (1938)", F. Thiele-Celebration of the Sudeten State Of 1938 @ Honvisa
  • "Thiele, Franz". In: Hans Vollmer (Ed.): Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart, Vol.33: Theodotos–Urlaub. E. A. Seemann, Leipzig 1939, pg.24

Media related to Franz Thiele at Wikimedia Commons

  • "Thiele Franz". In: Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Vol. 14, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 2015, ISBN 978-3-7001-7794-4, p. 296 f. (Direct links to "p. 296", "p. 297")
  • "Franz Thiele", entry @ AbART
  • "Franz Thiele (1868-1945) Archived 2016-12-24 at the Wayback Machine, entry at the Moravské zemské muzeum, Muzejní autority
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