Ferdinand Schebek

Ferdinand Schebek (23 February 1875 – 29 October 1949) was an Austrian painter of the 20th century.

Biography

Schebek was born in Vienna in 1875 and studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. He lived and worked mainly in Berlin. Schebek was a member of the Reich Association of Fine Artists of Germany and of the General German Art Cooperative.

In 1939 and 1940, a total of four of his works were exhibited at the Great German Art Exhibition held at the House of German Art in Munich.

Year Title Type Cat. no. 1939 Coots at Lake Tegel Oil painting 983 1940 Leopards Oil painting 1027 1940 Playing Leopards Monotype 1028 1940 Brown Bear with Cubs Monotype 1029

He painted primarily animals, landscapes, genre scenes, and still lifes in a realistic style in both oil and watercolor. His works were sold at public auctions multiple times, including at Dorotheum and Lempertz. He died in Vienna in 1949.

Gallery

Literature

Thieme, Ulrich; Becker, Felix; Vollmer, Hans. Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künstler: von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart. Vol. 29. E. A. Seemann, 1978. p. 386. Busse, Joachim. Internationales Handbuch aller Maler und Bildhauer des 19. Jahrhunderts. 1977. p. 1109. ISBN 3-9800062-0-4. Bénézit, Emmanuel. Dictionnaire critique et documentaire des peintres, sculpteurs, dessinateurs et graveurs de tous les temps et de tous les pays. Vol. 12. Gründ, 1999. p. 386. ISBN 2-7000-3010-9. Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon: Bio-bibliographischer Index A-Z, Vol. 8. Saur, 1999–2000. p. 750. ISBN 3-598-23910-6.