Hugo Conrad von Hötzendorf

Hugo Conrad von Hötzendorf (c. 1806 - 28 February 1869, Osijek) was a Croatian painter and art instructor of German ancestry.

Life and work

Hugo Conrad von Hötzendorf was thought to be born sometime between 1806 and 1807. Little is known about his early life. His father came to Osijek from Brünn in 1806 to be a teacher and later, director of the local art school. From 1827 to 1835, Hugo and his brother Otto were also teachers at a school in Ruma. In 1836, he went to study in Vienna, where he supported himself working for a landscaper. In 1864, forty-two of his pencil drawings, depicting the ancient ruins and forests of Slavonia, were displayed at a major exhibition in Zagreb.

He died in 1869. A street in Osijek is named in his honor and is marked with a memorial bust.

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