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Constantin Gerhardinger

* 1888, München 1970, Törwang bei Rosenheim

Constantin Gerhardinger
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* 1888, München, 1970, Törwang bei Rosenheim

Constantin Gerhardinger


Constantin Gerhardinger was the son of a President of the District Court. In his early years the would-be artist earned his keep in various ways, including as an altar boy at St. Peter‘s. During his free time he visited the art college (Kunstgewerbeschule) and from 1911 – 1914 was a student of Angelo Jank (1868 – 1940) and Adolf Hengeler (1863 – 1927) at the Munich Academy of Fine Art. In the First World War he worked predominantly as a war artist in an infantry regiment. At the end of the war he exhibited with great success at the Glass Palace in Munich. In 1937, he was awarded the Gold Medal at the international Art Exhibition in Paris. He was called to the Munich Academy in 1939, where he taught until 1943, when his contract was terminated without notice. After the Second World War he served with distinction as President of the Munich Society of Painters. In addition to significant financial support, Constantin Gerhardinger donated around 150 of his paintings to the establishment of the Gallery of the City of Rosenheim, where they can be visited as part of the permanent collection.

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München, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen

München, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus

München, Stadtmuseum München

München, Oberfinanzdirektion

Prien am Chiemsee, Heimatmuseum

Rosenheim, Städtische Galerie Rosenheim

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