Background
Hirémy-Hirschl was born 31 January 1860 in Timișoara, at that time a part of Hungary, but at an early age went to Vienna to study.
Schillerplatz 3, 1010 Wien, Austria
Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
Hirémy-Hirschl was born 31 January 1860 in Timișoara, at that time a part of Hungary, but at an early age went to Vienna to study.
Some of his major history paintings have been lost, and many of his smaller works were retained by his heirs until the early 1980s. Although he was one of the most successful artists of finance-de-siècle Vienna, these circumstances, along with the rise of Gustav Klimt and the Vienna Secessionists, put his reputation in eclipse. He received a scholarship to attend the Akademie der bildenden Künste in 1878.
His time in Rome was a major influence on his choice of subject matter.
After returning to Vienna, he produced the acclaimed large-scale canvas The Plague in Rome (1884), a work that is now lost. He was admitted to the Accademia di San Luca in 1911.
His heirs retained possession of his studio for decades following his death. A large number of his drawings, watercolors, pastels, and oil sketches became public only in the early 1980s.
He died in Rome in 1933.
Studies of a Female Nude
Two Studies of a Kneeling Youth
Heilige Cäcilie
Personification of Pestilence
A Waterfall in Switzerland
Study of a Despairing Female Nude
Studio Di Bambino in Piedi Con Le Braccia Alzate
Sailors in the Harbour of Pola
Figura Femminile in Piedi
Hermes Psychopomps
Solitudine
Portrait of a Young Woman, from Melancholy
Sic Transit … (Left Panel)
Seated Female Nude
Die Kartenrunde
Only Witness
Nereide
Sic Transit … (Right Panel)
Head of a Young Girl
Sic Transit… (Central Panel)
Ahasuerus at the End of the World
Group Composition from Fantasia Enchained
Apparition
The Souls of Acheron
A Male Nude, Leaning Forward, Holding a Bar
Portrait Of The Artist's Daughter Maud
Studio Di Figura Femminile Con Lira
The Tomb of Achilles
Seaside Cemetery
A Standing Draped Figure
Three Studies for Pan
During the rise of Klimt and the Vienna Secession movement, he began using the name Adolf Hirémy and moved to Rome, where he spent the last 35 years of his life as an eminent member of the expatriate art community.