Background
Matzal was born on August 13, 1890 in Vienna, Austria, the second of the four children of Carl and Eleanora Prögelhof Matzal.
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Leopold Matzal
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He studied at the Imperial and Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna, 1909–1919. At the Royal Academy, Matzal studied under Alois Delug and Rudolf Jettmar. He also travelled to Germany for studies under Wilhelm Trübner and Heinrich von Zügel.
Career
He was a realistic painter, known in New York City and northern New Jersey for his society portraiture and also, later in his career, for murals. Matzal"s studies were interrupted by active duty with the Austro-Hungarian army during World War I. In 1921 he emigrated to the United States. He taught at the Newark School of Fine and Industrial Arts in New Jersey, 1928–1956.
After a long illness, Matzal died on November 22, 1956 at Saint Mary"s Hospital, Orange, New Jersey.
Maurice Bilton
Leo Dee
William Doctorate. Gorman
Mel Klapholz
Louis Konwiser
Louis Legakis
Felix Nestele
Warren Padovan
Michael Stoffa
Charles Waterhouse.
Membership
He was a member of the Salmagundi Club and of the New York branch of the Schlaraffia, a German arts organization.
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Austrian-American