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METODA KEMPERL
University of Ljubljana
Villa de Seppi at Hrastnik and the Painters
Eduard Lebiedzki and Constanze von Breuning.
Unknown Paintings
Austrian literature describes the little-known painter Eduard Lebiedzki as an artist
whose paintings have largely been lost due to his Jewish origin.1 In art history
literature he is mentioned as the author of the mosaic frieze on the faęade of the
Austrian Parliament Building in Vienna and the painted frieze in its peristyle. The latter is
the subject of a somewhat longer literary piece in a monograph titled Die Wiener Ring-
strafie - Bild einer Epoche, in which Werner Kitlitscha examines paintings in the palaces
of the RingstraBe.2 Lebiedzki and his frieze on the Parliament Building are mentioned
more briefly in a jubilee monograph on that building3 and in a monograph on 19th-century
art in Austria.4 A longer text about the painter was published in 1997 on the occasion of an
exhibition of his sketches and drafts for the painting in the portico of the Parliament Buil-
ding, which are kept at the Historischen Museums Wien.5 Ilsa Knoflacher's Master's The-
sis also studies the frieze in the Parliament Building, specifically its iconography.6
Eduard Lebiedzki was born on 9 March 1862 in Chrzanów, Galicia (today's Poland),
and died on 28 November 1915 in Vienna.7 From 1876 to 1884 he studied at the Academy
1 Peter David HALATSCH and Gunter SCHEFBECK, Eduard Lebiedzki - Der verschollene Maler des Wiener Parla-
ments; Theophil Hansen, das Wiener Parlamentsgebdude and der Lebiedzki Fries, Lilienthal 1997, p. 22.
2 Werner KITLITSCHKA and Fritz NOVOTNY, "Die Malerei der Wiener RingstraBe," in Die Wiener Ringstrafe - Bild
einer Epoche, ed. Renate WAGNER-RIEGER, X, Wiesbaden 1981, pp. 56, 228-230.
3 Wilhelm F. CZERNY, Ósterreich/Parlamentsdirektion, das Ósterreichische Parlament: Zum Jubildum des lOOjdhri-
gen Bestandes des Parlamentsgebdudes, Wien 1984, pp. 102-115.
4 Gerbert FRODE, "Die profane Monumentalmalerei der zweiten Jahrhunderthalfte," in Geschichte der bildenden Kunst
in Osterreich, V: 19. Jahrhundert, ed. Gerbert FRODE, Munchen, Berlin, London, New York 2002, p. 326. He is also
mentioned in Selma KRASA-FLORIJAN, Die Allegorie der Austria: Die Entstehung des Gesamtstaatsgedankens in
der bsterreichisch-ungarischen Monarchie and die bildende Kunst, Wien 2007, p. 149.
5 HALATSCH, SCHEFBECK, Eduard Lebiedzki, pp. 1, 9.
6 Ilse KNOFLACHER, "Der Mosaikfries von Eduard Lebiedzki, ausgefiihrt durch die Tiroler Glasmalerei und Mosa-
ikanstalt, an der Fassade des Osterreichischen Parlaments in Wien," (MA. diss., Universitat Wien 2012).
7 Information on the exact date and place of birth was published for the first time by Ilse KNOFLACHER (KNOFLA-
CHER, "Der Mosaikfries von Eduard Lebiedzki," p. 20); prior to that it was thought that he was born in Decin/Boden-
bach, Bohemia in the Austrian Empire, now the Czech Republic. In fact, Stegensek wrote already in 1914 that the
painter was Polish, but he misspelled the name as Lebicky (Avgustin STEGENSEK, "Petindvajset let cerkvene umetno-
sti v Lavantinski skofiji (1899-1914)", Ljubitelj krscanske umetnosti, I: 1914, p. 106). This incorrect spelling of the name
has
METODA KEMPERL
University of Ljubljana
Villa de Seppi at Hrastnik and the Painters
Eduard Lebiedzki and Constanze von Breuning.
Unknown Paintings
Austrian literature describes the little-known painter Eduard Lebiedzki as an artist
whose paintings have largely been lost due to his Jewish origin.1 In art history
literature he is mentioned as the author of the mosaic frieze on the faęade of the
Austrian Parliament Building in Vienna and the painted frieze in its peristyle. The latter is
the subject of a somewhat longer literary piece in a monograph titled Die Wiener Ring-
strafie - Bild einer Epoche, in which Werner Kitlitscha examines paintings in the palaces
of the RingstraBe.2 Lebiedzki and his frieze on the Parliament Building are mentioned
more briefly in a jubilee monograph on that building3 and in a monograph on 19th-century
art in Austria.4 A longer text about the painter was published in 1997 on the occasion of an
exhibition of his sketches and drafts for the painting in the portico of the Parliament Buil-
ding, which are kept at the Historischen Museums Wien.5 Ilsa Knoflacher's Master's The-
sis also studies the frieze in the Parliament Building, specifically its iconography.6
Eduard Lebiedzki was born on 9 March 1862 in Chrzanów, Galicia (today's Poland),
and died on 28 November 1915 in Vienna.7 From 1876 to 1884 he studied at the Academy
1 Peter David HALATSCH and Gunter SCHEFBECK, Eduard Lebiedzki - Der verschollene Maler des Wiener Parla-
ments; Theophil Hansen, das Wiener Parlamentsgebdude and der Lebiedzki Fries, Lilienthal 1997, p. 22.
2 Werner KITLITSCHKA and Fritz NOVOTNY, "Die Malerei der Wiener RingstraBe," in Die Wiener Ringstrafe - Bild
einer Epoche, ed. Renate WAGNER-RIEGER, X, Wiesbaden 1981, pp. 56, 228-230.
3 Wilhelm F. CZERNY, Ósterreich/Parlamentsdirektion, das Ósterreichische Parlament: Zum Jubildum des lOOjdhri-
gen Bestandes des Parlamentsgebdudes, Wien 1984, pp. 102-115.
4 Gerbert FRODE, "Die profane Monumentalmalerei der zweiten Jahrhunderthalfte," in Geschichte der bildenden Kunst
in Osterreich, V: 19. Jahrhundert, ed. Gerbert FRODE, Munchen, Berlin, London, New York 2002, p. 326. He is also
mentioned in Selma KRASA-FLORIJAN, Die Allegorie der Austria: Die Entstehung des Gesamtstaatsgedankens in
der bsterreichisch-ungarischen Monarchie and die bildende Kunst, Wien 2007, p. 149.
5 HALATSCH, SCHEFBECK, Eduard Lebiedzki, pp. 1, 9.
6 Ilse KNOFLACHER, "Der Mosaikfries von Eduard Lebiedzki, ausgefiihrt durch die Tiroler Glasmalerei und Mosa-
ikanstalt, an der Fassade des Osterreichischen Parlaments in Wien," (MA. diss., Universitat Wien 2012).
7 Information on the exact date and place of birth was published for the first time by Ilse KNOFLACHER (KNOFLA-
CHER, "Der Mosaikfries von Eduard Lebiedzki," p. 20); prior to that it was thought that he was born in Decin/Boden-
bach, Bohemia in the Austrian Empire, now the Czech Republic. In fact, Stegensek wrote already in 1914 that the
painter was Polish, but he misspelled the name as Lebicky (Avgustin STEGENSEK, "Petindvajset let cerkvene umetno-
sti v Lavantinski skofiji (1899-1914)", Ljubitelj krscanske umetnosti, I: 1914, p. 106). This incorrect spelling of the name
has