Austrian Painter Rudolf Wacker (1893 -1939)

The Window, 1931

The Austrian painter, Rudolf Wacker started his career as a graphic artist; in 1920, after spending 5 years in Russian captivity as a prisoner of war, he had lived in Berlin where he dedicated himself to Expressionism. In 1922, living in his home town Bregenz, Austria, he took a style change towards the New Objectivity. Rudolf Wacker was a founding member of the Artists' Association "The Circle." He was a close friend with other Swiss painter Adolf Dietrich, another member of the "The Circle."

Japanese Doll and daffodul, 1937

The painter was openly opposed to the cultural policies of the Nazis. He suffered a heart attack after an interrogation by the Gestapo and died soon afterwards in his parents' house in Bregenz.

Winter Landscape

Japanese Flowers 1934

Rosalie Holler, 1926

Still Life with Two Pitchers (Self-portrait with Ilse and a Doll) 1925

Bregenzer Achbrücke 1926

Ilse, 1926

Standing Female Nude (Ilse) 1925

Self-portrait with Orange Palette, 1926

Selfportrait, 1923

Trinkets with a doll, 1932

Lindau. Auf der Mauer II, 1928

Doll & Interior, 1927

Ilse (wife) in the Studio, 1922

Autumn Bouquet 1937

Still life with Angel, Gourd and Puppet Image, 1925

Still life with column