Karl Mediz

Karl Mediz (4 June 1868, in Vienna – 11 January 1945, in Dresden) was an Austrian landscape and portrait painter.

After his artistic talents were discovered and favorably commented upon by Friedrich von Amerling, he was sent to study at the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna, under Christian Griepenkerl and Fritz L’Allemand.

First, they moved to Krems an der Donau and, with the financial assistance of friends, he was able to study in Italy.

He held only one more showing, in Rome in 1911, then withdrew from public life and concentrated on drawing.

[1] His estate soon passed into the hands of the new East German Communist régime and his works were forgotten until 1986, when an exhibition of his and Emilie's paintings was given at the Oberösterreichische Landesmuseen in Linz.