Robert Pötzelberger

Robert Pötzelberger (9 June 1856, in Vienna – 2 August 1930, in Reichenau, Baden-Württemberg) was an Austrian painter, sculptor and lithographer.

Pötzelberger studied at the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna between 1875 and 1879 under Leopold Carl Müller.

His students included Friedrich Mißfeldt in Karlsruhe[1] and Willi Baumeister in Stuttgart.

[2] Influenced by academic styles French impressionism, he created many historical works, but also looked to the natural world of South Germany and Austria for inspiration.

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