Rudolf Bacher

From 1882 to 1888, he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna, with Leopold Carl Müller, and the history painter, Christian Griepenkerl.

He was one of the founding members of the Vienna Secession, and served two terms as its President (1904-1905, 1912-1914).

In 1896, he was awarded a small gold medal at the Große Berliner Kunstausstellung.

He was a regular contributor of drawings and woodcuts to the magazine, Ver Sacrum From 1903 to 1933, he was a professor at his alma mater, the Vienna Academy.

On the occasion of his 80th birthday, in 1942, he was presented with the Goethe-Medaille für Kunst und Wissenschaft and the Ehrenring der Stadt Wien.

A young Rudolf Bacher at his easel (date unknown)
The Tomb of Caecilia Metella