 Wilhelm Thoeny is primarily known as William Thoeny
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from Auction House Records.
Paris. Ile de La City
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Biography from AskART:
| An assertive modernist painter, William Thoeny studied art in Munich,
Germany, and first earned a reputation in Austria where, rebelling
against traditional academic painting, he led several "Secessions"
including in Gratz, Austria. From his native country he received
the recognition of the Austrian Gold Cross of Merit with Crowns and
Swords.
In 1931, he left Austria for Switzerland, and then via Paris, migrated
to the United States where from about 1938, he lived in New York City,
first staying with his father-in-law, artist Frank Herrman.
In Europe, William Thoeny was a book illustrator whose commissions included novels by Balzac, Dostoevski, and Edgar Allen Poe.
Exhibition venues included the 1937 World's Fair in Paris, the Whitney
Museum in 1944, Carnegie Institute from 1943 to 1947, and Corcoran
Gallery biennials 1945 and 1947.
Source:
Peter Hastings Falk, Editor, Who Was Who in American Art
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