Wilhelm THÖNY was born in Graz in 1888. He studied at the Munich Academy from 1908 to 1912. Thöny enlisted as a volunteer in the First World War in 1915. During this time he produced numerous portrait studies. He was a co-founder of the Munich Secession (1913) and the Graz Secession (1923). The artist worked as a painter, graphic artist and, from 1914, as an illustrator. Later he created landscapes and figures. From 1931 to 1938, he spent time in Paris and on the Côte d’Azur. Thöny moved to New York in 1938. More than a thousand of his paintings and prints were destroyed in a fire in a warehouse in New York, and a large part of his life’s work was lost. He was never able to recover from this stroke of fate. As a person and artist, Thöny was a maverick who did not feel committed to any artistic movement. The artist died in New York in 1949. 1936 — first participation in an exhibition, 1950 — first solo exhibition at Galerie Welz.
Wilhelm THÖNY was born in Graz in 1888. He studied at the Munich Academy from 1908 to 1912. Thöny enlisted as a volunteer in the First World War in 1915. During this time he produced numerous portrait studies. He was a co-founder of the Munich Secession (1913) and the Graz Secession (1923). The artist worked as a painter, graphic artist and, from 1914, as an illustrator. Later he created landscapes and figures. From 1931 to 1938, he spent time in Paris and on the Côte d’Azur. Thöny moved to New York in 1938. More than a thousand of his paintings and prints were destroyed in a fire in a warehouse in New York, and a large part of his life’s work was lost. He was never able to recover from this stroke of fate. As a person and artist, Thöny was a maverick who did not feel committed to any artistic movement. The artist died in New York in 1949. 1936 — first participation in an exhibition, 1950 — first solo exhibition at Galerie Welz.
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