--- type: page title: Studio Herbert Boeckl language: en url: "https://www.belvedere.at/en/herbert-boeckl" --- # Studio Herbert Boeckl With his prolific oeuvre, spanning from the First World War to the 1960s, Herbert Boeckl (1894–1966) ranks among the chief exponents of Austrian modernism. Besides portraits, landscapes, nudes, and still lifes, Boeckl conceived a great variety of originary motifs. Between 1928 and the time of his cerebral stroke in 1964, the artist worked in his studio at No. 42 Argentinierstraße in Vienna´s 4th district. His workplace presents itself today in its original condition, as the artist left it behind. Easels, old paint tubes, brushes, books, and other painting utensils as well as furniture can still be seen in situ. The studio can be visited as part of a guided tour. For an individual booking of this exclusive tour for a maximum of 15 people, please contact . ![Boeckl mit schwarzem Anzug beim Ofen, 1952 — © Herbert-Boeckl-Nachlass, Wien, Foto: © Barbara Hirschenhauser](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/main_image_aspect1_5__561x374/public/2024-01/herbert-boeckl-atelier.jpg.webp?itok=YvZdsQTw) ### XXXX, 1894 XXXX 3 June 1894 Born in Klagenfurt, the second (of four) sons of Leopold Böckl, a mechanical engineer and teacher at the Staatsgewerbeschule \[State Vocational School\], and his wife Paula, née Münichsdorfer. ### XXXX, 1904 XXXX Attends secondary school in Klagenfurt. ### XXXX, 1912 XXXX Having applied to the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts without success, Boeckl studies architecture at the Technical University and takes private lessons with Adolf Loos. Participates for the first time in an exhibition, at the Vienna-based Kunstsalon Pisko in 1913. ### XXXX, 1915 XXXX Serves in the army on the Italian front with the art historian Bruno Grimschitz, the future curator and director of the Austrian Gallery, who becomes one of his main supporters. ### XXXX, 1918 XXXX On the recommendation of Egon Schiele, he signs an open-ended commission contract with the Viennese art dealer Gustav Nebehay, which entitles him to advance payments. ### XXXX, 1919 XXXX Marries Maria Plahna (they have nine children by 1941). ### XXXX, 1921 XXXX Study trips to Berlin, Paris, and Sicily. ### XXXX, 1927 XXXX First solo show; thirty oil paintings at the fall exhibition of the Vienna Secession. ### XXXX, 1928 XXXX Moves into a studio at Argentinierstrasse 42 in Vienna’s 4th district. (In 1930, the family moves to Perchtoldsdorf, and in 1937, to Alliiertenstrasse in Vienna’s 2nd district.) ### XXXX, 1934 XXXX Receives the Grand Austrian State Prize, awarded for the first time, for his painting Hymn to Mary. Participates in the Venice Biennale (also in 1932 and 1936). ### XXXX, 1935 XXXX Appointed professor at the General School of Painting, Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna. Nominated as special commissioner of the Austrian government for the art exhibition at the World’s Fair in Brussels. Travels to Belgium, Holland, Italy, France, and England. ### XXXX, 1937 XXXX Participates in the Exposition d’art Autrichien at the Musée du Jeu de Paume des Tuileries in Paris. ### XXXX, 1938 XXXX Changes the spelling of his name from Böckl to Boeckl; the first painting he signs with an “oe” is Yellow Quarry near St. Margarethen. ### XXXX, 1939 XXXX Resigns from his master class in painting at the Vienna Academy and takes over the direction of the “Abendakt,” a compulsory nude drawing course for all academy students. He is marginalized in the official art world and seldom included in exhibitions. ### XXXX, 1941 XXXX Joins the NSDAP and aligns himself with the Nazi regime, driven in part by economic considerations as a family man. ### XXXX, 1944 XXXX Classified as “politically unreliable” and assigned to fortification work. ### XXXX, 1945 After the liberation of Vienna, is appointed provisional principal of the Academy of Fine Arts, while Albert Paris Gütersloh and Fritz Wotruba are appointed professors. ### XXXX, 1946 Dismissed as principal for failing to register in 1945 as a former member of the NSDAP. Boeckl is allowed to continue as a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts and is given a retrospective exhibition at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna. ### XXXX, 1951 Study trip to Spain. Starts to work on the frescoes of the Chapel of Angels in the Benedictine Abbey of Seckau in Styria. ### XXXX, 1954 Awarded the Grand Austrian State Prize. ### XXXX, 1955 Study trip to Greece. ### XXXX, 1956 President of the Austrian section of the UNESCO Association internationale des arts plastiques; he attends its first congress in Paris. ### XXXX, 1959 Study trip to Egypt. ### XXXX, 1960 Hosts the third conference of the UNESCO Association internationale des arts plastiques in Vienna. Completes the frescoes in Seckau. ### XXXX, 1962 Elected principal of the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna. ### XXXX, 1964 Retrospective at the Vienna Museum of the Twentieth Century. Represents Austria at the Venice Biennale. ### XXXX, 1966 20 January 966 Dies in Vienna and is buried in a City of Vienna grave of honor.