Hans Tichy, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Hans Tichy

Austrian painter

Date of Birth: 27-Jul-1861

Place of Birth: Brno, South Moravian Region, Czech Republic

Date of Death: 28-Oct-1925

Profession: painter

Nationality: Austria

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Hans Tichy (27 July 1861, Brno – 28 October 1925, Vienna) was an Austrian artist and a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna from 1880 to 1884, under Christian Griepenkerl and August Eisenmenger.
Tichy was also a student of the genre painter August von Pettenkofen.He was a founding member of the Vienna Secession.
He was elected to the presidency of the group in 1902.
His painting, At the Fountain of Love, was exhibited with the group; it won him the Reichel Prize from the Academy, and it was bought by the Moderne Galerie (now the Österreichische Galerie Belvedere).With Richard Kauffungen in 1900, he ran classes for a women's art school on drawing and painting from living models.
In 1914, he was made a professor of the Vienna Academy.