Heinrich Bohler

Heinrich Böhler (born August 1, 1881 in Vienna ,Austria or Oberweningen, Switzerland; died February 4, 1940 in St. Moritz , Switzerland was an Austrian-Swiss painter , photographer and art collector . Heinrich Böhler was heir to the Styrian stainless steel works that his father Emil Böhler founded with his brother Albert Böhler . Emil Böhler died in Heinrich's first year in January 1882 as a result of an operation. His mother, Eleonore Böhler née Eibel, came from Switzerland, which gave Heinrich Böhler Swiss citizenship. Heinrich Böhler received an economic education in England. There he met his future wife. In 1909 he married the American Mabel Forbes in Vienna (1875–20 August 1963 in Lugano). Josef Hoffmann set up her apartment at Vienna's Belvederegasse 30, Vienna IV, and built her house in Baden near Vienna and redesigned the gardens there. 1911-1913 the couple lived in Tokyo and Osaka. Heinrich Böhler and his cousin Richard Böhler headed the branch “Bohler Brothers & Co. Ltd.”, founded in 1908. Japan Branch ”. Heinrich and Mabel Böhler were enthusiastic about the Far Eastern atmosphere. The years were formative for her art mind. From September 1914 Heinrich Böhler took painting lessons with Egon Schiele in his studio in Vienna's Belvederegasse . Heinrichs cousin Hans Böhler was a painter and belonged to Schiele's close circle of friends and exhibited together with him. Heinrich Böhler paid Egon Schiele 200 crowns a month, even after he was drafted into military service in June 1915. 1916-1918 built Heinrich Tessenowstraßefor the couple the country house "Villa Böhler" in St. Moritz (demolished in 1988/1989). The couple had another residence in Castagnola / Lugano . From 1926 Heinrich and Mabel Böhler lived in St. Moritz. The couple remained childless. After Heinrich Böhler's death in 1940, Mabel Böhler administered his estate. An important part of the Böhler Collection is in the Leopold Museum in Vienna. Heinrich Böhler painted and collected art. He owned, among others, Egon Schiele's works Trieste's fishing boat in 1912, houses with laundry in 1914, Yellow City in 1914, house wall by the river in 1915, mother with two children in 1915 and Der Häuserbogen in 1915. He also photographed with expensive equipment. In 1910 Heinrich Böhler took part in the annual exhibition of the Royal Photographic Society . Several recordings with Gustav Klimt and Emilie Flöge as well as a series of pictures with Stacia Napierkowska have been preserved. However, he remained more attached to painting.

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Artworks on platform: 3
Works collected: 163
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Individual collectors: 114

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Artworks on platform: 3
Works collected: 163
Comments: 1
Featured on boards: 0
Individual collectors: 114

Artworks

Emilie Flöge

Gustav Klimt and Emilie Floge

Gustav Klimt and Emilie Flöge

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