Edmund Adler (Austrian, 1876 to 1965)
Initially trained as a lithographer, Edmund Adler later attended the Vienna Academy where he received the Kenyon Traveling Scholarship in 1903. During World War I (1914 to 1918), he was a prisoner of war in Siberia. Subsequently, he exhibited with both Austrian and Russian artists, and his genre paintings became quite popular in Vienna, Dresden, and Brunn. His realistic portrayals of peasant children are amongst the most highly collected of his works.
Information courtesy of Heritage Auction Galleries, May 2009.
Alder is best known for his charming and colorful images of children inspired by the people and scenery of his native Austria. Born in Vienna, Adler studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna and at Kenyon- Reisostipendium. Despite being held in Russian captivity in Siberia during World War I, Adler continued to produce paintings and drawings, often images of his barracks and prison comrades. Upon his release he returned to Austria where he settled in Mannersdorf.
Information courtesy of Skinner Inc., March, 2007.