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Wilhelm Thöny
(Graz 1888 - 1949 New York)
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Biography
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Born in 1888 in Graz, Wilhelm Thöny was blessed with many artistic talents. In 1908 he opted to study painting at the innovative Munich Kunstakademie. In his Graz period 1923-1931 he quickly developed his typical style, a synthesis of impressionist and expressionist styles, initially dominated by a gloomy blend of white washes. The representation of people and (city) landscapes is permeated by solitude and gloom. In 1923 Thöny became the first president of the Graz Secession. Following a trip to Paris in 1929, he moved to the vibrant Seine metropolis in 1931. The atmosphere of France caused a fundamental change in Thöny’s paintings; new fresh pastel shades and the relaxed painting style express Mediterranean joie de vivre. In 1938 Thöny and his Jewish wife emigrated to New York. Homesickness and a big warehouse fire in 1948 that destroyed almost 1000 of his works deeply shocked the artist. Wilhelm Thöny died in the following year in New York.