Troppau (Austrian Silesia) 1872 – 1910 Neuilly-sur-Seine
Impressionist painter of interiors and landscapes, he lived for most of the time in France. He first studied under Fritz Thaulow (a Norwegian impressionist landscape painter who also lived in Paris), and later under Camille Pissaro and Alfred Sisley. His work was lastingly influenced by Impressionism and the effect of light and atmosphere took a central role in his landscapes in both oils and pastels. He successfully presented his work in many of the most important international exhibitions of the time. By 1905, he was a member of the Künstlerhaus and must have been living in Vienna. In 1910, the art magazine ¨Die Kunst¨ reported that the Viennese painter Rudolf Quittner had died in Neuilly near Paris. His paintings are in the collections of the Gallery of Modern Art in Vienna, the Louvre in Paris and the Vatican. In the autumn of 1910, an exhibition of the works from his estate was presented in the Künstlerhaus in Vienna and in 1911 in the Gallery Georges Petit in Paris.
Ref.: U. Thieme/F. Becker (Ed.), Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künstler, Von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart, Leipzig, vol. XXVII, p. 530
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