Raphael Kirchner 1876-1917

Osztrák művész, portréfestő, illusztrátor. A Bécsi Művészeti Akadémián tanult, 1900-ban Párizsba költözött, olyan magazinokat illusztrált, mint pl. a La Vie Parisienne. 1914-ben, a világháború kitörésekor az USÁ-ba költözött, és haláláig ott élt. forrás: Wiki

Raphael Kirchner (1876 - August 2, 1917) was an Austrian artist, principally a portrait painter and illustrator best known for Art Nouveau and early pin-up work, especially in picture postcard format.

Kirchner was born in 1876 in Vienna, Austria,[1][2] and attended the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna.[1] He moved to Paris in the year 1900, making illustrations for such magazines as La Vie Parisienne.[2] In 1914, at the outbreak of World War I, Kirchner moved to the United States,[1] where he remained until his death in 1917.