EMIL RANZENHOFER

Viennese Artist 1864 - 1930

Introduction

Biographical Sketch

Psuedonyms

Masons

Ranzenhofergasse

WW I Artist

WW I Posters

WWI Postcards

WWI Sketches

WWI Etchings

WWI Dankl Exlibris

WWI Book Illustrations

Jewish Artist

Golden Book Certificates

JNF Land Certificates

JNF Tree Certificates

JNF Telegrams

Sixth Zionist Congress

Advertising Artist

Posters

Poster Stamps

Metal Signs

Graphic Artist

Post Cards

ExLibris

Book Illustrator

Meister Brieff

Sheet Music Illustrator

Contributing Illustrator

Etcher and Painter

Etchings of People

Etchings of Places

Plant & Animal Etchings

Oil Paintings

GRAPHIC ARTIST

Emil Ranzenhofer's graphic art works include poster design, book illustrations, watercolors, oil paintings, and etchings, including ExLibris (bookplates). By the end of the year 1900, he had established himself as an innovator in the art of poster design and had a robust commercial career. He illustrated some twenty-seven books in the Kushners Bucherschatz series of novels.

Between 1900 and the start of WWI, his career flourished. Many examples of his posters, etchings, ExLibris, oil paintings, water colors, postcards, and illustrated books are dated from this period. Unfortunately, this was before the custom of numbering the etchings as they were printed, so it is uncertain how many were actually produced and sold. According to Fuchs in his Österreichischer Maler des 19. Jahrhunderdts, Emil Ranzenhofer was awarded a Silver Medal in 1914.

He was a member of the Österreichische Küstlerbund and the Alrbrecht Durer-Bund.