# Alfred Zoff

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**Alfred Zoff** (11 December 1852, in [Graz](/source/Graz) – 12 August 1927, in Graz) was an Austrian [Post-Impressionist](/source/Post-Impressionist) landscape painter.

## Biography

His father was a doctor who originally came from [Carinthia](/source/Carinthia). He decided to become an artist at an early age and, although he began by studying medicine, in 1869 he took classes at the State Drawing Academy in Graz with the landscape painter, [Hermann von Königsbrunn](/source/Hermann_von_K%C3%B6nigsbrunn).[citation needed]

By 1880, he had decided on art as a career and was enrolled at the [Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna](/source/Academy_of_Fine_Arts,_Vienna), where he studied with [Eduard Peithner von Lichtenfels](/source/Eduard_Peithner_von_Lichtenfels).[1] After his father's death in 1882, his mother moved to [Klagenfurt](/source/Klagenfurt) and he would often visit there to paint. It remained a favorite location for the rest of his life. He also made occasional trips to Italy and Belgium.

He completed his studies in 1890 at the [Academy of Fine Arts, Karlsruhe](/source/Academy_of_Fine_Arts,_Karlsruhe), with [Gustav Schönleber](/source/Gustav_Sch%C3%B6nleber), who acquainted him the [Barbizon school](/source/Barbizon_school) of landscape painting. After that, he lived in Munich and [Krems an der Donau](/source/Krems_an_der_Donau).[1] From 1907, he was a professor of landscape and [still-life](/source/Still-life) painting at the academy in Graz, where he was an exponent of the Viennese style known as "[Stimmungsimpressionismus](/source/Stimmungsimpressionismus)" (Mood Impressionism).[1]

He received numerous awards, including a bronze medal at the [Exposition Universelle (1900)](/source/Exposition_Universelle_(1900)). His memberships included the [Künstlerhaus Wien](/source/K%C3%BCnstlerhaus_Wien) (from 1883) and the [Hagenbund](/source/Hagenbund) (from 1900).[1][better source needed] In 1927, shortly before his death, he was officially granted citizenship (Bürgerrechte) by the city of Graz.

## References

1. [Zoff: Monografie und Werke](http://www.suppanfinearts.com/Zoff/Monografie/Monografie.html) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20170110160701/http://www.suppanfinearts.com/Zoff/Monografie/Monografie.html) 2017-01-10 at the Wayback Machine @ Galerie Martin Suppan.

- [Alfred Zoff: Monografie und Werke](http://www.suppanfinearts.com/en/publications/werkverzeichnisse/alfred-zoff) bei Galerie [Suppan Fine Arts](/source/Suppan_Fine_Arts)

## Further reading

- Winfred Skreiner, *Alfred Zoff, 1852–1927. Ein österreichischer Stimmungsimpressionist.*, Edition Martin Suppan Verlag, 1991 ISBN 3-901255-06-0

## External links

- [ArtNet: More works by Zoff.](http://www.artnet.com/artists/alfred-zoff/past-auction-results)
- [Biographical notes](https://de.wikisource.org/wiki/BLK%C3%96:Zoff,_Alfred) @ the Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich

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