Franz von Bayros

Franz von Bayros
A black-and-white photograph of the artist in 1898 Franz von Bayros in 1898
Born	(1866-05-28)28 May 1866 Zagreb, Austrian Empire (present-day Croatia)
Died	Vienna, Austria
Nationality	Austrian
Education	Vienna Academy
Known for	Painting, illustrating, commercial artistry
Movement	Decadent movement

Franz von Bayros (28 May 1866 – 3 April 1924) was an Austrian commercial artist, illustrator, and painter, best known for his controversial Tales at the Dressing Table portfolio. He belonged to the Decadent movement in art, often relying on erotic themes and phantasmagoric imagery.

Bayros was born in Zagreb, in present-day Croatia, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. At the age of seventeen, he passed the entrance examination for the Vienna Academy with Eduard von Engerth. Bayros mixed in elegant society and soon belonged to the circle of friends of Johann Strauss II, whose stepdaughter Alice he married in 1896. The next year, Bayros moved to Munich. In 1904, he gave his first exhibition in Munich, which was a great success. From 1904 until 1908, he travelled to Paris and Italy for further studies. Returning to Vienna, he felt himself a stranger. The outbreak of the First World War came as yet another setback for Bayros.

The artist died at Vienna in 1924, from a cerebral hemorrhage.

File:Franz von Bayros 017.jpg

An example of the erotic art of Franz von Bayros

See also

• List of Austrian artists and architects

External links

• Media related to at Wikimedia Commons
• The Decadence of the Marquis von Bayros
• Dark Art: Bayros gallery
• Franz von Bayros Gallery and Biography