Hugo Charlemont

Hugo Charlemont
Born	18 March 1850 Jemnice, Moravia
Died	18 April 1939 Vienna
Resting place	Döbling Cemetery
Nationality	Austrian
Known for	Painting

Hugo Charlemont (18 March 1850 – 18 April 1939) was an Austrian painter. Born in Jemnice, Moriva he was the son of Matthais Adolf Charlemont. He studied art at the Academy of Fine Arts. He died in Vienna.

Charlemont was born in Jemnice, Moravia.^[1] He was the son of the miniature painter Matthias Adolf Charlemont and the brother of the painters Eduard Charlemont (1848–1906) and Theodor Charlemont (1859–1938). Hugo's daughter Lilly Charlemont also was an artist.

From 1873 he studied art at the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna under Eduard von Lichtenfels.^[2] Charlemont was a painter of landscapes, still lifes, genre subjects, animals, and portraits. He died in Vienna. ^{[citation needed]}

• Interieur with a forge (Vienna, Austrian gallery, Inv. No. 2784), 1883, oil on wood, 48.5 x 70 cm
• Highway with Birkenallee (Vienna, Austrian gallery, Inv. No. 253), 1894, oil on wood, 68 x 100 cm
• Park with elegant Viennese villa (Vienna museum), 1902, oil on canvas, 145 x 100 cm
• Young woman with azalea plant (Vienna museum), 1928, oil on canvas, 68 x 83 cm
• Illustration to "Kronprinzenwerk" (Austrian-Hungarian monarchy in word and pictures, 1885–1902).
• Harp, (Sweden, private collection) ND, oil on wood
• Forest Pond, (Colorado, private collection) 1922, oil on canvas, 36 x 26 cm

• Robert Janás: Bratři Charlemontové – makartovské tendence v moravské malbě. Sborník Forum Brunense 2017, pp. 19–37. ISBN 978-80-86549-71-2

• ArtNet: More works by Charlemont