Rudolf Wacker
Austrian painter, POW, Nazi victim
Rudolf Wacker was an Austrian painter. Rudolf Wacker was born the fourth and youngest child of Romedius Wacker from Thaur in Tirol and Marianne (née Wüstner) from Mellau, Bregenzerwald in Bregenz. Romedius Wacker was a successful master builder and lived with his family in a self-built villa with a large garden at Römerstrasse 24, which he built around 1900. During World War I, Wacker was drafted into the military. He was taken prisoner by the Russians in Poland in 1915 and spent five years in Tomsk, Siberia. After the so-called annexation of Austria in 1938, Wacker was targeted by the National Socialists, since he was said to have a close relationship with communism. Among other things, he took part in peace rallies and openly opposed the cultural policies of the National Socialists. Wacker suffered two heart attacks during a house search and during an interrogation by the Gestapo and soon died at his parents' home in Bregenz.
Artworks by this artist (12 total)
- Gruyères 1930
- An der Abzucht (in Goslar) 1932
- Mann und Frau
- Bodenseelandschaft 1928
- Zwei Köpfe 1932
- Kind mit Puppe 1937
- Träumer 1923
- Female nude 1932
- Stillleben mit blühendem Kaktus und Puppe (Sill Life with Blooming Cactus and Doll) 1925
- Porträt eines Kriegsgefangenen 1917
- Stilleben mit St. Sebastian 1927
- Am Klavier 1923