Adolf Hölzel

Adolf Hölzel began his studies at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts going on to the Munich Academy of Fine Arts.

He developed a passion for open air painting after being inspired by Monet’s work during a visit to Paris with his friend Arthur Langhammer.

While living in Dachau between 1887 and 1906, he set up the Hölzel, the first Dachau school of fine arts. The school attracted many artists, often from far away, wanting to be taught by Hölzel. At this time he was in close contact with Dill and Langhammer and it was while in Dachau that he made the transition from realism to abstraction.

Works by Hölzel can be seen in the Gemäldegalerie Dachau.