Hans Ankwicz-Kleehoven, the well-known collector, archivist and journalist of Austrian art called Storch-Alberti “the painter of the European landscape". In 1948, he was one of the 20 most famous artists in Austria.
He studied at the Vienna Academy under Kasimir Pochwalski. From 1911 onwards, he went on study trips across Europe. Exhibitions of his works included: 1914 to 1918 - Vienna Künstlerhaus, Secession and Hagenbund, also Bolzano, Trent, Venice, as well as Raab 1933, Crikvenica 1934, Visby on Gotland 1935, Zurich 1932, and Flims 1937. Other than landscapes, his works often show mountains. The exhibition “Zermatt and its mountains” in 1930, at the Kunstgemeinschaft Hofgarten in Vienna, included 60 of his mountain paintings. In 1954, he presented 200 works from 18 European countries at the Austrian State Printing Office under the heading “Across Europe”. On 16.5.1954, the Wiener Zeitung wrote: “He is the quintessence of a tireless wanderer across all countries. True art can say more than words, it can grab you, convince you.”
In 1911, Storch-Alberti was awarded the Honorary Badge of the Vienna Künstlerhaus, in 1914 the Big Golden Füger Medal for Landscape Painting, in 1916 the Rosenbaum Prize, in 1917 Master School Prize and in 1918 the Rome Prize. He drew portraits of Luis Trenker, Vilma Degischer, Fritz Kortner and others.
Exhibitions (selection):
1914 – 1918 Künstlerhaus Wien
1919/20 Secession, Wien
1922 Ausstellung Heimischer Künstler, Bozen
1930 „Zermatt und seine Berge“, Kunstgemeinschaft Hofgarten, Wien
1935 „Die skandinavische Landschaft“, Visby, Insel Gotland
1932 „Die Schweizer Landschaft“, Zürich
1948 „Der Wolfgangsee“, Haus der deutschen Kunst, München
1954 Personale, Österreichische Staatsdruckerei, Wien
2010 Personale, Kunsthandel Hieke, Wien
Works at:
Wien Museum
Wiener Diözesanmuseum
NÖ Landesmuseum, St. Pölten
Landesmuseum Klagenfurt
Heimatmuseum Bozen
Wachaumuseum, Weißenkirchen
