Sergius Hruby was an Austrian artist who specialised in that fin de siècle staple, the malevolent or sinister woman. Or so it would seem from these examples which, since I’ve chosen the more assertively Decadent fare, may be doing him a disservice. (http://www.johncoulthart.com/feuilleton/2013/07/01/the-art-of-sergius-hruby-1869-1943/) Sergius Josef Hruby was born in Vienna on 16 March 1869. Other than that he joined the army in 1889, there’s no information about his youth; the first time his name pops-up in a newspaper (Die Neue Freie Presse of 25 Dec. 1890) we learn that 21 year old Reserve-Cadet Sergius Hruby got promoted to Lieutenant in der Reserve. ...Now this is interesting: 18 March 1899 the Teplitz-Schönauer Anzeiger writes that the academic painter Sergius Hruby was appointed as... Between 1925-33, Hruby’s illustrations were printed on a regular basis in the satirical magazine Die Muskete, which was published between 1905-41. In Nov. 1927 they actually issued a Sondernummer, a Special Edition, about Professor Sergius Hruby! Unfortunately, the issue contains only drawings by Hruby; there’s no information about the man himself. When World War II began, Sergius Hruby was already 71 years old. But he was still working. We know that, because Wladimir-Aichelburg reports Hruby was removed as member of the RKK (Reichskulturkammer) on 1 Feb. 1941 reason being his wife was not of Aryan descent. Fortunately, Emil Bröckl intervened and Hruby could continue to work. However, as Hruby was removed from the RKK, he could no longer be a member of the Künstlerhaus. He was removed there too. After that, life must have been very difficult for Hruby; he passed away on 24 Oct. 1943 at age 74. The Künstlerhaus paid 500RM for his funeral, more than half of the total cost. Sergius Hruby was buried on 29 Oct. 1943 at the Wiener Zentralfriedhof (Gruppe 48, Gruppe Erweiterung D, Reihe 7, Nummer 5). (https://aboutartnouveau.wordpress.com/2015/03/22/sergius-hruby-1869-1943/) undefined

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