John Quincy Adams - WWI (1914-1918)

Emperor Franz Josef I 1914

Three-quarter portrait in sitting position. The 84-year-old emperor is sitting on a white-red-gold baroque armchair, his hands resting on his thighs. He wears his characteristic white-blond whiskers, his head is bald, his [...]

Archduchess Elisabeth Princess Windischgraetz with daughter Elisabeth 1914

. Description of the picture: see below. JQAW# P_1914_020 Oil on canvas. Dimensions unknown. Signature: none recognizable. Portrait lost. Photo B/W: MAK Archiv, Vienna.

Kote 219 southwest of Tarnow 1915

A barren hill plateau with partly destroyed wooden barricades, on which loose stones, wooden parts and uniform remains are scattered. In the background wide green landscape with a river valley, behind it largely wooded hill [...]

Hussar patrol on the Pruth 1915

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Przemysl destroyed plant I 1915

Destroyed armored station (tank turret), the round lid of the cover with the cannon separated amid concrete rubble lying upside down. Above a flagpole with a tattered flag in Hungarian national colors, waving to the right. [...]

Sturmgasse at the destroyed plant VII Przemysl 1915.

For description see below. JQAW# G_1915_100 Oil on cardboard on canvas 38 x 48 cm. Signature: Ɑdams. Sturmgasse Werk VII Przemyl June 8, 1915 Heeresgeschichtliches Museum Wien HGM Inv.Nr.KBI157 Bez.Nr.2974/2007

Guard post at the destroyed station IX 1915

For description see below. JQAW# G_1915_110 Oil on cardboard on canvas 36 x 47 cm. Signature: Ɑdams Werk IX Przemysl 9. V Heeresgeschichtliches Museum Wien HGM Inv. Nr. KBI154 Bez.Nr. 2976/2007.

Destroyed bridge near Chernivtsi in 1915.

Picture description see below. JQAW# G_1915_120 Oil on canvas on cardboard 33 x 47 cm. Signature: J.Q. Ɑdams Czernowitz 29. VI. 15. Heeresgeschichtliches Museum Wien HGM Inv. Nr. KBI155 Bez. Nr. 2971/2007 (Czernowitz, [...]

Field kitchen 1915

Image description see below. JQAW# G_1915_130 Oil on canvas? ?? x ?? cm Signature: J.Q. Ɑdams 5.X. 15. Art postcard reproduction, original lost. Image source: HGM Vienna No. 6200/2008

Capuchin monk in the trenches 1915

Scene in the trench: a Capuchin priest among four soldiers, in cover behind a stone parapet looking down into the valley. The soldiers are all in field gray uniform with field caps, the priest in brown habit girded with white [...]

Howitzer battery in Vielgereuth 1915

for description s. below. JQAW# G_1915_150 Oil on canvas 62 x 88 cm Signature: John Q Ɑdams Original lost. Art postcard reproduction (private collection).

Mei Heimatland 1915

A soldier on guard duty in the high mountains. The soldier in field-gray uniform with knee breeches, black boots and field-gray cap in the right hand holding the rifle placed on the ground, in the mouth a pipe. He is standing [...]

Machine gun shelter 1915

Machine gun shelter made of heavy logs with three soldiers inside. In the center, the machine-gunner firing, in a sitting position, his left foot propped up on the parapet. Brown boots, dark gray trousers, light shirt, sleeves [...]

Col di Lana viewed from the artillery observer on Pizass 1915

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The highest guard 1915

A soldier in snowy high mountain landscape in side view, looking straight into the distance. He wears a white fur-trimmed long winter coat, heavy boots, on the head a uniform cap, the rifle shouldered. JQAW# G_1915_250 Oil [...]

Alpine landscape ca. 1915/16

For description see below. JQAW# L_1915_010 Oil on canvas 80 x 100 cm Signature: John Q. Ɑdams Private collection, Austria Image: Auction catalog Bozner Kunstauktionen

Pra di Contrin 1915

Narrow mountain valley with spruce forest stands, in winter high mountain landscape. In the background two massive mountain ranges (Sassolungo, left, and Sella, right) and snowy mountain ranges. JQAW# L_1915_020 Oil [...]

Lieutenant Colonel Danila Papp 1915

Almost full-length portrait, standing, body turned slightly sideways, looking directly at the viewer, hands in his coat pockets. In blue uniform coat and field cap, rifle shouldered on back, brown cartridge pouch on belt, [...]

Böhm-Ermolli before Lemberg 1915

for description s. below. JQAW# P_1915_020 Oil on canvas dimensions unknown. Signature: John Quincy Ɑdams with illegible addition. Original lost, art postcard reproduction.

General Eduard von Böhm-Ermolli 1915

Head portrait en face looking at the viewer. The general, almost bald with black moustache, wears the blue uniform jacket of the general staff uniform with general rank sign. Background: gray coloration around the head portrait, [...]

Excellency von Korda at Sadagora 1915

Three-quarter portrait to the left in profile. Von Korda, looking forward, binoculars in his right hand, left hand clasped at his side. Field adjustment: brown pants with wide red lanterns, blue uniform skirt, over the shoulders [...]

Archduke Franz Carl Salvator 1915/16

. JQAW# P_1915_050 Oil on canvas 82 x 58 cm Signature: unknown House of Habsburg (current location unconfirmed) no picture available

General Viktor Dankl with 2 officers of his staff 1915

Three-quarter portrait of General Dankl (with round glasses and moustache), standing in a field gray uniform, with chako and blue coat hung over his shoulders. Behind them two officers standing in lateral three-quarter view. [...]

Dr. Alphons Baron Rothschild 1915

Half portrait in gray-brown field uniform (Rittmeister rank) and field cap, on the chest a medal (Miltärverdienstkreuz); portrayed in a sitting position with bent forearms, his upper body turned half-left, his head turned [...]

Kaiserjägerschützenmajor 1915

. Half-length portrait en face, head to the left, looking into the distance. The major in field grey uniform decorated with three medals: Military Cross of Merit (breast), Order of the Iron Crown and the German Iron Cross [...]

Portrait of a young lady 1915

. For picture description see below. JQAW# P_1915_090 Oil on canvas 125 x 105 cm Signature: John Quincy Ɑdams 1915. Paintings gallery of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna GG-1503 Image credit: Academy of Fine Arts [...]

Sleeping russian officer 1915

Three-quarter portrait of a bearded sleeping Russian officer with officer's cap, his head resting on his knapsack. JQAW# Z_1915_010 Charcoal on paper 19 x 30 cm. Signature: John Quincy Ɑdams - inscribed: Russian [...]

Sunk ships in San Giovanni di Medua 1916

JQAW# G_1916_010 Oil on canvas dimensions unknown Signature: John Q. Ɑdams St. Giovanni di Medua ?? IV. 16. Work lost Picture: Künstlerhausarchiv Vienna

Sunk steamers 1916

JQAW# G_1916_020 Oil on canvas dimensions unknown Signature: unknown Work lost No image available

Mother with child 1916

Mother kneeling on the ground holding a child on her lap. The mother is dressed in a peasant costume with a headscarf covering her head and neck, the child in a light-colored robe. Indicated interior, through the open window [...]

Going to church in Skutari 1916

For picture description see below. JQAW# G_1914_040 Oil on canvas 32 x 65 cm Signature: J.Q. Ɑdams IV. 16. Skutari Private collection, Austria Illustration: Private photograph

Lead mosque in Skutari 1916

JQAW# G_1916_050 Oil on canvas dimensions unknown Signature: likely: J. Q. Ɑdams IV 16 Skutari Work lost

Children in the factory 1916

. Description of the picture see below. JQAW# G_1916_060 Oil on cardboard 47 x 65 cm Signature: John Quincy Ɑdams IV 16 Scutari Unknown private collection. Image: Dorotheum Vienna Auction Catalogue 10.12.2007 [...]

Cattle market in Skutari 1916 LOST ART!

JQAW# G_1916_070 Oil on canvas 38 x 56 cm, black frame Signature: possibly: J. Q. Ɑdams IV 16. Skutari Aryanized work, lost since 1939 LOST ART!

In a submarine 1916

A sailor in a K.u.K. submarine. Sailor, in side view, is standing, leaning forward, opening a torpedo hatch. White sailor's trousers and blue and white striped sleeveless sailor's shirt. Technical equipment of the submarine [...]

Soldier grave 1916

Soldier's grave, enclosed by stones and covered with boards, marked with a wooden cross erected on a stone base, in a mountainous, stony landscape under cloudy sky. In the background tunnel entrances and wooden barracks. [...]

Lovcensaddle Last Serpentine 1916

For picture description see below. JQAW# L_1916_010 Oil on canvas 56 x 89 cm Signature: John Quincy Ɑdams Lovcensattel letzte Serpentine 2. IV. 1916 HGM Vienna Inv.#1950_15_BI28396 Bez.#14752/2016

Hilda Countess Attems profile portrait study 1916

JQAW# P_1916_010 Oil on canvas 48 x 36 cm Signature: John Quincy Ɑdams 9.III.16. Unknown private collection. Image: Auction catalogue Dorotheum Vienna auction 15.12.1985 Lot#1

Hilda Countess Attems profile portrait rondo 1916

Rondo. Half portrait of a lady in left profile view, highlightling her long neckline. Described as: woman with red hair and blue shawl. JQAW# P_1916_020 Oil on canvas rondo 78 x 73 cm Signature: not recognizable Unknown [...]

Field Marshal Lieutenant Trollmann 1916

Half-length portrait (lower half not finished), slightly turned to the right, looking at the viewer. Trollmann with a powerful moustache, the ends turned upwards, without headgear, in gray field uniform, the chest decorated [...]

Liner Lieutenant Rudolf Singule 1916

Half portrait en face, looking at the viewer with open eyes. Singule wears a black navy uniform, under it a white turtleneck shirt, on the head the black navy cap. On the chest decorations of orders and a medal in the form [...]

Study for Kaiserjäger homage 1916

. Portrait and adjustment study for the painting Kaiserjäger homage 1916. Left ¾ portrait study of Colonel Fischer von See, his right hand raised in salute. Top right head portrait profile view from left, study of First [...]

Colonel Fischer von See 1916

. For picture description see below. JQAW# P_1916_060 Oil on canvas 86 x 62 cm Signature: John Quincy Ɑdams Pasubio 1916 Kaiserjägermuseum Berg Isel Innsbruck KJ283

Kaiserjäger head studies 1916

Nine head studies of Tyrolean Kaiserjäger composed of four smaller canvas fragments. The head studies with one exception with view from the left, head slightly turned sideways, or in profile view. Two head studies subsequently [...]

Count Ledochowski and Captain Grosz 1916

JQAW# P_1916_090 Oil on canvas, dimensions unknown Signature: unknown Work lost Picture: not available

Standing girl with bunch of flowers 1916

Full body portrait of a standing blonde girl with a bunch of primroses in front of a landscape background. She wears a white dress with short billowed sleeves, in the hair a white mesh. According to the signature, this [...]

Kaiserjäger homage 1916

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Emperor Franz Josef I. 1916 (copy)

1916 Copy of the 1914 portrait (three-quarter portrait in a seated position) of the emperor with smaller detail (hands not shown). JQAW# P_1916_250 Oil on canvas 79 x 63 cm. Signature: Unmarked Belvedere Vienna Inv.No. [...]

Archduke Charles as Colonel of the Tyrolean Kaiserjäger 1916

Half portrait standing, his body slightly turned to the left, his head turned to the right, looking into the distance. The emperor in field gray uniform with dagger and two orders (including the Habsburg House Order of the [...]

Emperor Charles in the field 1916

Three-quarter portrait standing, body turned slightly to the left, head turned to the right, looking into the distance. The emperor in field gray uniform with rapier, and decorated with several orders (including the Habsburg [...]

Sketch Archduke Franz Salvator and Family ca. 1916

. JQAW# P_1916_280 Oil on canvas dimensions unknown Signature: unknown likely House of Habsburg (current location/owner unconfirmed) no picture available

Archduke Josef Ferdinand Salvator ca. 1916

. JQAW# P_1916_290 Aquarell 26 x 20 cm Signature according to auction house: J Q Ɑdams Unknown private collection (Austria?) Picture: auction catalogue Dorotheum Vienna

Prince Konrad Hohenlohe Schillingfürst 1916

. JQAW# P_1916_300 Oil on canvas dimensons unknown Signature: John Quincy Ɑdams 1916 Work lost (supposedly destroyed in 1918) Picture: Künstlerhaus Archive Vienna

Countess Kitty Schönborn 1916

. Full body larger-than-life portrait in rich room interior (illustrated by a golden brocade curtain, a painting in golden frame and an antique dresser). The portrayed is standing at the dresser, her right arm propped [...]

Kirlibaba 1916

For picture description s. below. JQAW# Z_1916_010 Charcoal on paper, dimensions unknown. Signature: Ɑdams 18.IV. Private collection, Germany.

Emperor Charles I in gala uniform 1917

Full portrait standing in gala uniform. Red pants, light gray uniform coat, in the left hand a mace with green feathers, in the right holding a rapier. Around the shoulders a black coat with red lining. On the chest three [...]

Archduke Maximilian 1917

¾ Full-length en face portrait standing, looking directly at the viewer. The sitter - with upper lip beard - is standing by a marble parapet on which he has placed his right arm, letting his hand, in which he holds a field [...]

Alfred Prince Montenuovo 1917

. Half portrait en face, arms slightly bent. The portrayed is depicted with bald head, blond mustache and white, short full beard and in rich golden court uniform. He wears a purple-green shoulder ribbon (of the Grand Cross [...]

Alfred Prince Montenuovo 1917 Duplicate

Count Leopold Berchtold 1917

Half portrait in side view, sitting in a fief chair, his head raised and his gaze directed into the distance, his delicate hands placed on the left knee of his crossed legs. The sitter wears an upper lip beard and is dressed [...]

Aloys Count Berchtold 1917

. Three-quarter portrait standing, view from slightly sideways, his right arm resting on a marble column, left arm bent (largely hidden by uniform jacket). In field gray lieutenant Ulan uniform (possibly k.u.k. Ulan [...]

Liner Lieutenant Miklós von Horthy 1917

Half-length portrait en face, upper part of the body slightly turned sideways, looking directly at the viewer. In navy uniform, without cap, with chest decorated with orders and a medal in the form of a black paw cross. Background [...]

Else Wohlgemuth 1917 WANTED!

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Princess Belli Hohenlohe Langenburg 1916/17

. JQAW# P_1917_090 Oil on canvas dimensions unknown Signature: unknown, but likely John Quincy Ɑdams 1917 Work lost No illustration available

Baronesse Adelma Tinti 1917

. JQAW# P_1917_100 Oil on canvass dimensions unknown Signature: unknown Work lost (looted or destroyed?)

Margarete Countess Wurmbrandt ca.1916/17

. JQAW# P_1918_060 Oil on canvas dimensions currently unknown Signature: John Quincy Ɑdams Private collection Austria Illustration: private (owner's) photograph

Arthur Emil Teltscher 1918

. JQAW# P_1918_010 Oil on canvas 62 x 46 cm Signature: John Quincy Ɑdams 1918 Private collection USA

General August von Cramon 1918

. JQAW# P_1918_020 Oil on canvas dimensions unknown Signature: unknown, but likely John Quincy Ɑdams 1918 Work lost No illustration available

Baroness Harriet Freudenthal 1918

JQAW# P_1918_050 Oil on canvas 111 x 87 cm Signature: John Quincy Ɑdams 1918 Private collection Europe

Countess Katinka (Michael) Karolyi 1918

Full-length portrait, half reclining on a chaise longue, supported by a dark brown cushion, her right arm propped on the backrest, playing with her locks of hair, her left hand clasping a string of pearls on her lap, her [...]