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==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
Ströhl was born in Wels in Upper-Austria. As a talented painter he studied at the School for Applied Arts ("Kunstgewerbeschule des Österreichischen Museums für Kunst und Industrie", now "Hochschule für angewandte Kunst") in Vienna. After graduation he worked as a teacher of painting and drawing, but he also founded his own small atelier and printing office. His main work was to design (heraldic) books and (advertising) stamps. | Ströhl was born in Wels in Upper-Austria. As a talented painter he studied at the School for Applied Arts ("Kunstgewerbeschule des Österreichischen Museums für Kunst und Industrie", now "Hochschule für angewandte Kunst") in Vienna. After graduation he worked as a teacher of painting and drawing, but he also founded his own small atelier and printing office. His main work was to design (heraldic) books and (advertising) stamps. | ||
Already in 1888 he is mentioned as highly esteemed 'Professor', but so far I have not been able to find more details on his appointntment. | |||
His heraldic drawings, especially of his main books, the Austrian-Hungarian and the Imperial German rolls of arms, are among the best heraldic drawings ever published. | His heraldic drawings, especially of his main books, the Austrian-Hungarian and the Imperial German rolls of arms, are among the best heraldic drawings ever published. | ||