page_title: Hans Zatzka
section_title: Artwork
hierarchical_section_title: Hans Zatzka / Artwork
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Deckengemälde (1896), Kurhaus in Baden bei Wien, Ansichtskarte (um 1890)
context_page_description: Hans Zatzka was an Austrian Academic and fantasy painter. He has sometimes been known as P. Ronsard, Pierre de Ronsard, or H. Zabateri, and signed many of his works as Joseph Bernard, J. Bernard, or Bernard Zatzka. The purpose of Zatzka's vast array of pseudonyms was to avoid penalties of breaking contracts which limited the amount of artwork he could sell. This has caused some art databases to conflate Zatzka's work under the pseudonym Joseph Bernard with the French sculptor with the same name.
context_section_description: Many of Zatzka's works were religious paintings and altar pieces dedicated to various churches in Austria. However, he is more known for his paintings of women, fairies,  and other fantastical scenes. Often, he would draw inspiration from the works of Richard Wagner and the fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm.
  In the late 19th and early 20th century, several pieces by Zatzka were photographed and made into commercial and collectable postcards.
  During the 1920s, Zatzka's style became the decor of choice throughout Europe. In addition, the previous thirty years held a resurgence for Zatzka.
  Currently, most of Zatzka's paintings reside in private collections.
caption: Die Quellnymphe, as reproduced on a postcard in 1890
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