Alajos Strobl

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Hans Temple : Alajos Strobl at work, around 1880

Alajos Strobl (also Aloys Strobl , from 1913 Strobl von Liptóújvár ; born June 21, 1856 in Liptovský Hrádok , † December 13, 1926 in Budapest ) was a Hungarian sculptor.

Life

The artist of German origin, who comes from what is now Slovakia , was the son of a count's land manager. He had a younger sister Zsófia (1860–1941), who was a painter, particularly of still lifes. Strobl first attended a grammar school and from 1874 the Vienna School of Applied Arts , where he was taught by Ferdinand Laufberger , among others . Afterwards he was a student of Caspar von Zumbusch at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna from 1876 to 1880 . In addition to Zumbusch, his artistic development was also influenced by Victor Tilgner .

A Perseus statue by the young artist caused a stir in 1878 . In 1880 he was allowed to design two composer statues for the Budapest Opera . He was one of the busiest Hungarian artists around the turn of the 20th century and created, among other things, the monumental equestrian monument of the Hungarian King Stephan I on the Fishermen's Bastion and the monument to Ignaz Semmelweis .

In 1881 Strobl moved to Pest . There he taught from 1885 at the master school for sculpture, which he took over in 1920. One of his students was Barnabás Holló (1866-1917), who modeled a memorial plaque in Strobl's studio showing Count Stefan Széchenyi in 1825 at the Reichstag, whose use in 1830 led to the establishment of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. The plaque cast according to this model was unveiled on September 21, 1891 at the centenary of his birth. At the World Exhibition in Paris in 1900 he won the Grand Prix for his seated statue "Our Mother". In 1906 he was awarded the Order of the Iron Crown III. Class and in the following year the Commander's Cross of the Franz Joseph Order . In 1913 he was raised to the Hungarian nobility and received the title "von Liptóujvár".

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Marble sculpture “Our Mother” by Alajos Strobl, 1894

Strobl was an important representative of Hungarian late historicism and Viennese neo-baroque . His complete works include around 300 portrait busts as well as grave sculptures, monumental monuments and architectural sculptures. More rarely he designed plaques and medals. Works by him are in the collections of the Hungarian National Gallery and the History Museum in Budapest .

Works (selection)

  • Statue "Perseus"
  • Budapest Opera : two attic figures (Spontini, Cherubini), monumental seated statues of Franz von Liszt and Ferenc Erkels (1881–1884), Sphingen
  • formerly Budapest redoubt: statue "Fandango"
  • Budapest: Monument to the poet János Arany , 1893
  • Portrait bust "Luischen", model was Strobl's future wife Lujza Kratochwill, 48 cm, white marble, 1884, Hungarian National Gallery
  • Portrait bust of Károly Lotz , bronze, 35 cm, 1887, Hungarian National Gallery
  • Portrait bust of Mihály von Munkácsy , bronze, 35 cm, 1887, Hungarian National Gallery
  • Portrait bust of Ferenc Pulszky, bronze, 53 cm, 1890, Hungarian National Gallery
  • Portrait bust of Marie Jászai, 1893
  • Seated statue “Our Mother” (“Anyánk”), model was Strobl's mother Karolina Wirosztek, 161 cm, marble, 1894, Hungarian National Gallery
  • Lady Justice in the Palace of Justice, 1896
  • Budapest, Castle Palace: King Matthias Fountain, 1904
  • Budapest, Fisherman's Bastion : Monument to King Stephen the Holy, 1906, equestrian statue
  • Ignaz Semmelweis Monument, 1906
  • Coburg , St. Augustin : Marble sarcophagus of Princess Clementine of Saxe-Coburg in the church's crypt, 1910
  • Stansted, England: War Memorial
  • Sculptures of a boar and deer in the castle park of Kleintopoltchan ( Slov . Topolčianky )

literature

Web links

Commons : Alajos Stróbl  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Strobl, Zsófia (Sofia) . In: Hans Wolfgang Singer (Ed.): General Artist Lexicon. Life and works of the most famous visual artists . Prepared by Hermann Alexander Müller . 5th unchanged edition. tape 4 : Raab – Vezzo . Literary Institute, Rütten & Loening, Frankfurt a. M. 1921, p. 357 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
  2. ^ The unveiling of the Széchenyi memorial plaque . In: Hungarian Review with the support of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences . FA Brockhaus, 1893, p. 91-98 ( Text Archive - Internet Archive ). Memorial plaque relief
  3. ↑ Strobl, Alajos: Luischen mng.hu. Retrieved May 31, 2014.
  4. ↑ Strobl, Alajos: Our Mother mng.hu. Retrieved May 31, 2014.
personal data
SURNAME Strobl, Alajos
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Strobl from Liptóújvár, Alajos; Strobl, Aloys; Strobl, Alois
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Hungarian sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH June 21, 1856
PLACE OF BIRTH Liptovský Hrádok
DATE OF DEATH December 13, 1926
Place of death Budapest