Adolf Pohl (sculptor)

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Adolf Josef Pohl (born April 27, 1872 in Vienna , † July 25, 1930 in Bad Deutsch-Altenburg ) was an Austrian sculptor and craftsman .

Life

Pohl was initially a student at the Vienna School of Applied Arts , then he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts with Edmund von Hellmer and Caspar von Zumbusch . In his artistic career, Pohl mainly worked on modern everyday objects such as vases, candlesticks, bowls and mirrors in bronze, whereby he always produced these art objects in different materials. His works have been exhibited at the Vienna Künstlerhaus , Prague , Saint Petersburg , Moscow and Berlin . For his work he was awarded a bronze medal in Paris in 1900 .

During the First World War he was a one-year volunteer soldier in Feldjäger Battalion No. 21 of the Austro-Hungarian Army . On June 13, 1916, the academic sculptor applied for admission to the art group of the Austro-Hungarian war press quarter . He justified his admission, among other things, with his membership in the cooperative of visual artists of Vienna and referred to his famous teachers. However, his application for admission was not granted.

Works (excerpt)

Clock tower in Bad Deutschaltenburg
  • Statuette of a sitting female nude , 1910, patinated bronze, mounted on a stone base, height 25.3 cm
  • Inscription plaque battle location of the Feldjäger Battalion No. 21 , 1918, cast bronze , 28 × 0.70 × 37 cm, Heeresgeschichtliches Museum , Vienna
  • Statuette Amazon on her storming horse , bronze, height 56 ​​cm
  • Portrait bust of an unknown man , bronze on a marble base
  • Statuette calling man with stick , bronze
  • Fritz Chwalla (died 1913) tomb , Vienna, Hietzing cemetery
  • Children's figures on the side stairs of the Julius Tandler Family Center in Vienna-Alsergrund
  • Clock tower on the main square of Deutsch Altenburg

literature

  • Ilse Krumpöck: The sculptures in the Army History Museum , Vienna 2004, p. 137 f.
  • Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists of the XX. Century . Leipzig 1930, volume 27, p. 190.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ilse Krumpöck: Die Bildwerke im Heeresgeschichtliches Museum , Vienna 2004, p. 137 f.
  2. ↑ on dorotheum.com  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed February 8, 2013@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.dorotheum.com  
  3. ↑ on artnet.de , accessed February 8, 2013
  4. ↑ on artfact.com , accessed February 8, 2013
  5. ↑ on arcadja.com , accessed February 8, 2013
personal data
SURNAME Pohl, Adolf
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pohl, Adolf Josef (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian sculptor and craftsman
DATE OF BIRTH April 27, 1872
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH July 25, 1930
Place of death Bad Deutsch-Altenburg