Alfred Hofmann

Vienna, pelican fountain by Alfred Hofmann in the Widholzhof in Simmering from 1926

Alfred Hofmann (born November 28, 1879 in Vienna ; † August 1, 1958 there ) was an Austrian sculptor , medalist , gem cutter and wood carver.

Life

Hofmann studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna from 1895 to 1904 , his teachers were the sculptors Edmund von Hellmer and Caspar von Zumbusch . In 1905/1906 he went on a study trip to Italy . In 1906 he was awarded the Reichel Prize . From 1906 to 1939 he was a member of the Vienna Secession and the Vienna Künstlerhaus . He created portraits , busts and statuettes from a wide variety of materials, such as artificial stone , bronze , marble , limestone , shell cameos and others. On October 3, 1915, a "field howitzer in iron" (see war nails ) designed by Hofmann and manufactured by members of the kk Landwehr field howitzer division No. 13 was unveiled in the covered riding school of the Rennweg barracks .

The Museum of Military History , the Museum of Art History , the Austrian Belvedere Gallery and the Wroclaw City Museum have works by Alfred Hofmann in their collections.

Alfred Hofmann was a member of the German Association of Artists .

Awards

His work has received several awards. In 1906 he received the Reichel Prize for his plastic flower . In 1921 and 1924 he was awarded the State Prize for the statuette painter Hänisch .

Works

Hofmann's design for the obverse of the Austrian 25 Schilling coin from 1955 for the reopening of the Vienna Bundestheater

Monument miniature artillery field gun , 1914/15, bronzed tin , 10 × 12 × 21 cm, Heeresgeschichtliches Museum, Vienna.

literature

Hofmann, Alfred . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 17 : Heubel – Hubard . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1924, p. 248-249 .
Ilse Krumpöck: The sculptures in the Army History Museum. Vienna 2004, OCLC 76185123 , p. 65.

Web links

Commons : Alfred Hofmann - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

^ Lothar Hölbling: Medals of Science: the collection of the archive of the University of Vienna. Facultas Verlag, 1998, ISBN 3851143426 , p. 149.
↑ ^a ^b Ilse Krumpöck: The pictures in the Army History Museum. Vienna 2004, p. 74.
↑ kuenstlerbund.de: Ordinary members of the German Association of Artists since it was founded in 1903 / Hofmann, Alfred ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on March 7, 2016).

personal data
SURNAME	Hofmann, Alfred
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian sculptor and ceramist
DATE OF BIRTH	November 28, 1879
PLACE OF BIRTH	Vienna
DATE OF DEATH	August 1, 1958
Place of death	Vienna

[1] Lothar Hölbling: Medals of Science: the collection of the archive of the University of Vienna. Facultas Verlag, 1998, ISBN 3851143426 , p. 149.

[krumpoeck-2] Ilse Krumpöck: The pictures in the Army History Museum. Vienna 2004, p. 74.

[3] uenstlerbund.de: Ordinary members of the German Association of Artists since it was founded in 1903 / Hofmann, Alfred ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on March 7, 2016).