Alfred Hofmann
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
- 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
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).
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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 |