Angelo Buzzi-Quattrini
Angelo Buzzi-Quattrini (born February 20, 1879 in Vienna , Austria-Hungary , † February 25, 1941 in Friborg , Switzerland ) was an Austrian sculptor .
Live and act
Angelo Buzzi-Quattrini, who came from a northern Italian family, was born on February 20, 1879 in Vienna and studied from 1895 to 1903 under Edmund Hellmer and Carl Kundmann at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna . It was from him that he was awarded the Golden Fieger Medal throughout his life ; he also received a so-called Rome scholarship , which brought him to Rome . Later he also worked in Budapest and from his marriage in 1907 lived permanently in Austria. As a marble puncturer, he worked primarily for the sculptor and portraitist Viktor Tilgner and created numerous portrait busts for the court and the nobility. This includes the bust of Emperor Franz Joseph I in the New Hofburg . He also worked for his former childhood friend Heimito von Doderer , of whom he created a bust that is now in the municipal district office of Vienna's 18th district. Buzzi-Quattrini also created numerous grave monuments. On February 25, 1941, five days after his 62nd birthday, Buzzi-Quattrini died in Friborg in Switzerland and was subsequently buried at the Vienna Central Cemetery.
A family member was the Austrian Ministerialrat and functionary in the Austrian Sailing Association Albert Alois Buzzi-Quattrini (1908–1969).
Awards
- Golden Fieger Medal of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
Web links
- Angelo Buzzi-Quattrini in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna
Footnotes & individual references
- ↑ This source gives the correct year of birth. ; 1849 is often wrongly stated
- ^ Gravestone of Albert Buzzi-Quattrini , accessed on February 20, 2018
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Buzzi-Quattrini, Angelo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 20, 1879 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna , Austria-Hungary |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 25, 1941 |
| Place of death | Friborg , Switzerland |