Anton Batsche

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Anton Batsche (born December 20, 1826 in Vienna ; † March 1, 1897 there ) was an Austrian engraver .

life and work

Commemorative plaque of the Austrian Association of Engineers and Architects for Friedrich Schmidt, created from chased iron by Anton Batsche (1882)

Anton Batsche was the son of a painter. In 1857 he began to study sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna . Batsche is considered to be the keeper of the handicraft tradition of iron cutting . At the same time, he further developed the technique, especially in etching . He exhibited at the London World Exhibition of 1862 , the Paris World Exhibition of 1867, and the Vienna World Exhibition of 1873 . In 1864 he designed four engraved panels for the entrance hall of the Rudolfstiftung Hospital .

His wife Aloisia Batsche died in 1874 at the age of 45. In the 1880s Batsche was appointed to teach at the South Kensington Museum , but declined. In his place his son Julius Batsche, whom he had trained, went to London . Gustav Ritzinger, from 1891 director of the kk experimental institute and training workshop for the steel and iron industry in Steyr , was another student of Batsche. Ritzinger was a teacher of the steel cutter Michael Blümelhuber , who in turn named Anton Batsche as his only forerunner. In order to find a livelihood, Batsche increasingly worked as a restorer of antiques, which he often added to or copied at all and which were then spread as forgeries in the art market.

He took part in Viennese social life and helped to organize artist evenings. From 1861 he was a member of the Vienna Künstlerhaus . He was a long-time member of the Green Island and Albrecht Dürer Association . As a board member of the Albrecht Dürer Association , he criticized the award procedure for the erection of the Vienna Schiller Monument , mainly because the decision for Johannes Schilling was made by non-artists. He was also a member of the free association of engravers in Vienna.

Batsche died at the age of 70 in Vienna- Hütteldorf .

Honors

  • Medal of Merit at the Vienna World Exhibition (1873)
  • Street naming of Batschegasse in Vienna- Atzgersdorf (1954)

literature

Web links

Commons : Anton Batsche  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Felix Czeike (Ed.): Batsche Anton. In:  Historisches Lexikon Wien . Volume 1, Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 1992, ISBN 3-218-00543-4 , p. 270 ( digitized version ).
  2. ^ A b Franz XM Lugmayer: Iron and steel cut art. From the publications of the Steyr Cultural Office, issue 19, November 1959. (PDF) p. 2 , accessed on January 14, 2020 .
  3. ↑ a b c The life work of an artist. The estate of the engraver Batsche. In:  Neues Wiener Journal , July 15, 1897, p. 3 (online at ANNO ).Template: ANNO / Maintenance / nwj
  4. ↑ Meeting reports. F. Lower Austrian Trade Association. In:  Wiener Zeitung , May 13, 1863, p. 5 (online at ANNO ).Template: ANNO / Maintenance / wrz
  5. ↑ To Paris. In:  Morgen-Post , June 13, 1867, p. 3 (online at ANNO ).Template: ANNO / maintenance / mop
  6. ↑ a b List of Prizes of Honor. In:  Community newspaper. Independent, political journal , supplement Wiener Weltausstellung-Blatt, October 21, 1873, p. 1 (online at ANNO ).Template: ANNO / Maintenance / acc
  7. ↑ deceased. In:  Wiener Zeitung , July 16, 1874, p. 18 (online at ANNO ).Template: ANNO / Maintenance / wrz
  8. ↑ Master Blümelhuber's key to Linz Cathedral. In:  Tages-Post , May 1, 1924, p. 3 (online at ANNO ).Template: ANNO / Maintenance / tpt
  9. ↑ a b Anton Batsche. (From artist Erdenwallen). In:  Neues Wiener Tagblatt , July 15, 1897, p. 4 (online at ANNO ).Template: ANNO / Maintenance / nwg
  10. ↑ To the Schiller Committee !. In:  Die Presse , March 11, 1871, p. 4 (online at ANNO ).Template: ANNO / maintenance / apr
  11. ↑ Annual report of the free cooperative of engravers in Vienna . Publishing house of the cooperative, Vienna 1875, p. 8 .
  12. ↑ Felix Czeike (Ed.): Batschegasse. In:  Historisches Lexikon Wien . Volume 1, Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 1992, ISBN 3-218-00543-4 , p. 270 ( digitized version ).
personal data
SURNAME Batsche, Anton
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian engraver
DATE OF BIRTH December 20, 1826
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH March 1, 1897
Place of death Vienna