Anton Frühauf

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Anton Frühauf (* July 8, 1914 in Merano ; † January 2, 1999 in Merano) was a jeweler from Merano in South Tyrol and the third owner of the family business of the same name.

origin

A. Frühauf in Merano 2015
The kuk Hof jeweler A. Frühauf in Merano before 1918

His grandfather Anton Frühauf (I.) originally came from Carinthia . In 1874 he came to Merano as a traveling journeyman and goldsmith , where he set up a workshop on Maiastraße. 1883 was Business Pavilion in the Art Nouveau style on the corner post bridge promenade so. He became the most renowned gold and silversmith and engraver in Merano. Early on he was appointed kuk court jeweler . In 1886 he had a telephone line laid between his workshop and the shop on the Postbrücke, this was the first telephone line in Merano.

The son Anton Frühauf (II.) Came from his marriage to Marie Laner. Anton Frühauf (I.) died early, his widow ran the business and later married Christoph Unterrauer. Anton Frühauf (II.) Joined the business and continued to run it successfully. He married Maria Reichhart from Lower Bavaria, from the marriage came Anton Frühauf (III.). Today the owner of the shop is Markus Frühauf, his son.

life and work

Anton Frühauf (III.) Was the third bearer of the name and was born in Merano in 1914. He was a jeweler and freelance artist, painter , graphic artist and caricaturist . From 1928 to 1932 he attended the Innsbruck Commercial Academy . From 1935 to 1936 he worked as a volunteer at the Davide Ventrella company in Rome . From 1937 to 1938 he studied for two semesters at the State School for Applied Arts in Munich. At the same time he worked at Weisshaupt in Munich until 1940. This was followed by a teaching post as a drawing teacher at the Technical University of Munich from 1941 to 1943 . After that, Frühauf was called up for military service. After the end of the war, he founded his own workshop in Merano.

Modernist jewelers identified themselves as artists who made wearable works of art . The modernist jewelry movement began in the 1930s and developed its own momentum in the decades after the Second World War. From the 1950s onwards, Frühauf became an influential jeweler. Like his American contemporaries, Frühauf designed and manufactured his own jewelry. His goldsmiths' works are usually characterized by a lively surface that is accentuated by precious stones. He was inspired by nature, people and the environment. He used abstract leaves and tree bark in the form of rings and pendants, as well as archaic-looking jewelery with hunting scenes; Brooches assembled from individual parts that are reminiscent of geometric-abstract sculptures and paintings. In addition, unusual materials were used in combination with gold , silver and gemstones.

Anton Frühauf (III.) Received numerous awards and several prizes, such as the Austrian State Prize for the "King's Bracelet". In 1957 he received the gold medal of the Bavarian State Prize at the International Crafts Fair in Munich , in 1968 he was awarded the Austrian State Prize at the “Gold and Silver” exhibition at the Innsbruck Hofburg, and in 1970, 1976, 1979 and 1983 he was at the “International Jewelery Arts” Exhibition ”in Tokyo , at the Biennale in Florence in 1973, in 1984 he received the gold medal of the Bavarian State Prize at the 36th International Crafts Fair in Munich, and in 1996 he was honored with the Tyrolean Cross of Merit in Innsbruck .

His works can be found in numerous museums, such as the Pforzheim Jewelry Museum , the Museum of Modern Art in Bozen and the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston .

literature

  • Ingrid Haslinger: Customer - Kaiser. The story of the former imperial and royal purveyors . Schroll, Vienna 1996, ISBN 3-85202-129-4 .
  • Roland Halbritter: (sv) Frühauf, goldsmith family and (sv) Frühauf, Anton. IN: AKL (Saurs General Artists Dictionary ). 2005.
  • Matthias Schönweger : Anton Frühauf - over 100 years in Meran , publisher and editor: Hans Wielander . Arunda , Schlanders, 1980

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Norbert Dall 'Ò: The last Merano. On the death of Anton Frühauf. In: ff - South Tyrolean weekly magazine . Bozen, January 14, 1999, pp. 42-43.
  2. ↑ Jewelry or Art? Kuk Hof jeweler Frühauf in Meran. In: The South Tyrolean. Bolzano, December-February 2001/2002. 6th year, No. 5.
  3. ^ Boston Museum of Fine Arts
personal data
SURNAME Early up, Anton
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian jeweler
DATE OF BIRTH July 8, 1914
PLACE OF BIRTH Meran
DATE OF DEATH January 2, 1999
Place of death Meran