Anton Scharff

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Anton Scharff on commemorative medal (185 mm), 1902; Medalist: Rudolf Neuberger (1861–1916)

Anton Karl Rudolf Scharff (born June 10, 1845 in Vienna , † July 5, 1903 in Brunn am Gebirge ) was an Austrian medalist .

Life

Anton Scharff was the son of the medalist and stone cutter Johann Michael Scharff (born November 11, 1806 in Hüttelsdorf, † May 22, 1855 in Vienna). From 1860 he studied at the Vienna Academy with Carl Radnitzky . In 1862 he was a student at the engraving academy in the main mint under Joseph Daniel Böhm . In 1866 he was an engraver assistant, two years later he was appointed kk coin engraver. From 1881 he was director and from 1896 director of the Viennese engraving academy, whereby in this function he made special contributions to the art of Viennese medalists, as it flourished and renewed in those years thanks to Scharff's work. The kroner currency coins were created by him in 1892.

Medal (gold, silver, bronze) awarded for the first time on September 22, 1884 by the Berndorf Agricultural, Fruit and Vegetable Growing Association ; Drawing: Joseph Anton Bauer (1820–1905); Client: Arthur Krupp

His medals enlivened Austrian medal art, which until then had been shaped by the strictly academic view of his teacher Böhm. From 1879 Scharff also created a large number of medals for Munich , including those with the portraits of King Ludwig II and Prince Regent Luitpold of Bavaria . In 1887 he received an order from the City of London for the official dedication medal on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Queen Victoria of England's reign . His main focus throughout his life was portraits . "Less happy", Thieme-Becker judged , "were his allegories", but: "His work in the field of coinage, including the series of coins of the Austrian kroner currency, is particularly neat."

Awards, honors, prizes (extract)

In 1882 Anton Scharff became a chamber medalist , in 1886 he received the Archduke Carl Ludwig Medal in gold (along with Gyula Benczúr ) . In 1888 he became an honorary member of the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna, and in 1893 he was awarded the Franz Joseph Order . Scharff received numerous other domestic and international prizes and awards. In 1906 Anton-Scharff-Gasse in Vienna- Meidling was named after him.

Works (excerpt)

  • Front of the medal for the Singers' Union Festival in Vienna in 1890. The front is adorned with a floating muse with a lyre and palm fronds and an angel standing by her side who holds the coat of arms of Vienna in his hands.
  • Johannes Brahms Medal in gold for his 60th birthday (1893)
  • Relief - plaque 400th anniversary of the founding of the Lower Austrian Regiment 1501 , 1901, bronze casting , Heeresgeschichtliches Museum , Vienna

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ B (ernhard) Koch :  Neuberger, Rudolf (1861-1916), medalist and coin die cutter. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 7, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1978, ISBN 3-7001-0187-2 , p. 82.
  2. ↑ artist. Anton Karl Rudolf Scharff. German Society for Medal Art, accessed on July 10, 2014 .
  3. ↑ G (abriel) Belleville  feature. From the Triestingthale. A reminiscence. In:  Wiener Landwirthschaftliche Zeitung , No. 26/1885, second edition (XXXVth year), April 1, 1885, pp. 1 and 3. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / wlz.
  4. ↑ Ilse Krumpöck: Die Bildwerke im Heeresgeschichtliches Museum , Vienna 2004, p. 147 f.
  5. ↑ Scharff, Anton . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 29 : Rosa – Scheffauer . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1935, p. 583 .
  6. ↑ Theater, Art and Literature. In:  Morgen-Post , No. 90/1886 (XXXVI. Volume), March 31, 1886, p. 5, top center. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / maintenance / mop.
  7. ^ L. Forrer: Biographical Dictionary of Medallists . Scharff, Anton. tape V . Spink & Son Ltd, London 1912, p. 358 ff .
  8. ↑ [To Dr. Brahms' 60th birthday] .. In:  Neue Freie Presse , May 9, 1893, p. 10 (online at ANNO ). “... Among the many signs of recognition and admiration that Johannes Brahms receives on his 60th birthday, the most distinguished honor is likely to be that of the Society of Friends of Music , whose long-time honorary and directions member is the celebrated. This honorary gift, which will be presented to Brahms by the company management on his arrival in Vienna, is a large commemorative coin executed in gold by the chamber medalist Scharff, with the master's profile on the obverse and a palm and laurel branch on the reverse A swan sign enclosing the foot end with the inscription: "To the 60th birthday, May 5, 1893" and the margin inscription: "The Society of Music Friends in Vienna". "Template: ANNO / Maintenance / nfp

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personal data
SURNAME Scharff, Anton
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Scharff, Anton Karl Rudolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian medalist
DATE OF BIRTH June 10, 1845
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH July 5, 1903
Place of death Brunn am Gebirge