Anton Schmidgruber
Anton Schmidgruber (born March 26, 1837 in Vienna ; † April 18, 1909 there ) was an Austrian sculptor .
Life
Anton Schmid Gruber graduated from the Vienna Schottengymnasium and then studied at the Vienna Academy under Franz Bauer and went on a study trip to 1868 Rome , the ancient study. After that he mainly worked in Vienna, mainly making a number of statues and busts for the facades of the buildings on Vienna's Ringstrasse . One of his main works is the statue of Margrave Ludwig Wilhelm von Baden-Baden , made of Carrara marble , who by the imperial resolution of Emperor Franz Joseph I of February 28, 1863, was included in the list of the “most famous warlords and generals worthy of perpetual emulation Austria ”, in whose honor and memory a life-size statue was erected in the Feldherrenhalle of the then newly built Imperial and Royal Court Weapons Museum (today: Heeresgeschichtliches Museum Wien ). Schmidgruber completed this work in 1872, and it was dedicated by Emperor Franz Joseph himself.
His tomb is located at the Vienna Central Cemetery , Group 29, Row 1, No. 26.
Works (excerpt)
- Statue of Margrave Ludwig von Baden-Baden , Carrara marble , 1872, Feldherrenhalle of the Military History Museum , Vienna
- Statue of Emperor Maximilian I , sandstone , Academic Gymnasium , Vienna
- Statue of Empress Maria Theresia , sandstone, Academic Gymnasium , Vienna
- Two colossal groups of bulls , sandstone, Vienna Central Cattle Market
- Statue Albrecht Dürer , Künstlerhaus Vienna
- Four statues of prophets, Votive Church , Vienna
- Statue Albrecht Dürer , 1871/80, Kunsthistorisches Museum , Vienna
- Raphael statue , 1871/80, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
- Statue Vasco da Gama , 1871/80, Natural History Museum , Vienna
- Statue of Christopher Columbus , 1871/80, Natural History Museum, Vienna
- Two triton and naiad fountains , 1887/90, Maria-Theresien-Platz , Vienna
- Statue Viennese volunteer from 1809 , 1872/83, Vienna City Hall
- Statue of Vienna Volunteer from 1848 , 1872/83, Vienna City Hall
- Four figures above the rooms of the philosophical faculty, 1877/84, University of Vienna
- Gable group, Burgtheater , before 1888, Vienna
- Four attic figures, 1874/83, Parliament , Vienna
- Relief Vienna , 1874/83, Parliament, Vienna
- Statue Poseidon , 1874/83, Parliament, Vienna
- Landsknecht statue , Neue Burg , Vienna
- Statue of Christ the Redeemer , 1895, Dolná Krupá, Slovakia
- Portrait bust of Baron Vincenz von Augustin , 1906, 58 × 35 × 74 cm, Heeresgeschichtliches Museum, Vienna
literature
- Ilse Krumpöck: The sculptures in the Army History Museum. Vienna 2004, p. 149 f.
- Schmidgruber, Anton . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 30 : Scheffel – Siemerding . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1936, p. 130 .
- W. Krause: Schmidgruber Anton. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 10, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1994, ISBN 3-7001-2186-5 , p. 318 f. (Direct links on p. 318 , p. 319 ).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Johannes Jung (ed.): The Schottengymnasium in Vienna: Tradition and obligation . Böhlau, Vienna / Cologne / Weimar 1997, ISBN 3-205-98683-0 , p. 153 .
- ↑ Ilse Krumpöck: Die Bildwerke im Heeresgeschichtliches Museum , Vienna 2004, p. 149 f.
- ↑ Johann Christoph Allmayer-Beck : The Army History Museum Vienna. The museum and its representative rooms. Kiesel Verlag, Salzburg 1981, ISBN 3-7023-0113-5 , p. 33.
- ^ Sculptor at Vienna Central Cemetery , on touristguide.at, accessed on March 14, 2013.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schmidgruber, Anton |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 26, 1837 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 18, 1909 |
| Place of death | Vienna |