Arnold Hartig

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Arnold Hartig (born August 12, 1878 in Brand near Tannwald , Bohemia ; † February 2, 1972 in Purkersdorf near Vienna) was a Bohemian sculptor and medalist who worked in Vienna for six decades . In total, he created around 600 works.

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Arnold Hartig was a student of the steel engraver Rudolf Zitte. He then attended the arts and crafts college in Gablonz in northern Bohemia and then the arts and crafts school in Vienna with Istvan Stefan Schwartz . His early work 1903/1904 was based on Art Nouveau . In 1905 he became a member (from 1970 honorary member) of the Vienna Künstlerhaus . He designed large reliefs and medals of personalities and, during the First World War, also war medals on behalf of the Austrian War Welfare Office.

After the end of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy , Hartig created portraits of industrialists. He also worked with the Vienna Main Mint , for which he designed numerous schilling coins . His portraits of the composers Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven and Schubert became famous. In the 1930s he turned to the religiously inspired medal. After the Second World War he created medals from well-known Sudeten Germans . His late work includes medals on which Pope Pius XII. is pictured.

In 1964 Hartig's autobiography appeared: From my life. From farm boy to artist. Experiences with portrayed personalities . Arnold Hartig donated his artistic estate to the Lauriacum Museum in Enns in 1965 .

Works (selection)

  • 100 shilling gold coin 1926–34

  • Value side 25 Schilling silver coin 1955–64

  • Memorial plaque on the Rotunda in Vienna

  • Portrait of Karl Landsteiner

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SURNAME Hartig, Arnold
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bohemian-Austrian sculptor and medalist
DATE OF BIRTH August 12, 1878
PLACE OF BIRTH Fire near Tannwald
DATE OF DEATH 2nd February 1972
Place of death Purkersdorf