Arthur Kaan
Arthur Kaan (also Artur Kaan , born February 24, 1864 in Klagenfurt , † June 9, 1940 in Vienna ) was an Austrian sculptor .
Life
Arthur Kaan received his first lessons from the sculptor Rudolf Zafouk in Vienna. He then studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna, his teachers were Carl Kundmann and Edmund Hellmer . From 1886 Kaan worked independently in Vienna. In 1896 he became a member of the Vienna Künstlerhaus . He made numerous monumental and small sculptures , with children's busts and tombs being his specialty.
Stylistically, Kaan belongs to the generation of artists in which sculpture had lost part of its independence and was degraded to a status in the building, which made it subordinate to architecture .
At the beginning of the First World War Kaan was temporarily relieved of the obligation to enlist due to work on the Kaiser Franz-Joseph-Stadtmuseum, but was subsequently drafted into Infantry Regiment No. 4 "Hoch- und Deutschmeister" . He asked for admission to the Imperial and Royal War Press Headquarters , to which he belonged from July 3, 1917. He survived the First World War and was suspended on September 15, 1918.
He died during the Second World War on June 9, 1940, after a long and serious illness, in the 18th district of Vienna , at Schumanngasse 16. Nothing was reported in the press about his death. His grave is (?) / Was at Vienna Central Cemetery Group 34A, Row 8, No. 29. Since the grave was not an honorary grave , the right of use had expired in 2004.
Works (excerpt)
- 1889: Portrait bust Louis Daguerre , bronze, Österreichische Galerie Belvedere , Vienna
- 1895: Achilles and Penthesilea group , St. Anna Children's Hospital , Vienna
- 1895: Eva group with Cain and Abel , St. Anna Children's Hospital, Vienna
- 1897: Bust of my mother , terracotta , St. Anna Children's Hospital, Vienna
- 1898: Monument to Emperor Franz Joseph I , Kurpark, Baden near Vienna (together with Joseph Maria Olbrich )
- 1902: Statue Archangel Gabriel , Breitenfeld Parish Church , Vienna
- 1903: Bust of Heinrich von Ferstel , Vienna University of Technology
- 1917: Portrait of relief Alexander von Krobatin , Bronze , Military History Museum, Vienna
- 1917: Statuette Schütze , bronze, Heeresgeschichtliches Museum, Vienna
- 1917: Statuette Tambour , bronze, Heeresgeschichtliches Museum, Vienna
- 1917: Statuette horn player , bronze, Heeresgeschichtliches Museum, Vienna
- 1917: Statuette Ulane , bronze, Army History Museum, Vienna
- 1917: Statuette of an infantryman , bronze, Army History Museum, Vienna
- 1918: Statuette Austrian soldier , cast iron, Army History Museum, Vienna
literature
- Ilse Krumpöck: The sculptures in the Army History Museum , Vienna 2004, p. 83 f.
- Hans Vollmer (ed.): General lexicon of the visual artists from antiquity to the present . Leipzig 1926, Volume 19, p. 400 f.
- Arthur Kaan. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 3, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1965, p. 160.
Web links
- ↑ Ilse Krumpöck: Die Bildwerke im Heeresgeschichtliches Museum , Vienna 2004, p. 83 f.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kaan, Arthur |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kaan, Artur |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 24, 1864 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Klagenfurt |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 9, 1940 |
| Place of death | Vienna |