Arthur Roessler

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Arthur Roessler, around 1910
Egon Schiele - portrait of his sponsor Arthur Roessler

Arthur Roessler (born February 20, 1877 in Vienna ; † July 20, 1955 there ) was an Austrian art writer and art critic .

Life

Arthur Roessler studies philosophy, literature and art history under Franz Wickhoff at the University of Vienna , but did not receive a doctorate . He then traveled to Germany, France, England and Italy. He settled in Munich , where he worked as a journalist for the Münchner Zeitung. First novellas and essays , such as The Mood of the Gothic (1903), combine lyrical sensitivity and linguistic sophistication and reveal the brilliant stylist for whom he was later appreciated. With a book about Adolf Hölzel and the Dachau artist colony (Neu-Dachau artist group), he turned to contemporary painting in 1905. In the same year he moved to Vienna to take over the management of the Miethke gallery for one year through the mediation of Adolf Hölzel . He subsequently published several monographs by 19th century Austrian painters, including Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller , Rudolf von Alt and Josef Danhauser . He worked as an editor for several art magazines and as an art consultant at Victor Adler's request for the social democratic workers' newspaper and for the Wiener Neusten Nachrichten . In doing so, he recognized the importance of young talent with a sure feeling, for which he then actively campaigned journalistically and often through personal support. Above all, he discovered and promoted Egon Schiele . Even if the relationship was not always unclouded, Roessler provided his protégé with decisive suggestions and contacts and eagerly collected his works himself. After Schiele's death, he published several, albeit subjectively, edited volumes of memories.

In the interwar period, Roessler continued his work as a publicist, publisher, exhibition organizer and functionary in cultural organizations. He was vice-president of the Wiener Werkstätten and president of the Austrian Werkbund .

During the Nazi era, Roessler , who was considered a "half-breed" according to the Nuremberg Laws, had to struggle with difficulties. Among other things, several hundred letters from Rudolf von Alt were confiscated from him. His literary work is an important contribution less to art history than to the artistic history of Austrian modernism.

Ida Roessler (Schiele, 1912)

Roessler was married to Ida Roessler, who translated Oscar Wilde's Ghost of Canterville . In addition to Schiele, she was also portrayed by Anton Faistauer , Ludwig Heinrich Jungnickel and Viktor Tischler.

His grave is in the Vienna Central Cemetery (Group 30C, Row 1, No. 11).

Awards

  • Gold Medal of Honor of the University of Vienna
  • Silver Albrecht Dürer Medal
  • Silver Adalbert Stifter Medal

Works

  • And it was a glowing night . 2nd edition of The Surm and other sketches . Schupp, Munich 1899.
  • Highest pagan bliss . Schupp, Munich 1900.
  • The mood of the Gothic and other essays . Berlin 1903.
    Gothic mood. A dialogue . With original woodcuts by Otto R. Schatz . 3rd, revised. u. completed edition. Wiener Volksbuchverlag, Vienna 1947.
  • New Dachau. Ludwig Dill , Adolf Hölzel , Arthur Langhammer . Velhagen & Klasing, Bielefeld / Leipzig 1905.
    Reprint: Verlagsanstalt Bayerland, Dachau 1982, ISBN 3-922394-10-8 .
  • From the Poet of the Dead City and other essays . Rothbarth, Leipzig 1906.
  • Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller . Photo and text volume. Pisko, Vienna 1907 and 1908.
  • Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller . Karl Graeser, Vienna 1908.
  • Pierrot's dialogue and other essays . Karl Graeser, Vienna 1908.
  • Rudolf von Alt . Karl Graeser, Vienna 1909.
  • Of Vienna and its gardens . With 16 photographic images by Bruno Reiffenstein . Karl Graeser, Vienna undated (1909).
  • Josef Danhauser . Rosenbaum, Vienna 1911.
    2., verb. Edition. Commemorative edition for the 100th anniversary of death. Wiener Volksbuchverlag, Vienna 1946.
  • Dalmatia . 146 original recordings by Bruno Reiffenstein. Text by Artur Rössler. Rosenbaum, Vienna no year (1910).
  • Fritz Hegenbart. A picture work . Rosenbaum, Vienna undated (1916).
  • Hans Bruehlmann . Lányi, Vienna 1918.
  • Critical Fragments. Essays on new Austrian artists . Lányi, Vienna 1918.
    (About Anton Faistauer , Johannes Fischer, Albert Paris Gütersloh , Felix Albrecht Harta , Oskar Kokoschka , Alfred Kubin , Egon Schiele , Ernst Wagner , Gustinus Ambrosi , Anton Hanak , Ivan Meštrović and Jan Štursa .)
  • An evening with Gottfried Keller and Böcklin and other things . Avalun, Vienna 1919.
  • August von Pettenkofen . With 26 mesh etchings based on the artist's works . Heidrich, Vienna 1921.
  • Walther von der Vogelweide . Selected and transferred by Arthur Roessler. With woodcuts by Erwin Lang. Font by Jutta Schulhof. C. Konegen, Vienna 1921.
  • The Egon Schiele Book . Edited by Fritz Krapfen. With a contribution by Arthur Roessler and a motto by Gustinus Ambrosi . Wiener graphic workshop, Vienna / Leipzig 1921.
  • In Memoriam Egon Schiele . With contributions by Otto Benesch . Lányi, Vienna 1921.
  • Letters and prose by Egon Schiele . Lányi, Vienna 1921.
  • Egon Schiele. In jail . Vienna 1922.
  • Speidel and Hevesi . 2 portrait miniatures in one frame . (Playback: Row 2; Volume 5). With two imprinted picture additions after woodcuts by Otto Rudolf Schatz. Wila, Vienna 1923.
  • Memories of Egon Schiele. Marginalia on the history of humanity by an artist . C. Konegen, Vienna 1922.
    2nd, enlarged edition with illustrations. Edited by the Egon Schiele Archive. Wiener Volksbuchverlag, Vienna 1948.
  • Letters. Carl Schuch . Heidrich, Vienna 1922.
  • Black flags. An artist's dance of death . 63 essays. C. Konegen, Vienna 1922.
  • Rudolf von Alt. Letters . Heidrich, Vienna / Leipzig 1922.
  • Carl Rahl . Letters . Heidrich, Vienna 1922.
  • The graphic work of Egon Schiele . Vienna 1923.
  • The painter Viktor Tischler. C. Konegen, Vienna 1924.
  • The paint box. Artist anecdotes . EP Tal, Leipzig / Vienna 1924.
  • In Memoriam Gustav Klimt . Hand press print of Officina Vindobonensis, Vienna 1926.
  • Sculptor Franz Zelezny . Eckart, Vienna 1926.
  • Painter Josef Stoitzner . Eckart, Vienna 1927.
  • Master Richard Teschner . Literary Adalbert Stifter Society, Eger 1929.
  • The painter Hans Böhler . Amalthea, Vienna 1929.
  • Johannes Hepperger. A German painter from Tyrol . Eckart, Vienna 1931.
  • Franz Kaym , Alfons Hetmanek , Architects, ZV Introductory dialogue by Arthur Roessler. Elbemühl, Vienna 1931.
  • The painter Bruno Beran. A study . Lányi, Vienna 1932.
  • The unknown founder . Rohrer, Vienna 1946.
  • The painter Anton Faistauer . Contributions to the life and work history of an Austrian artist . Wiener Volksbuchverlag, Vienna 1947.
  • On the contemporary art and culture crisis . Rohrer, Vienna 1947.
  • Richard Teschner . Gerlach & Wiedling, Vienna 1947.
Translations and edits
  • Paul Eudel: Counterfeiters arts . After the authorized editing by Bruno Bucher, new ed. u. supplemented by Arthur Roessler. Leipzig 1909.
    10th edition increased by seven chapters. Agathon, Vienna 1947.
    Photomechanical reprint of the 1909 edition: Böhlau, Cologne / Vienna 1978, ISBN 3-412-04877-1 .
  • John Constable 1776-1837. A autobiography made up of letters, diary sheets, aphorisms and lectures . Compiled in English by Charles Robert Leslie. Translated and edited together with Emma Müller-Röder. by Arthur Roessler. Cassirer , Berlin 1911.
  • German minnesang . Selected and transferred by Arthur Roessler. With woodcuts by Erwin Lang. Font by Jutta Schulhof. C. Konegen, Vienna 1921.
  • Joris Karl Huysmans: Matthias Grünewald . C. Konegen, Vienna / Leipzig 1922.

literature

  • Appreciations. Twenty essays on Arthur Roessler . With the collaboration of friends, ed. by Ida Roessler. Lányi, Vienna 1929.
  • Felix Czeike (Ed.): Historisches Lexikon Wien . Volume 4, Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 1995, ISBN 3-218-00546-9 , p. 685.
  • Tobias G. Natter, Ursula Storch (eds.): Egon Schiele & Arthur Roessler. The artist and his sponsor. Art and Networking in the Early 20th Century. Vienna Museum July 8 - October 10, 2004. Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern-Ruit 2004, ISBN 3-7757-1479-0 .
  • Maximilian Kaiser, A Magister of Word Magic, an Ekkehard of the Austrian New Artists or a Master of Living Art? In the footsteps of the art critic Arthur Roessler, in: Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon. Biography of the Month , February 2017, ( OeAW online ).
  • Maximilian Kaiser: The Vienna Discourse on the Avant-garde. Reconstruction and analysis of the discourse network, dissertation University of Vienna, 2017.

Web links

Commons : Arthur Roessler  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Alexander Klee in "Formalisierung der Landschaft" p. 12
  2. ↑ Brigitte Borchhardt-Birbaumer: The genius and his sponsor . In: Wiener Zeitung of April 8, 2005. (Accessed August 1, 2012).
personal data
SURNAME Roessler, Arthur
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian art critic and author
DATE OF BIRTH February 20, 1877
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH July 20, 1955
Place of death Vienna