August Artaria

August Dominik Ignaz Adam Artaria (* July 1807 ; † December 14, 1893 in Vienna ) was an important music and art publisher in Vienna. His collection of works by Rembrandt and Albrecht Dürer became famous.

Life

August was the son of Domenico Artaria (1775–1842), who had achieved sole ownership of the Artaria parent company in Vienna . August joined the company in 1833 and became the sole owner of the important music store in 1842 . In the revolutionary year of 1848 he was a member of the Austrian Club , which met in the office of the lawyer Theobald von Rizy and aimed for moderate political reforms.

Artaria became the publisher of the composers Auber , Boieldieu , Spohr and Rossini as well as the painters Hoechle , Kriehuber and Stubenrauch, among others . He promoted the painters Friedrich von Amerling , Friedrich Gauermann and Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller . He gained further importance as a co-founder of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde Wien .

Artaria received honors as an imperial councilor and knight of the Franz Joseph Order .

From 1894 to 1918 his sons Carl August and Dominik published the Monuments of Tonkunst in Austria , a series of publications that were considered representative works of Austrian music history. As early as 1897, the grandfather's famous collection of original master manuscripts with works by Haydn, Mozart, Schubert and more than 80 Beethoven's autographs was sold to Bonn. It has been in the Royal Prussian State Library in Berlin since 1901 .

family

August Artaria was married to Caroline geb. Zinkl (1828-1872). The couple had four sons and one daughter. Carl August (1855–1919) and Dominik (1859–1936) joined the Artaria company in 1881 and 1890. Franz (1860–1942) joined the military, became a lieutenant colonel and wrote the family history.

The end of the family business

Carl August died childless in 1919. His brothers sold the cartographic publishing house to Freytag & Berndt in 1920 . The Artaria company was liquidated in 1931 and the art collections were auctioned off in 1933. The archives were kept by the city and the Albertina in Vienna. Artaria & Co. was run from 1934 to 2012 in the Artaria house on Kohlmarkt under external management .

literature

Alexander Witeschnik: August Artaria. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1953, ISBN 3-428-00182-6 , p. 399 f. ( Digitized version ).

Web links

Literature by and about August Artaria in the catalog of the German National Library

Notes and individual references

↑ According to A. Witeschnik (NDB, 399) is the place of death Graz . According to the Wiener Abendpost (supplement to the Wiener Zeitung of December 14, 1893) and the Grazer Tagblatt of December 15, 1893, the place of death is Vienna.
↑ ^a ^b Wiener Abendpost (supplement to the Wiener Zeitung of December 14, 1893, page 3)
^ Johanna Bianchi: Rizy, Theobald Frh. Von. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 9, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1988, ISBN 3-7001-1483-4 , p. 185.

personal data
SURNAME	Artaria, August
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Artaria, Auguste
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Collector, music and art publisher in Vienna
DATE OF BIRTH	July 1807
DATE OF DEATH	December 14, 1893
Place of death	Vienna

[1] According to A. Witeschnik (NDB, 399) is the place of death Graz . According to the Wiener Abendpost (supplement to the Wiener Zeitung of December 14, 1893) and the Grazer Tagblatt of December 15, 1893, the place of death is Vienna.

[Abendpost-2] Wiener Abendpost (supplement to the Wiener Zeitung of December 14, 1893, page 3)

[3] Johanna Bianchi: Rizy, Theobald Frh. Von. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 9, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1988, ISBN 3-7001-1483-4 , p. 185.