August Hoffmann from Vestenhof

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August Hoffmann from Vestenhof

August Hoffmann von Vestenhof (born July 15, 1848 in Olmütz , Moravia , † May 15, 1922 in Munich ; full name: August Adolf Hoffmann Ritter von Vestenhof ) was an Austrian painter , illustrator , sculptor and writer , residing in Munich.

Life

August Hoffmann von Vestenhof was born in 1848, the son of the kk general staff doctor “Dr. Franz Joseph Carl Bernhard Ritter Hoffmann von Vestenhof ”, ennobled by Franz Joseph I , Emperor of Austria . He was in the Austrian KuK Army as a lieutenant (later major) in the 22nd Infantry Regiment in Vienna.

After his time in the Imperial Army, he became a painter. "The victim of Moloch" was the name of his painting in Stuck's manner ; it caused a sensation and made the name August Hoffmann von Vestenhof known. He was also a sculptor: in 1906 in the great Herkomer competition (which was supposed to create a trophy as the so-called "Stellin Prize" for the car race of the same name), he and the court goldsmith Theodor Heiden received second prize for their bronze in the form of a wine cooler; and his fountain with Princess Thurn and Taxis as the main character has been discussed a lot.

Hoffmann von Vestenhof was also active as a writer. His first novel "The Man with the Three Eyes" tells the story of a person in whom his embryonic twin sister has grown together from birth and at times gains power over him. Vestenhof's novellas first appeared in Simplicissimus, later collected: “The Law of the Beast”, “On a Wild Trip”.

Vestenhof's talent was not exhausted in the arts: a submarine he had designed and built set sail in Le Havre around 1900 and later sank in Kronstadt near Petersburg.

His works were exhibited in the Glaspalast in Munich . In this context he also worked for the Munich weekly newspaper Die Jugend and at Simplicissimus .

The coffee house " Stefanie " of Munich literature was the meeting point for the Schwabing bohemians . The table in the adjoining room at the back on the right belonged to Major Hoffmann von Vestenhof. So he was the head of Café Stefanie. At his chess table gathered: Gustav Meyrink , Erich Mühsam , Alexander Roda Roda - the painters von Stieler , Paul Wilhelm Keller-Reutlingen , Max Nonnenbruch ; the sculptors Josef Beyrer , Mathias Gasteiger ; the architect Max Langheinrich .

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  • The victim of the Moloch
  • Minotaur
  • Heliogabal
  • King Jehu | 1904 in the Glass Palace
  • The hour | 1911 in the Glass Palace
  • In the lap of the gods | 1912 in the Glass Palace
  • Odysseus and Nausicaa | 1914 in the Glass Palace
  • Shimmering drops
  • Cupid Janitor
  • The prologue
  • The representative | youth
  • Fischweiberl and Ganymäderl | youth
  • The cleaned tailcoat | youth

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SURNAME Hoffmann von Vestenhof, August
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hoffmann Ritter von Vestenhof, August Adolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian painter, illustrator, sculptor and writer living in Munich
DATE OF BIRTH July 15, 1848
PLACE OF BIRTH Olomouc , Moravia
DATE OF DEATH May 15, 1922
Place of death Munich