Carl Geyling's heirs

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Carl Geyling's heirs, Nfg.Ges.mbH & Co.KG

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founding 1841
Seat Vienna
Branch Glaziers - (artificial glaziers ) craft

Drafts for glass windows of the Mariahilfer Church, made in 1893 (Glasmuseum Mariahilf)
Votive window from Carl Geyling's heirs with the figure of Emperor Franz Joseph I (1903)

Carl Geyling's Erben is a traditional Viennese studio for glass painting , the origins of which go back to 1841. The address is Stiegergasse 15-17 in the 15th district of Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus .

history

One of the oldest arts and crafts workshops in Austria and the oldest in her profession , is the stained glass "Carl Geyling's Erben" in Vienna. Founded in 1841 by the imperial court glass painter Carl Geyling at Windmühlgasse 28 in the 6th district of Mariahilf , the company gained notoriety beyond the borders of Austria.

Rudolf Geyling (born February 14, 1839 in Vienna, † July 4, 1904 in Ybbs an der Donau) was the son of the history painter Franz Geyling (1803–1875) and a painter himself. Since 1856 pupil of the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts , he received a scholarship in 1872/1873. In 1880, after the death of his uncle Carl Geyling , he took over the management of stained glass from "Carl Geyling's heirs". Alois Löw took over the commercial management.

In the 20 years of his leadership, many thousands of glass paintings were created in churches and monumental buildings, public buildings and private homes all over Europe. In 1884 alone, the workshop created around 200 church windows and over 1200 windows for private buildings. The designs for glass paintings in St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna , works for Maria am Gestade , the chapel in Mayerling , the parish churches in Bad Hall and Steyr in Upper Austria as well as in Korneuburg , Leoben and Iglau , the Votive Church in Vienna , the church at Steinhof , and the Vienna City Hall were important and more. Windows were delivered abroad for the Academy in Petersburg and the Cathedral of Nancy and Joigny .

But the company also achieved excellent results in the field of artificial glazing for secular buildings. When the darkened "old German" glazing disappeared from the apartments at the end of the 1890s, the glass painting "Carl Geyling's Erben" was the first to create modern windows that were adapted to the light requirements of city apartments. With them everything was avoided that prevented the supply of light, but nevertheless they formed a decoration of the window openings; thousands of such windows were also supplied for residential buildings in Vienna.

"Carl Geyling's Erben" worked together with the artists of the Wiener Werkstätte such as Josef von Führich and Koloman Moser on the implementation of many glass works. In 1908, at the art show at which Gustav Klimt gave the celebratory lecture, the works of art by "Carl Geyling's Heirs" filled an entire room.

An example of the artistic collaboration are the Art Nouveau windows in the house of the large drugstore Wilhelm Neuber's grandson Dr. Brunner and Kolb at Linke Wienzeile 152 in the 6th district. The house has several windows, of which the " Austria " in the stairwell is the largest with a diameter of 5 meters. The allegory of Austria is enthroned in the middle as the central theme. It is surrounded by other allegorical figures representing industry , commerce and trade . Before being installed, the window was exhibited at the World Exhibition in Paris in 1900 and awarded a medal.

During the First World War , the academic painter and university professor Reinhold Klaus (1881–1963), who with a granddaughter of Carl Geyling, Theresa, b. Bräuer, who was married, was the artistic director. After him, his son Wolfgang H. Klaus was managing director from 1947. In 1956 he combined all company shares in his hand and continued to run the company as sole owner. During the Second World War , the Geyling company saved Gothic glass painting holdings from destruction by salvaging, securing and restoring them. In 1967, after almost 200 years, the studio had to move out of the headquarters "Geylinghaus" despite all efforts, as it was demolished by the owners. The workshop moved to the 15th district of Vienna.

From 1980, the great-great-grandson of Carl Geyling, Wolfgang H. Klaus jun., Continued to run the company as sole owner. The company participated in international exhibitions in New York, Los Angeles, Marseille, Barcelona, ​​Helsinki, etc., which contributed significantly to increasing the reputation of Austrian handicrafts.

1991/1992 organized Wolfgang H. Klaus jun. the "150 Years of Stained Glass Geyling" exhibition. Artists such as Ernst Fuchs , Arnulf Rainer , Markus Prachensky and Martin Jakowitsch as well as a number of young artists participated in this.

In 1997 the Geyling stained glass workshop was taken over by Schlierbach Abbey in Upper Austria, which had been running the Schlierbach stained glass workshop, which had existed since 1884.

The company supports the work of the Mariahilf Glass Museum , parts of the estate of founder Carl Geyling are on display there.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Carl Geyling's heirs. In: Kaiser-Festnummer Österreichs Illustrierte Zeitung. Verlag Jacques Philipp, Vienna, December 2, 1908, p. 150 / XVI , accessed on July 31, 2009 .
  2. ^ Geyling, Rudolf. (PDF; 192 kB) In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950. Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, p. 435 , accessed on August 3, 2009 .
  3. ↑ Company portrait. W. Neuber's grandson Dr. Brunner & Kolb, accessed on June 23, 2016 .

literature

  • F. v. Bötticher. 19th Century Paintings (1890).
  • Catalog of the painting gallery of the academy (1900)

Web links

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Coordinates: 48 ° 11 '14.7 "  N , 16 ° 20' 0.6"  E