Carl Haas (state archaeologist)

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Carl Haas (born October 13, 1825 in Vienna ; † January 25, 1880 there ) was an Austrian artist, monument conservator, Styrian regional archaeologist and metal goods manufacturer.

Differentiation from people with the same name

The lack of knowledge about the existence of two artists of the same name as well as coincidental parallels in life and work led early on to confuse Carl Haas with the painter Karl Haas . In addition, there is usually no distinction between Carl Haas and his eldest son of the same name, who continued the metal goods business.

Life

Carl Haas came from a middle-class Viennese bookseller and publisher family. He received his artistic training at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna and as a private student of Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller . In 1854 he went to Paris with Ferdinand Mallitsch to study . From 1855 to 1862 Haas was the first Styrian regional archaeologist to work for the Historical Association for Styria . His main activity was the recording of medieval monuments in Styria and the dissemination of historical knowledge. In addition to his country trips for an art topographical survey of the country, Carl Haas also took on monument preservation tasks from the start and recognized the need to document art historical findings and document historical buildings. Today he is regarded as an early monument protector and as the first to teach art history in Styria. In 1859 he completed his habilitation as a lecturer in architecture and art history at the Joanneum in Graz.

From 1860 he turned to the production of handicraft metalwork, first on the side and later full-time. Haas was a pioneer of the technical process of electroplating in Austria. In 1866 he moved his company to Vienna, where he also became director ("conductor") of the electroplating studio of the Austrian Museum for Art and Industry . He was a co-founder of a "Society for the Promotion of the Bronze Industry" in Vienna, and in 1873 he became an Imperial and Royal Court metal goods manufacturer.

His son Carl Haas (1847-1919) continued the metal goods factory.

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Carl Haas' artistic output was limited to preliminary drawings for the so-called "monumental statistics", an unfinished overview of the medieval monuments in Styria. This material was created between 1855 and 1862 while he was employed as a Styrian regional archaeologist. Today, the drawings and sketches of monuments, mainly made in pencil, are in a separate collection in the Styrian State Archives, the “Art Topographical Collection” (formerly “Haas Estate”). This inventory does not only include material from the state archaeologist Carl Haas, but also works by the architect Johann Gradt , the civil engineer Leopold Trauer and the photographer and engineer assistant Johann Lagelbauer. The latter attempted to complete the monumental statistics that were incomplete by the state archaeologist . He published several articles on medieval art in Austria.

During his time as a metal goods manufacturer, Carl Haas created both replicas such as the Styrian "Landschadenbundbecher" and new creations such as the figures for the altar canopy of the Votive Church in Vienna. He was also commissioned to produce the neo-Gothic altarpiece for Archduke Johann's grave chapel in Schenna, designed by the architect Moritz Wappler .

Fonts

  • Outline map of the medieval architecture of Styria . In: Mitteilungen des Historische Verein für Steiermark H. 7, 1857, S. 205 ff .; H. 8, 1858, pp. 151-160, H. 9, 1859, pp. 256-175, H. 10, 1860, pp. 297-309.
  • Art monuments of the Middle Ages in Styria . In: Yearbook of the KK Central Commission for Research and Conservation of Architectural Monuments 2, 1857, pp. 201–232 ( digitized version ).
  • References to painting and sculpture in the Middle Ages in Austria . In: Yearbook of the KK Central Commission for Research and Conservation of Architectural Monuments 2, 1857, pp. 309–315.
  • The Romanesque cathedral at Gurk in Carinthia . In: Medieval art monuments of the Austrian imperial state , Volume 2. Stuttgart 1860, pp. 144–172.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Monika Küttner: Carl Haas and Karl Haas. “Fusion” and “unbundling” of two artist personalities of the same name (= publications of the Styrian Provincial Archives, Vol. 41 / Journal of the Historisches Verein für Steiermark, special volume 26) . Graz 2017, p. 31 ff .
  2. ↑ Monika Küttner: Carl Haas and Karl Haas. “Fusion” and “unbundling” of two artist personalities of the same name (= publications of the Styrian Provincial Archives, Vol. 41 / Journal of the Historisches Verein für Steiermark, special volume 26) . Graz 2017, p. 77 ff .
  3. ↑ Monika Küttner: Carl Haas and Karl Haas. “Fusion” and “unbundling” of two artist personalities of the same name (= publications of the Styrian Provincial Archives, Vol. 41 / Journal of the Historisches Verein für Steiermark, special volume 26) . Graz 2017, p. 77 ff .

literature

  • Haas, Karl. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 2, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1959, p. 118.
  • Walter Brunner : Upper Styrian picture sheet. Local and landscape drawings by Carl Haas (1835–1880) (= publications of the Styrian State Archives, vol. 21). Lerchhaus-Verlag, Eibiswald 1997, ISBN 3-901463-05-4 . (Note: Still with the incorrect level of knowledge of the merging of two artist personalities.)
  • Theodor Brückler, Ulrike Nimeth: Personal encyclopedia for Austrian monument preservation (1850–1990). Berger, Horn 2001, ISBN 3-85028-344-5 , p. 94.
  • Dankmar Trier: Haas, Carl . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 67, de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-598-23034-9 , p. 13. (Note: Still with the incorrect level of knowledge of the merging of two artistic personalities.)
  • Monika Küttner: Carl Haas and Karl Haas? Latest findings on Haas and his years as a painter in Irdning. In: The Grimming. Monolith in the Ennstal. Schall-Verlag, Alland 2011, ISBN 978-3-900533-69-4 , p. 156ff.
  • Guido Müller: Up high and far beyond. Summit panoramas of the central eastern Alps from the 19th century and their production. In: Axel Borsdorf (Hrsg.): Research in the mountains. Christoph Stadel on his 75th birthday. (= IGF research reports. Vol. 5). Vienna 2013, ISBN 978-3-7001-7461-5 , pp. 32–52, especially pp. 42–44 ( digitized version ).
  • Monika Küttner: Carl Haas and Karl Haas. “Fusion” and “unbundling” of two artist personalities of the same name (= publications of the Styrian Provincial Archives, Vol. 41 / Journal of the Historisches Verein für Steiermark, special volume 26). Steiermärkisches Landesarchiv, Graz 2017, ISBN 978-3-901938-27-6 .

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personal data
SURNAME Haas, Carl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Haas, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian artist, Styrian regional archaeologist and metal goods manufacturer
DATE OF BIRTH October 13, 1825
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH January 25, 1880
Place of death Vienna