Carl Pinschof

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Carl Ludwig Pinschof (born April 14, 1855 in Vienna , Austria-Hungary ; † May 19, 1926 in Cape Town , South Africa ) was a successful entrepreneur and Austro-Hungarian honorary consul in Victoria , Australia . He was also a patron of music and Australian art.

Early life

Carl Pinschof was the son of the banker Franz Pinschof and his wife Karoline Aloisia, née Gromes. Pinschof went to Vienna and Coburg to school, then he studied at the University of Leipzig economics . After completing his studies, he worked as a drug store manager and served as a soldier with the Dragoons before spending a few months at his father's bank. He then worked in banking in Vienna. On August 19, 1883, he married the singer Elise Wiedermann (1851-1922).

job

Postcard to Carl Pinschof (1883)

In 1879 Pinschof was appointed Honorary Secretary of the Austrian Commission of the World Exhibition in Melbourne in 1880. During his stay in Australia for the World's Fair, he decided to settle in Australia. From 1881 the company represented Pfaff, Reichbach in Australia and from 1893 was the sole sales representative of this company with offices in Sydney , Brisbane and Adelaide . Pinschof was appointed Honorary Consul for Austria-Hungary in Victoria in 1885 and was appointed director of the Herald & Weekly Times newspaper in 1900. In 1904 he held the post of Director of the Carlton Brewery Ltd . He merged this company with another five breweries from Melbourne to form Carlton and United Breweries Pty Ltd and headed it. In 1908 he sold his brewery and resigned as consul.

Public work

Economic policy

From the 1890s onwards, Pinschof became known as an author and lecturer who commented on economic problems in Australia and gave advice. He called for economic reforms such as the establishment of an Australian central bank . He advocated not only partial, but full payment when buying shares and for long-term granting of loans for farms. He also called for higher education courses for business and public administration to be set up.

After giving up his activities as a merchant in the course of the First World War and the dispute over his naturalization that took place in 1909, he withdrew from public life.

Then he dealt with economic issues. He wrote mainly about foreign trade issues, for example about the international impact of a currency fixation on the gold / silver standard using India as an example. Five months after the publication of John Maynard Keynes' book A Tract on Monetary Reform in 1923, he wrote a review five months later .

He died on a trip to Europe in Cape Town in 1926 and was buried in Boroondara Cemetery in Melbourne.

Culture

Carl and his wife Elise Pinschof became known in Melbourne as patrons of art and music. They supported the founding of the Marshall-Hall Orchestra. Elise Pinschof was the first singing teacher at the University Conservatorium of Music in Melbourne . She also taught the opera singer Nellie Melba . The Pinschof couple bought land and built the Belmont villa in Windsor and the Sudley Hall residence in Kew . On the site at Mount Macedon (Hohe Warte) they organized encounters with artists. They set up art collections in their buildings and promoted the art movements of the time, such as the Impressionist Heidelberg School . Among the artists were the painters Tom Roberts , Arthur Streeton , Carl Kahler , Ambrose Patterson and the sculptor Bertram Mackennal .

Aftermath

At the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna , talented people are supported with the Carl Ludwig Pinschof scholarship.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Raul F. Middelmann: Carl Ludwig Pinschof (1855-1926) on adb.edu.au. Retrieved October 11, 2018
  2. ↑ a b Andrew Montanan: The Pinschofs as patrons at home: Belmont, Sudley Hall and Hohe Warte , PDF , on slv.vic.gov.au. Retrieved October 11, 2018
  3. ↑ 200 years of history of the German-speaking community in Australia . Part IS 83. Special Edition: The Week in Australia of January 1988. Europa Kurier Pty. Ltd. Bankstown. ISSN 0726-4860
personal data
SURNAME Pinschof, Carl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pinschof, Carl Ludwig (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austro-Hungarian honorary consul and entrepreneur in Australia
DATE OF BIRTH April 14, 1855
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH May 19, 1926
Place of death Cape Town