Edmund Moiret

Edmund Moiret , Hungarian Ödön Moiret (born March 2, 1883 in Budapest , † December 12, 1966 in Vienna ) was a Hungarian sculptor and visual artist who lived and worked in Austria since 1920 .

Life

Moiret studied in Budapest with Albert Schickedanz , at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna with Edmund Hellmer (1902) and Hans Bitterlich, and at the Académie royale des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles in Brussels with Herman Richir. In 1910 he received the Harkanyi Prize and in 1911 the Franz Josefs Anniversary Prize of the City of Budapest. In 1911 he became professor of drawing at the University of Budapest , and in 1915 he worked at the local trade drawing school . In 1920 he moved to Vienna, where he stayed until his death. Here he became a member of the Künstlerhaus in 1941 , where he was awarded the Golden Medal in 1948. Moiret was married to Cornelia Chioreau and was buried in the Vienna Central Cemetery after his death .

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Mother with child (1951), Ettenreichgasse 42–44, Vienna 10

Franz Novy Monument (1959), Vienna 16

Moiret created monuments, sculptures , reliefs , medals and plaques , as well as drawings, and took part in numerous exhibitions. Stylistically, he was associated with a classicism striving for harmony . An often mystical religiosity speaks from his works.

Awakening (Budapest, Hungarian National Gallery )
Ignaz Semmelweis badge

allegorical reliefs , Magyar Nemzeti Bank , Szabadság tér (1905)

Maria Magdalena , Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest (around 1909)

Portrait of a Woman , Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest (before 1911)

Leda , Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest (1912)

St. George as a Knight , Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest (1912)

Flowery Budapest , Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest (1912)

Grave monument for Albert Schickedanz , Kerepescher Friedhof , Budapest (1915)

War memorial , Kötegyán (1938)

Terracotta relief mother with children , Ettenreichgasse 42–44, Vienna 10 (1951)

Terracotta relief Raise your hearts , Rasumofskygasse / Landstraßer Hauptstraße , Vienna 3 (1956)

Terracotta relief Das Nest - mother with children , Färbergasse 8, Vienna 1 (1956)

Ceramic pillar with bust for Franz Novy , Franz-Novy-Hof , Vienna 16 (1959)

literature

Felix Czeike (Ed.): Moiret Edmund (Ödön). In: Historisches Lexikon Wien . Volume 4, Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 1995, ISBN 3-218-00546-9 , pp. 285-285 ( digitized version ).

Web links

Commons : Ödön Moiret - collection of images, videos and audio files

personal data
SURNAME	Moiret, Edmund
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Moiret, Ödön (huS)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Hungarian sculptor and visual artist
DATE OF BIRTH	March 2, 1883
PLACE OF BIRTH	Budapest
DATE OF DEATH	December 12, 1966
Place of death	Vienna