Edmund von Hellmer (sculptor)

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Edmund Hellmer (before 1905)

Edmund Hellmer , from 1912: Edmund Ritter von Hellmer (* November 12, 1850 in Vienna ; † March 9, 1935 ibid) was an Austrian sculptor whose style can be assigned to historicism and art nouveau .

Life

Sculptures of fallen giants from the fountain " Die Macht zu Lande " at Michaelerplatz (1897)

After graduating from high school, Hellmer began to study architecture at the Vienna Polytechnic . At the same time, he received his first artistic lessons from his uncle, the sculptor Josef Schönfeld. But already after the first semester in 1866 Hellmer switched to the Academy of Fine Arts to study sculpture. At the academy he was a. a. Student of Prof. Franz Bauer . At the same time, he sat in on Hanns Gasser's studio during this training . With his support, Hellmer was able to stay in Paris for some time .

At the age of 19 Hellmer made his debut at the International Art Exhibition in Munich in 1869 with the work The Dying Achilles . Another figure-rich relief addressed the Prometheus saga and earned him a prize. Hellmer received a generous scholarship that enabled him to spend almost two years in Italy . In Rome he completed a life-size Andromeda Shackled out of marble.

In 1870 Hellmer returned to Vienna and worked there as a freelance sculptor in the following years. In 1873 his son of the same name Edmund Hellmer was born. In 1879 he was appointed professor and from 1882 to 1892 he was also appointed lecturer at the Academy of Fine Arts . Hellmer was a founding member of the Vienna Secession in 1897 . In 1901 he headed a special school for sculpture and in 1902 a systemized special school until 1922. From 1901 to 1922 he was alternately rector and vice rector of the academy. His second-born son was the cultural journalist Johann Karl Hellmer . Edmund von Hellmer was a member of the German Association of Artists .

Hellmer, who was only able to move around in a wheelchair in the last year of his life, was buried in the Perchtoldsdorf cemetery (crypt "R", number 81).

Honors

  • Citizens of the City of Vienna, 1921
  • Designation of a traffic area: Hellmerweg , Vienna-Penzing , 1938–1949
  • Honorary citizen of the health resort Kyselka in the Czech Republic

power

Johann Strauss Monument in Vienna (unveiled in 1921)

Hellmer's early works are completely committed to the aesthetics of historicism and also consist mainly of decoration orders for Vienna's Ringstrasse . At the turn of the 20th century, he turned to new forms, as propagated by Secessionism . He was one of the founders of the Vienna Secession .

These forms come to fruition in his most famous work, the monument to Johann Strauss Sohn in Vienna's city park . The figure Strauss himself is depicted realistically, while he is surrounded by a relief of flowing figures with intertwined hair and robes. The second major work is the monument to the liberation of the Turks, which was destroyed in 1945 and located in St. Stephen's Cathedral .

Student of Edmund von Hellmers (selection)

Works

  • Austria and Hungaria , Vienna World Exhibition (south portal of the industrial hall), 1873
  • Gable group of the Ringtheater , 1874 (destroyed)
  • Allegorical figures of theology and philosophy at the University of Vienna , 1877
  • Franz Joseph gives his people a constitution , front gable of the parliament in Vienna, 1879
  • Grave monument for Hans Makart , Vienna Central Cemetery , 1889
  • Grave monument of the Mayer von Gunthof family , Hietzinger Friedhof, 1893
  • Monument to the Liberation of the Turks in St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna , 1894 (destroyed)
  • Schindler monument in the Stadtpark (Vienna) , marble, 1895
  • Power on land , wall fountain on the Michaeler front of the Hofburg , marble, 1897
  • M. von Franck , Graz, 1899
  • Goethe monument at the Opernring in Vienna , bronze, 1900
  • Empress Elisabeth , Salzburg-Hellbrunn, 1901
  • Dumba grave monument , Vienna Central Cemetery, around 1903
  • Grave monument for Hugo Wolf , Vienna Central Cemetery, 1904
  • Grave monument of the Kratochwill family , Vienna Central Cemetery, 1905
  • Kastalia fountain in the University of Vienna , 1910
  • Grave monument of the Hellmer family , Stockerau cemetery, 1911
  • Heinrich von Mattoni statue , Gießhübl-Sauerbrunn, 1914
  • Mozart as Apollo , foyer of the Great Hall of the Mozarteum Foundation in Salzburg, 1916
  • Franz Fibrich grave monument , Vienna Central Cemetery, 1917
  • Johann Strauss Monument in Vienna City Park , bronze with marble relief, 1921

Picture gallery

  • Emil Jakob Schindler monument (1895)

  • "The power on land" (1897)

  • Goethe monument (1900)

  • Tomb for Nikolaus Dumba (1901)

  • Grave monument for Hugo Wolf (1904)

  • Grave monument for the Kratochwill family (1905)

  • Johann Strauss Monument in the Vienna City Park

  • Johann Strauss memorial, detail (1921)

  • Johann Strauss memorial, detail (1921)

  • Johann Strauss memorial, detail (1921)

Fonts

  • Edmund Hellmer: Years of apprenticeship in sculpture. 1st part. Schroll, Vienna 1900.

literature

Web links

Commons : Edmund von Hellmer  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ s. List of members in the catalog of the 3rd German Association of Artists Exhibition , Weimar 1906. P. 45: Hellmer, Edmund, z. Currently prorector, professor, sculptor, Vienna IV, Weyringergasse 24. online (accessed March 31, 2016)
  2. ↑ (In parts :) Josef Müllner :  Edmund Hellmer died. In:  Neue Freie Presse , Morgenblatt, No. 25321 S / 1935, March 10, 1935, p. 9, center right. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / nfp.
  3. ^ The monument to Empress Elisabeth in Salzburg. In:  Neue Freie Presse , Abendblatt, No. 13249/1901, July 15, 1901, p. 1 ff. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / nfp.
  4. ↑ a b Little Chronicle. (...) News from the Hellmer studio .. In:  Neue Freie Presse , Morgenblatt, No. 13943/1903, June 21, 1903, p. 8, center right. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / nfp.

Remarks

  1. ↑ This monument is simple, clear and majestic, and thus forms a surprising contrast to the Strauss monument.
personal data
SURNAME Hellmer, Edmund von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hellmer, Edmund Ritter von; Hellmer, Edmund
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH November 12, 1850
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH March 9, 1935
Place of death Vienna