Eduard Hauser (entrepreneur)

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Entrance to the Eduard Hauser establishment in Spitalgasse in Vienna (before 1900)
The Eduard Hauser establishment in Spitalgasse
Eduard Hauser's brickworks in Vienna-Heiligenstadt and Nussdorf

Eduard Hauser (born November 10, 1840 in Vienna , † February 27, 1915 ibid) was an Austrian master stonemason and founder of the modern stonemason industry in Austria.

history

Eduard Hauser was the son of the master stonemason Franz Hauser. After the death of his father in 1858, he took over as managing director of the company founded in 1791. The main building was at Spitalgasse 19 in the 9th district. From 1863 he took on longer study trips to England and Germany.

Together with the big stonemason companies Brandner and Wasserburger , he supervised the stonemason work for the new Hofoper building in Vienna as construction manager. Hauser was also largely responsible for the stone carving of many magnificent buildings on Vienna's Ringstrasse during the founding period .

For the circumstances at the time, he ran a very modern and machine-equipped stone mason. Hauser acquired brickworks in Nussdorf and Heiligenstadt , in 1907 stone quarries in Laas and Sterzing , in Mannersdorf am Leithagebirge and in Marzana near Pola .

For the Lasa marble quarry in Vinschgau, he acquired the rights and bankruptcy estate from Fritz Zeller, who had to file for bankruptcy in 1905 . The upcoming opening of the Vinschgau Railway made it possible to transport large masses of marble faster and easier. In Lasa he employed up to 14 sculptors. The first marble blocks that were delivered with the Vinschgau Railway were those from which the lions were carved for the Munich Feldherrnhalle .

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Hauser introduced the Swedish granite and was the first to try machine stone processing in Austria. With the introduction of stone lathes and mechanical grinding shops, he became the founder of the modern stonemasonry industry in Austria.

Hauser was honored and distinguished many times, he was among other things commercial councilor and later kk court stonemason master .

The company prospered, but stagnation set in with the outbreak of the First World War . After the war, the company was unable to build on the pre-war results. Due to the competition and the low demand for buildings and statues made of marble in Austria, the heirs of Eduard Hauser moved to gradually dissolve their property in the Vinschgau by 1924.

His grave is in the Heiligenstadt cemetery (part A, group TO, no. 13).

Work (selection)

Hauser played a key role in the stone carving work at the kk Hof Opera Theater (1898)
Beethoven monument
Inscription on the Beethoven monument
Tomb of Joseph Wattmann von Maëlcomp-Beaulieu

The Hauser company was responsible for the stone carving on over forty churches, including the cathedrals in Brno and Olomouc, the church in Esseg and Wiener Neustadt.

Buildings and monuments in Vienna

Tombs

Eduard Hauser produced countless tombs, many of which are in Vienna's central cemetery , such as those of the Thonet, Königswarter, Gutmann families and the mausoleum for Eduard Wiener von Welten, who died in 1886 . He also created the Musil tomb in collaboration with the architect Alexander von Wielemans (1843–1911), the Wessely crypt chapel based on the architectural design by Klotz and with reliefs by Theodor Khuen , the Dingelstedt tomb and the Spanner tomb.

  • Group O, along the cemetery wall, No. 7: Wilhelm Ritter von Haidinger . Simple tombstone, Steinmetz Hauser.
  • Group O, No. 13: Johann Georg Müller, architect (from him the plans for the Altlerchenfeld Church) 1822–1849. Baroque stele with the symbol of the butterfly, which we already know from the Beethoven tomb. Steinmetz Hauser.
  • Group O, No. 26: Wilhelm Jahn , director of the opera theater, gravestone from the Hauser company, bronze relief portrait by Breitner.
  • Group O, No. 82: Anton Matosch . Cross on octagonal column. Company Ed. Houses.
  • Group 5a, Row 4 No. 80/81: A beautiful group of three tall steles. The two steles on the left ( Franz von Dingelstedt , director of the Burgtheater, and Jenny Lutzer, died 1877) with palmette and poppy seed capsule in the gable and portrait heads in relief. Inscribed: A. Loeher fecit. The stele on the right (Ernst Freiherr von Dingelstedt) by Ed. Houses.
  • Group 12D, corner tomb: Spanner tomb. Renaissance sarcophagus, partially covered by drapery, on a high pedestal. Steinmetz Hauser.
  • Group 12D, Row 2, No. 9: Luschin von Ebengreuth (1807-1859) tomb. Tomb slab echoing the Gothic slab with coat of arms and an inscription running along the edge. At the head there is a Gothic column of light. Rare gravestone shape. Steinmetz Hauser.
  • Group 13, row of tombs: Kargl tomb. With fluted pillars by Eduard Hauser.
  • Group 14A: Theophil Hansen : resemblance to Schubert's tomb, architectural structure G. Niemann, plastic jewelry Carl Kundmann , mighty rock from the Hauser company.
  • Group 14A: Camillo Sitte . A stele-like structure made of Blaberg syenite with its bronze relief portrait. Architecture by Siegfried Sitte, relief by Anton Brenek . The following were involved in the execution: Steinmetz Ed. Hauser, art fitter Schwarz, bronze caster Frömmel.
  • Group 14A, No. 38: Dr. Joseph Wattmann von Maëlcamp-Beaulieu (1789–1866; doctor). A simple stone from the Hauser company.
  • Group 17H, row of tombs: Wertheim tomb. Motif of the false door.
  • Group 32A, No. 42: Eduard Strauss
  • Group 32A, No. 4: Friedrich Mohs
  • Group 32A, No. 30: Johann Baptist Streicher , Andreas Streicher , Nannette Streicher . An obelisk with a lyre and swans.
  • Group 34G, corner tomb: Musil's tomb; romanticizing burial chapel sarcophagus, beautiful lantern bearer. Design by architect Alexander von Wielemans .
  • Group 44, corner crypt: Wessely crypt chapel, domed structure, gestalten u. a. Work by the sculptor Theodor FM Khuen, architectural design by Rudolf Klotz.
  • Peter and Karoline Sanetty, 1885 and 1897 tomb ins. Ed (uard) Hauser, above a high plinth (black and red marble layers) a narrow central field with a white marble portraittondo and 2 putti, gable with a cross. (In the eastern arcade wing)
Vienna Central Cemetery, Old Arcades, Crypt No. 26: Lenkheym's grave at noon
  • Wilhelm August Mittag-Lenkheym, 1912, late historical tomb, re. Ed. Hauser, cross on a black marble base, side pylons with bronze family coats of arms and lights (in the eastern arcade wing)
  • Wondrasch family, 1886, late historical wall cross made of black marble, seated figure of mourners made of white marble, ins. Ed (uard) Hauser (in the western arcade wing)
  • Franz Dingelstedt, Baron von, 1881, wife Jenny Lutzer, 1877, and family, grave of Eduard Hauser, 3 steles with palmettes, 2 with relief bust medallions by Alois Loeher (group 5A)
  • Family Spanner, neo-Baroque sarcophagus with velum, 4 light columns, inscribed on the base. 1880, by Eduard Hauser. (in group 12 D)
  • Carl Meissl, 1894, generous late historical grave complex ins. Fecit (Georg) Burgstaller - Ed (uard) Hauser, kuk Hof-Steinmeister - AM Beschorner, kuk Hofmetallwarenfabrick. Polygonal base with stone balustrade fencing (ornamental fillings in bronze), putti figures on the access posts. Neo-Renaissance aedicula on pedestal with side stairs, in the arched niche a bronze figure of the city council, on the steps 2 seated women in bronze, vases and lights, side bronze reliefs of the town hall and Ferdinand's bridge and 2 marble spangles. (in group 32 B)
  • Musil Edler von Mollenbruck, open romanized columned hall in pillar fence, by Eduard Hauser and architect Alexander von Wielemans, around 1910 (in group 34 H)
  • Carl Wessely, Ritter von, burial chapel, built 1900, re. Architect Rudolf Klotz and kuk Hofsteinmetz Eduard Hauser. Small, baroque-style pavilion-like central building with dome, column portals gabled on 3 sides, rich secessionist architectural ornamentation (partly in bronze); above the entrances reliefs of 2 miners holding coats of arms, sacrifice of Isaac and poor souls in purgatory, crowned with a bronze figure of female genius, each by Theodor Khuen; rich wrought iron fence. Vegetable wall decoration inside, 4 elements reliefs at the base of the dome. (in group 44 A).
  • Tomb for Friedrich Mohs, mineralogist, b. January 29, 1773 Gernrode, died September 28, 1839 Agordo (Tyrol), portrait medallion
  • Grave of Andreas Streicher, 1761–1833, accompanied Schiller on the escape from Stuttgart to Mannheim in 1782

Old Israelite Cemetery, Central Cemetery, 1st Gate:

  • West cemetery wall: Wilhelm Scheyer family, round niche with 4 corrugated columns in neo-renaissance shapes with baroque elements, crypt slab with lateral stone borders, re. Arch. Max Fleischer and Ed (uard) Hauser, early 20th century.
  • Group 5B: Wilhelm Ritter von Gutmann , 1895, neo-Gothic mausoleum, around 1892/93 by Max Fleischer and Eduard Hauser (denoted)
  • Group 6: Eduard Wiener family, Knights of Worlds, 1886, neo-Gothic mausoleum, built by Max Fleischer and Eduard Hauser
  • Group 7: Marcus Engel family, 1909, mausoleum in neo-renaissance forms, named architect Max Fleischer, Eduard Hauser, kuk court stonemason master, around 1892. Steeply proportioned cubic building in ashlar masonry, with high lantern-crowned drum dome and curtain-walled gable front with double columns.
  • Group 6, tomb row 29: Sucharipa tomb. Echoing the Theodoric's tomb at Ravenna. Architect Max Fleischer .
  • Group 6, tomb row 29: Eisler von Terramare tomb. Gothic crypt chapel.
  • Group 7, crypt row 30: Tomb wreath. Reminiscent of Lycian tombs, which are again modeled on Lycian house forms. Architect Friedrich Schönn.
  • In the ceremonial avenue on the round square: The Taussig tomb, in the form of a temple, seeks to make an impression through splendid material.
  • Grossmann's tomb.

Döblinger Friedhof:

  • Group XXIII, No. 14 / 1-2: Margarete von Szily (1882–1929), tomb from 1929, signed Ed (uard) Hauser. Almost literal repetition of a classicist grave type.
  • Group VVII, crypt 37: Bernhard Rosenthal (1847–1905). Gravestone from 1935, Bez. Ed (uard) Hauser. This monument ends with a papyrus-shaped frieze. The vertical channels are reminiscent of the temple entrance (pylon). Here, too, the plaque placed in the archway with information about the deceased.
  • Group Isr. 1/44: Adolf von Sonnenthal (1834–1909). Tomb from 1909, signed Hauser, relief by Hermann Klotz . In addition to portraits of the deceased, since the second half of the 19th century there has also been the possibility of symbolic reference to their achievements, talents or preferences. So holds z. For example, the putto on the posthistorical aedicula of the Sonnenthal tomb in Quattrocentesque forms, in addition to the coat of arms, also the tragic mask as an indication of the deceased's acting profession. The notation systems shown on numerous tombs also have a similar function. As a kind of modern mother goddess, the submerged female half-figure in the lunette field of the richly ornamented stele holds a burning torch and a book with the words SEMPER VERUS in her hands.
  • Hietzinger Friedhof: Paul von Wasserburger , master builder and stonemason, died in 1903, large cross with corpus

Other works

Art Nouveau high altar based on a design by R. Jordan

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Barbara Haubold: The grave monuments of the Vienna Central Cemetery from 1874–1918 . Art history Volume 30, Münster 1990 (Dissertation University of Münster, Westphalia, p. 168)
  2. ^ Hans Pemmer : The Vienna Central Cemetery. Its history and its monuments . Austrian school book publisher, Vienna 1924.
  3. ↑ The Vienna Central Cemetery . Publisher Gerlach & Wiedling, Vienna. 1907.
  4. ^ Dehio manual. The Art Monuments of Austria , Volume: Vienna X-XIX and XXI-XXIII., Bundesdenkmalamt (Ed.), Verlag Anton Schroll, Vienna 1996
  5. ↑ Hans Markl: Pechan's Pearls Series Volume 1012: Do you know the famous final resting places on the Viennese cemeteries? Volume I, Central Cemetery and Crematorium (Urnenhain), Adalbert Pechan Verlag Vienna-Munich-Zurich 1961.
  6. ^ Dehio manual. The Art Monuments of Austria , Volume: Vienna X-XIX and XXI-XXIII., Bundesdenkmalamt (Ed.), Verlag Anton Schroll, Vienna 1996
  7. ^ Hans Pemmer, Der Wiener Zentralfriedhof, 1924
  8. ^ Inge Kaindl, Kurt Podbrecky: people, fates, monuments - Döblinger Friedhof . Scöngei & Partner, Vienna 1990. ISBN 978-3901022012
  9. ↑ Werner Kitlitschka . Grave cult & grave sculpture in Vienna and Lower Austria . St. Pölten, Vienna 1987. ISBN 978-3853268278
  10. ↑ Werner Kitlitschka. Grave cult & grave sculpture in Vienna and Lower Austria . St. Pölten, Vienna 1987. ISBN 978-3853268278

swell

  • Archive of the Vienna Burial
  • Vienna City and State Archives

literature

  • Hauser Eduard. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 2, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1959, p. 218.
  • Felix Czeike : Historical Lexicon Vienna. Volume 3: Ha-La. Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 1994, ISBN 3-218-00545-0 , p. 89.
  • Presented by the industrialists of Austria under the high protectorate of His K. and K. Highness of the Most Serene Archduke Franz Ferdinand (ed.): Die Gross-Industrie Oesterreichs . Festival ceremony for the glorious fiftieth anniversary of the reign of His Majesty the Emperor Franz Josef I. 2, Leopold Weiss, Vienna 1898, II. Stone, clay, porcelain and glass industry.

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personal data
SURNAME Hauser, Eduard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian master stonemason
DATE OF BIRTH November 10, 1840
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH February 27, 1915
Place of death Vienna