Ferdinand Schirnboeck
Ferdinand Schirnböck (born August 27, 1859 in Oberhollabrunn , Lower Austria ; died September 16, 1930 in Perchtoldsdorf , Lower Austria) was an academic painter and engraver .
Life
Ferdinand Schirnböck came from a Fassbinder family. His father died early of cholera , his mother made it possible for him to attend the Hollabrunn Gymnasium , where his artistic talent was already evident. He then studied at the art school of the Austrian Trade Museum and at the Vienna Art Academy . There he attended a special class for engravers.
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He first worked in Buenos Aires and designed Argentine banknotes and stamps , for which he also made the copper and steel engravings. In 1892 he returned to Austria and worked for the Austria-Hungarian Bank (now the Austrian National Bank ) and the State Printing Office . Based on Koloman Moser 's designs , he made the engravings for several stamp series that made him internationally famous. In 1906 he engraved the stamp series for Bosnia-Herzegovina , which deviated from the usual representations of heads of state and coats of arms and showed landscapes. The 1908 series of stamps commemorating the 60th Jubilee of Emperor Franz Joseph I , influenced by Art Nouveau and printed in full color, influenced the depiction of portraits on stamps.
In the following years he made postage stamps for Albania , Bulgaria , Liechtenstein , Norway , Poland , Russia , Sweden , Turkey , Hungary , Vatican and Siam .
Schirnböck also created bookplates as well as engravings and drawings based on paintings by other artists (e.g. Klostersuppe by Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller ).
He was a member of the Hagenbund from 1903 to 1922 and also its president until 1905.
honors
- In 1929 Schirnböck was awarded the Golden Decoration of Honor for services to the Republic of Austria .
- In 1930 the Schirnböckgasse in Vienna- Hietzing was named after him. There is also a street with his name in Perchtoldsdorf , the place where he died.
literature
- Walter Sendlhofer: Ferdinand Schirnböck - a pioneer of stamp engraving . In: The stamp 58, March 2010, ZDB -ID 2189145-X , pp. 24-27.
- Georg Wacha : Schirnböck Ferdinand. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815-1950 (ÖBL). Volume 10, Publisher of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1994, ISBN 3-7001-2186-5 , p. 163.
- Hans Ankwicz-Kleehoven : Schirnböck, Ferdinand . In: Hans Vollmer (ed.): General encyclopedia of visual artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 30 : Scheffel–Siemerding . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1936, p. 90 .
factory examples
Emperor Franz Josef 1848–1908 (with Schönbrunn and Hofburg) / designed: Kolo Moser, engraved: F. Schirnböck
web links
itemizations
- ↑ Tobias G. Natter (ed.), Gerbert Frodl: The lost modernity. The Hagen Artists' Association 1900-1938. An exhibition of the Austrian Gallery Vienna in Halbturn Castle. Catalogue, Vienna 1993, p. 265.
- ↑ Official part. In: Wiener Zeitung , September 26, 1929, p. 1 (online at ANNO ). .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schirnboeck, Ferdinand |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schirmbock, Ferdinand |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian academic painter and engraver |
| BIRTH DATE | August 27, 1859 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hollabrunn , Lower Austria , Austrian Empire |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 16, 1930 |
| PLACE OF DEATH | Perchtoldsdorf , Lower Austria , Austria |