Franz Gaul
Franz Gaul (born June 27, 1802 in Vienna , † October 22, 1874 ibid) was an Austrian medalist and director of the imperial-royal engraving academy and father of the painters Franz Xaver Gaul and Gustav Gaul .
Life
Franz Gaul was born in Vienna on June 27, 1802. After finishing school, he first began studying in Vienna, which he broke off in 1818 in order to be trained as an engraver in the engraving school of the Vienna Academy . In the engraving school Gaul received drawing lessons from Georg Pein and medal and stone cutting lessons from Luigi Pichler . During his training, Franz Gaul took part in competitions and won six prizes, one of which was the “First Court Prize” , which was linked to a later travel grant, which he could not, however, take.
After completing his training, he found employment on March 26, 1829 as an unpaid intern in the engraving academy of the Imperial and Royal Main Mint. On June 17, 1833, he was adjunct real engraver . During this time, Franz Gaul successfully took part in numerous competitions in which one tried to raise the level in the art of coin cutting again. With first prizes in drawing, embossing and engraving , he soon won the respect and recognition as a specialist, which he used to suppress style violations and uncertainties in coinage. So he campaigned for the heraldically correct rendering of the double-headed eagle .
In 1856 his efforts to reproduce the double-headed eagle heraldically correctly on the coins were recognized at the coin congress and Franz Gaul was subsequently commissioned to re-engrave the imperial eagle correctly and correctly on all coins. In 1866 he was appointed director of the main mint after his predecessor Joseph Daniel Böhm died. He retired in 1874 after 40 years of service, but died a month later at the age of 72.
Works
- All coins with the double-headed eagle on the reverse in the Austro-Hungarian monarchy
- The stamps for the Hungarian Forint coins from 1870 to 1879.
literature
- Heinrich Kábdebo: Gaul, Franz . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 8, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1878, p. 424.
- Gaul Franz. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1957, p. 412.
- Heinz Winter: Gaul, Franz . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 50, Saur, Munich a. a. 2006, ISBN 3-598-22790-6 , p. 230.
Web links and sources
- Figure and brief description ( Memento from September 30, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- Entry on Franz Gaul in the Austria Forum (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
Individual evidence
- ^ L. Forrer: Biographical Dictionary of Medallists . Gaul, Frantz. Volume II. Spink & Son Ltd, London 1904, p. 217 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gaul, Franz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian medalist, director of the royal-imperial engraving academy in Vienna |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 27, 1802 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 22, 1874 |
| Place of death | Vienna |