Franz Hauer (art collector)
Franz Hauer (born May 19, 1867 in Weißenkirchen in der Wachau , † June 5, 1914 in Vienna ) was an Austrian innkeeper and art collector .
Life
Franz Hauer grew up as the son of a postman in poor circumstances in Weissenkirchen in the Wachau. After taking over in 1897, he achieved prosperity with a restaurant, the Greeksbeisl in Vienna , and from then on devoted himself to collecting contemporary art. Hauer became one of the most important collectors of the works of Albin Egger-Lienz , Egon Schiele , Oskar Kokoschka , Karl Sterrer , Anton Faistauer and many other artists.
In June 1914, at the age of 47, he died of appendicitis.
In the years after his death, the collection was largely sold; it is now in numerous important museums and private collections in Europe and the USA. Four years after his death, on March 20, 1918, the collection was auctioned at the Dorotheum in Vienna .
His son Leopold Hauer (1896–1984) worked as a painter. Important works in the collection were inherited from granddaughter Christa Hauer-Fruhmann and are now in the Lower Austrian state collections.
Exhibitions
- 2019/2020 "Franz Hauer - Self-made man and contemporary art collector". State Gallery of Lower Austria , Krems an der Donau , Stein district .
Web links
- Entry on Franz Hauer in the Austria Forum (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
Individual evidence
- ^ Franz Hauer (in the Austria Lexicon )
- ↑ Franz Hauer: Self-made man and collector icon (May 21, 2019)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hauer, Franz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian innkeeper and art collector |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 19, 1867 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Weißenkirchen in the Wachau |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 5, 1914 |
| Place of death | Vienna |