Franz Xaver Pawlik

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Franz Xaver Pawlik at work;
from: August Ritter von Loehr : Wiener Medailleure , 1899, table 21

Franz Xaver Pawlik (born August 8, 1865 in Vienna ; † August 23, 1906 Mödling ) was an Austrian artisan ; Stamp maker and medalist .

Life

1896: Plaque on the engineer August Ritter von Loehr
“Post lumina lux”, medal for the new, 20th century;
exhibited in the Bode Museum , Berlin

Born the son of a tailor, Franz Xaver Pawlik first learned the craft of engraving and then learned drawing in lessons with Josef Grandauer and modeling with Rudolf Weyr .

In 1886 Pawlik was accepted as a student at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts , where he was eventually taught by Josef Tautenhayn and Anton Scharff . Study trips took Pawlik to Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and Italy, before he first worked as an engraver eleve at the Vienna Main Mint from 1892, from 1897 as an engraver assistant and from 1904 until the year of his death in 1906, finally as a coin and medal engraver Austrian Mint worked.

Works (selection)

Pawlik created stamps for coins , “Miszellania”, religious and prize medals , but also portrait medals with Emperor Franz Joseph I and the imperial family as well as numerous personalities such as the Habsburg Danube monarchy.

Awards

Franz Xaver Pawlik has been honored with several prizes and awards both in Austria and in other countries.

Literature (selection)

Web links

Commons : Franz Xaver Pawlik  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Remarks

  1. ↑ Notwithstanding this, various other dates of birth and death are recorded; compare the information behind the respective literature references on the Vienna History Wiki (see section Web Links )

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e B. Koch. Pawlik, Franz (1865-1906), medalist and coin die cutter , in: Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon 1815–1950 , publisher: Austrian Academy of Sciences , Vienna: Verlag der Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna; Graz: Böhlau, Vol. 7 (Lfg. 34, 1977), p. 367
  2. ↑ Compare the information under the GND number of the German National Library
  3. ^ L. Forrer: Biographical Dictionary of Medallists . Pawlik, Franz Xaver. tape IV . Spink & Son Ltd, London 1909, p. 433 ff .
  4. ^ L. Forrer: Biographical Dictionary of Medallists . Pawlik, Franz Xaver. tape VIII . Spink & Son Ltd, London 1930, p. 117 .
personal data
SURNAME Pawlik, Franz Xaver
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pawlik, Franz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian artisan, die cutter, engraver and medalist
DATE OF BIRTH August 8, 1865
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH August 23, 1906
Place of death Mödling