Gundel Prize

The Gundel Prize was awarded annually by the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna for students who distinguished themselves in the 6 art classes (painting, sculpture, engraving and medalist art, landscape painting, architecture and engraving).

This court prize was donated to the academy in 1782 by the imperial councilor Paul Anton von Gundel . Until 1783 the prize was paid out in cash and from 1784 medals were awarded: For the first prize a gold medal and for the second a silver medal from the “Most High Imperial Royal Grace”.
The jury was formed from the college of academic professors.

Award winners (selection)

Moritz Daffinger Gabor Melegh Johann Sterber (* 1795; † before 1859); two-time laureate, date unknown 1802 Alois Pichl 1807 Michael Sandler 1809 Michael Sandler 1810 Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller (painter) 1816 Karl Schubert 1817 Karl Schubert 1820 Heinrich Schwemminger 1823 Franz Xaver Gruber 1824 Jakob Sotriffer 1825 Franz Eybl (painter)

1825 Anton Hartinger 1827 Josef Erler 1828 Leander Russ 1830 Albert Theer 1833 Eduard Swoboda 1835 Anton Schrödl 1837 Henrik Weber 1837 August Schwendenwein from Lanauberg 1839 Emanuel Stöckler 1862 Victor Luntz , Johannes Benk 1866 August Krumholz 1868 Viktor Tilgner 1869 August Krumholz 1879 Uroš Predić 1888 Cyril Iveković (architect) 1891 Rudolf Wiszkoczil (Werian) 1891 Gottlieb Theodor Kempf von Hartenkampf 1892 Rudolf Batek, Vienna, special school for engravers and medalists of Professor Tautenhayn 1894 Ferdinand Brunner (painter) 1899 Gustav Jahn (painter) 1901 Wunibald Deininger (architect)

1901 Georg Heinrich Kührner 19 ?? Adolf Wagner 1904 Anton Rudolf Weinberger (medals, plaques, cabaret) 1905 Theodor Deininger 1907 Karl Ehn 1908 Heinrich Karl Scholz 1910 Heinrich Schmid (architect) 1911 Oskar Icha 1912 Karl Lehrmann 1913 Julius Wegerer 1916 Anton Velim 1917 Julius Wegerer 19 ?? Hans Knesl 2004 Kentaur (set designer) 2009 Mariá Skonda

Individual evidence

1. ^ The Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna in the 18th century - reforms under Kaunitz (Diploma thesis Dr. iur. Kurt Haslinger, page 92) (PDF; 792 kB)
2. ^ G. Rizzi:  Pichl, Alois Ludwig (Luigi) (1782-1856), architect. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 8, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1983, ISBN 3-7001-0187-2 , p. 51.
3. ↑ H. Schöny:  Schubert, (Franz) Karl. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 11, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1999, ISBN 3-7001-2803-7 , p. 275 f. (Direct links on p. 275 , p. 276 ).
4. ^ H. Grimm:  Schwemminger, Heinrich. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 12, Verlag der Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2001–2005, ISBN 3-7001-3580-7 , p. 46.
5. ^ Austrian Biographical Lexicon - accessed on December 29, 2010.
6. ^ R. Keil:  Theer, Adolf. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 14, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2012–, ISBN 978-3-7001-7312-0 , p. 288.
7. ↑ Rudolf Wiskoczil (Werian)
8. ^ Academy of Fine Arts. In:  Wiener Zeitung , July 9, 1911, p. 9 (online at ANNO ).