Hans Kestranek

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Hans Kestranek (born March 8, 1873 in Prerau , Moravia , † April 8, 1949 in Sankt Gilgen ) was an Austrian painter , architect and philosopher .

One of the first interpretations of Ludwig Wittgenstein's tractatus logico-philosophicus came from the versatile and active intellectual belonging to the upper-class Herz-Kestranek family . His estate in the Brenner archive contains, among other things, pieces of correspondence with Ludwig von Ficker , Augusto Giacometti , Ida and Eugen Herz , Wilhelm Kestranek , Jože Plečnik and Karl Wittgenstein .

literature

  • Ludwig von Ficker: Memoirs and Acknowledgments , Innsbruck 1967

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SURNAME Kestranek, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian painter, architect and philosopher
DATE OF BIRTH March 8, 1873
PLACE OF BIRTH Prerau
DATE OF DEATH April 8, 1949
Place of death Sankt Gilgen