Hans Schwathe
Hans Schwathe , actually Johannes Schwathe (born May 28, 1870 in Strachwitzthal , Austrian Silesia , † October 27, 1950 in Vienna ) was an Austrian sculptor and medalist .
Life
Between 1887 and 1890 Schwathe received an apprenticeship as a stonemason specializing in marble processing at the Silesian State School for Stone Processing in Saubsdorf from Eduard Zelenka. He then studied until 1898 at the kk Kunstgewerbeschule of the kk Austrian Museum for Art and Industry in Vienna with Otto König and August Kühne. Schwathe then completed his knowledge for a year on the basis of a work grant in Italy. In 1902, through the mediation of the director of the Silesian State Museum in Opava , Edmund Wilhelm Braun, Schwathe received the tomb for Dr. Otto Zinsmeister received his first major order. Between 1902 and 1913 Schwathe gave lessons at Viennese secondary schools in addition to his artistic activity to improve his income. Schwathe lived and worked mainly in Vienna after the First World War. Towards the end of the Second World War, his Vienna studio was destroyed by an air raid.
His honorary grave is located in the Vienna Central Cemetery .
Works
- Tomb for Otto Zinsmeister in Troppau, 1902
- Otto-Zinsmeister-bust for the Troppau hospital, 1902
- Mary statue on the old Marienbrücke in Vienna , 1909
- Memorial for Friedrich Ludwig Jahn at the Evangelical Church in Opava, 1913
- Portrait of Franz Ferdinand von Österreich-Este at Konopiště Castle - the bust was the last portrait of the Austro-Hungarian heir to the throne before his assassination
- Medal Red Cross, War Aid Office, War Welfare Office, Zink, 1914
- Medal of Honor for Catholic nuns in hospital service in World War I, 1915
- Abraham-a-Sancta-Clara monument in Vienna's Burggarten , 1928
- Lourdes grotto with a statue of the Virgin Mary made of Lasa marble in the Michaelerkirche, opposite a memorial of the murdered Chancellor Dr. Engelbert Dollfuß, 1935/36
- Relief soldier with Saint Mary , Hütteldorfer parish church , 1943
literature
- G. Ludwig, M. Pötzl-Malikova: Schwathe Hans. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 12, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2001-2005, ISBN 3-7001-3580-7 , p. 35 f. (Direct links on p. 35 , p. 36 ).
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SURNAME | Schwathe, Hans |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schwathe, Johannes (real name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian sculptor and medalist |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 28, 1870 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Strachwitzthal , Austrian Silesia |
DATE OF DEATH | October 27, 1950 |
Place of death | Vienna |