Heinrich Karl Scholz

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Monument to Walther von der Vogelweide in Duchcov, 1911
Stone group at the Türkenritthof, 1927/28
Relief at the George Washington Court, 1932

Heinrich Karl Scholz (born October 16, 1880 in Mildenau , Kingdom of Bohemia , † June 12, 1937 in Vienna ) was an Austrian sculptor and medalist .

Life

First and foremost, Scholz learned porcelain working and modeling at the arts and crafts school in Haindorf and at the state arts and crafts school in Reichenberg . He then studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna in the sculpting class of Hans Bitterlich and Edmund von Hellmer . Subsequently he went on a study trip to Italy , France , Belgium and Germany .

During the First World War he was entrusted with the planning and execution of 34 war cemeteries and memorials in Galicia ( Tarnów - Gorlice area ). After the end of the war, Scholz lived and worked as a freelance sculptor in Vienna. From there, however, he also worked on several large sculptures for his home region. In addition to the large-scale sculpture, he also created several small statuettes and medals that were reproduced as porcelain figures or bronze casts years after his death. He signed many of them with Karl von Mildenau.

In 1920 Schulz became a member of the Vienna Künstlerhaus , and in 1936 its vice-president. In the same year he was awarded the title of professor .

Awards

  • 1907 Gold Fieger Medal
  • 1908 Gundel Prize for medalists
  • 1909/12 Kaiser Franz Joseph scholarship in gold
  • 1909 Königswarter Prize for the General School of Sculpture
  • 1910 Preleuthner Prize
  • 1920 Dumba Prize
  • 1925 Grand Art Prize of the City of Vienna

Museum reception

The Vienna Art History Museum keeps small sculptures and medals by Scholz. In the Army History Museum there are six medals by his hand, which he made between 1922 and 1937, and the museum holds nine other works ( relief plaques, memorial plaques and statuettes).

Works (excerpt)

literature

Web links

Commons : Heinrich Karl Scholz  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Ilse Krumpöck: The pictures in the Army History Museum. Vienna 2004, p. 151 f.
  2. ^ Heinrich Karl Scholz. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 11, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1999, ISBN 3-7001-2803-7 , p. 127.
personal data
SURNAME Scholz, Heinrich Karl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Karl von Mildenau
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH October 16, 1880
PLACE OF BIRTH Mildenau
DATE OF DEATH June 12, 1937
Place of death Vienna