Heinrich Kautsch

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Henry Kautsch, delegate of the international art exhibition in the Kunstpalast Düsseldorf - international art exhibition and large horticultural exhibition, Düsseldorf 1904
Design for a plaque in honor of Heinrich Moser (1805–1874) , 1900

Heinrich Kautsch (also Henry Kautsch , born January 28, 1859 in Prague , Bohemia , † September 29, 1943 in Vienna ) was an Austrian sculptor and medalist .

Life

Heinrich Kautsch received his first training at the Prague goldsmith school before he moved to Vienna. There he studied at the School of Applied Arts under Professors Stefan Schwartz and Otto König . Study trips took him to France , Germany and Italy , where he recorded his travel notes in 168 sheets. In 1882 he received a chair at the School of Applied Arts in Prague. In 1887 he became the curator of the Trade Museum in Budweis , which he reorganized. In 1888 Kautsch published his work "Goldsmiths' Work of the 15th to 19th Centuries" in German and French. In 1889 he moved to Paris , where he worked for Jean-Antoine Injalbert and Louis Auguste Roubaud . At the Paris World Exhibition in 1900 , Kautsch was a delegate of the Bosnia-Herzegovina department and vice-president of the international jury. In 1902 he took over the organization of the French and in 1904 the Franco-American department at the international exhibition in the Kunstpalast Düsseldorf . When the First World War broke out in 1914 , Kautsch went back to Vienna. In the interwar period , Kautsch designed the wreaths for the Heldentor on Vienna's Burgring .

In addition to medals and plaques , Heinrich Kautsch also created a number of grave monuments, which are now in Amsterdam , Prague, Merano and Salzburg . The artist was particularly proficient in bas-relief , having learned this specific technique in Paris. Electroplating played a major role in the reproduction of his work . Heinrich Kautsch died honored and honored many times in Vienna in 1943.

Works (excerpt)

literature

  • Heinrich Kautsch. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 3, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1965, p. 273.
  • Ilse Krumpöck: The sculptures in the Army History Museum , Vienna 2004, p. 90 f.
  • Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of visual artists from antiquity to the present . Leipzig 1927, volume 20, p. 35.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The sheets are now in the MAK , see part of the Heinrich Kautsch estate - evidence in the Austrian library network
  2. ↑ Hans Vollmer (Ed.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Leipzig 1927, volume 20, p. 35.
  3. ^ Margret Gottfried: The Vienna Imperial Forum. Utopias between the Hofburg and the MuseumsQuartier. Imperial dreams and republican realities from antiquity to today , Vienna 2001, p. 104 f .
  4. ↑ Ilse Krumpöck: Die Bildwerke im Heeresgeschichtliches Museum , Vienna 2004, p. 90.
  5. ^ Heinrich Kautsch. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 3, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1965, p. 273.

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personal data
SURNAME Kautsch, Heinrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kautsch, Henry
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian sculptor and medalist
DATE OF BIRTH January 28, 1859
PLACE OF BIRTH Prague
DATE OF DEATH September 29, 1943
Place of death Vienna