Helene Scholz-Zelezny

Helene Scholz-Zelezny , also Helena Zelezny or Helene Scholzová-Železná (born August 16, 1882 in Chropin , † February 18, 1974 in Rome ), was an Austrian sculptor and medalist who lived mostly in Italy.

Life

Bronze medal D = 60 mm. First World War.

Helen Zelezny-Scholz, daughter of the writer Maria Scholz , grew up in Austrian Silesia and studied in Vienna and Dresden architecture and then in Berlin sculpture by Fritz Heinemann and the like in Brussels under Charles van der Stappen . Further study visits followed in Paris and Florence. At the beginning of the First World War she moved to Vienna and since 1919 lived mostly in Italy. She died in Rome in 1974 and is buried there in the Protestant cemetery .

Creating art

In 1914, Helene Scholz-Zelezny became court sculptor for the Habsburgs . The medal shown here with the portrait of Eugen, Archduke v. Austria-Teschen , Colonel General of the War Welfare Office, Grand Master of the Teutonic Order , 1863 Groß Seelowitz , Moravia - 1954 Meran , South Tyrol . The signature on the medal is Hellene Scholz.

She created around 300 portraits in marble, bronze and terracotta. They have been shown in exhibitions in Paris, Vienna, Rome, Prague, Philadelphia, Venice and in galleries in Europe and the USA.

literature

Ch. Gruber - G. Ludwig: Scholz-Zelezny, Helene. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 11, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1999, ISBN 3-7001-2803-7 , p. 130.
HEIDUK, Franz: Oberschlesisches Literatur-Lexikon. Part 3. Q - Z. Heidelberg, Palatina Verlag, 2000, p. 76.

Individual evidence

↑ Dr Wolfgang R. v. Wurzbach-Tannenberg: Catalog of my collection of medals, plaques and tokens . Unchanged reprint of the first edition published in 1943. No. 1972. Peter Siemer, Hamburg 1978, ISBN 3-921683-11-4 .

personal data
SURNAME	Scholz-Zelezny, Helene
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Zelezny, Helena; Scholzová-Železná, Helene
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian sculptor and medalist
DATE OF BIRTH	August 16, 1882
PLACE OF BIRTH	Chropin
DATE OF DEATH	February 18, 1974
Place of death	Rome

[1] Dr Wolfgang R. v. Wurzbach-Tannenberg: Catalog of my collection of medals, plaques and tokens . Unchanged reprint of the first edition published in 1943. No. 1972. Peter Siemer, Hamburg 1978, ISBN 3-921683-11-4 .