Helmut Krauhs
Helmut Krauhs (born April 4, 1912 in Kaschau (today Košice ), † December 19, 1995 in Vienna ) was an Austrian artist and officer . His figurines , also known as Krauhs figurines , are represented in important museums and collections worldwide; they are also internationally sought-after collector's items.
life and work
Helmuth Krauh's father was a Transylvanian Saxon and an officer. The mother, a native Hungarian , was the daughter of a wealthy landowner. In 1922 the family moved to Vienna, where Helmut Krauhs took his school leaving examination. In 1936 he was retired from the Theresian Military Academy in Wiener Neustadt as a lieutenant . In 1938 he was accepted into the German Wehrmacht , where he achieved the rank of captain .
After the Second World War , Helmut Krauhs began making figurines. Both the craftsmanship and the artistic quality of the figures soon earned him a high international reputation. Astonishment and admiration was always triggered by the lifelike implementation of the facial features of the people depicted in the form of figurines. The most important group creations by Helmut Krauhs include the hereditary homage train for Empress Maria Theresa and the hereditary homage train for Emperor Karl VI. Because of the precise reproduction of details on the uniforms of soldiers' figurines, the work of Helmut Krauhs is also highly valued by military historians . For example, a large number of Krauhs figurines are exhibited in the Vienna Army History Museum .
literature
- Gerhard Tötschinger : Das Kaiserhaus & Helmut Krauhs , Amalthea Signum Verlag, Vienna 2013, ISBN 978-3-85002-856-1 .
- Gerhard Tötschinger and Helmut Krauhs: The Development of the Austrian Uniform from the 17th Century to the End of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy , Edition Kaiserhaus, 2013.
- Johann Werfring: The desire for history fanned out in the imperial family In: “Wiener Zeitung” of January 30, 2014, supplement “ProgrammPunkte”, p. 7.
- Rolf M. Urrisk: The kuk Leibgarden at the Austro-Hungarian court: 1518–1918 , Weishaupt Verlag, Gnas 2004, ISBN 3-7059-0203-2 , pp. 275–280.
- Hermann Hinterstoisser: Historical miniatures by Hptm.aD Helmut Krauhs In: Der Gardist, No. 22, Salzburg 2002, pp. 33–35.
Individual evidence
- ^ Manfried Rauchsteiner , Manfred Litscher: The Heeresgeschichtliche Museum in Vienna . Verlag Styria , Graz / Vienna 2000, p. 36.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Krauhs, Helmut |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 4, 1912 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Košice |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 19, 1995 |
| Place of death | Vienna |