Hermann Clemens Kosel
Hermann Clemens Kosel , pseudonym Armin Clementi , (born November 22, 1867 in Dunkelthal , Trautenau district , Austria-Hungary ; died September 14, 1945 in Vienna ) was an Austrian writer, painter, graphic artist and photographer.
Life
Hermann Clemens Kosel grew up in Braunau and trained as a bookbinder with his father . From 1889 to 1891 he attended the graphic teaching and research institute in Vienna . Kosel began his photography activities between 1891 and 1905 as the studio manager of the amateur photographer Albert von Rothschild and gave wealthy amateurs lessons in photographic techniques. In 1905 he opened a rubber printing company and promoted this process for the Austrian manufacturer Langer. In his portrait studio, which opened in 1906, 23 employees were employed at times. Kosel won a well-off Viennese clientele and became a court photographer in 1911 . From 1905 to 1909 he was editor of the magazine "Photo-Sport".
Kosel was the editor of anthologies of contemporary literature and edited from 1892 to 1903 a. a. the literary papers "Iduna", "Deutsches Böhmerland" and the "Blätter für deutscheichtung". His own lyrics have been set to music several times. Kosel mainly wrote biographical novels. He also illustrated his books himself and also painted landscapes and portraits.
Since his son Hermann Kosel had to flee from the National Socialists after the annexation of Austria in 1938, he closed the studio in 1940 and sold the inventory. He was buried at the Vienna Central Cemetery .
Works (selection)
- Love and strive. Poems . Heinrich Marx, Wüstegiersdorf 1892.
- Swan song. Oriental fairy tale in 5 pieces . Self-published by Dominicus, Braunau and Prague 1889.
- Irmtraut. Sang from the minstrel days . Vienna 1894.
- (Ed.): Oesterreichisches Dichterbuch . 5 volumes. Schaumburg, Vienna 1895–1900.
- The rubber print. A handbook and textbook for amateur and professional photographers. After practical experience at the instance of Langer & Co . Langer, Vienna 1900.
- The technique of combination rubber printing and three-color rubber printing . Vienna 1906.
- Kosel album. Letterpress reproductions, based on original photographs by Hermann Cl (emens) Kosel . Frisch, Vienna 1910.
- Albrecht Dürer. A German savior. Novel from Nuremberg's heyday . Novel in three parts. Bong, Berlin 1924.
- Vittoria's completion. Novel . Bong, Berlin 1924.
- Elisabeth Vigée-Lebrun. Artist novel from the fateful days of Marie Antoinette . Bong, Berlin 1925.
- Michelangelo: novel of a titan . Bong, Berlin 1931.
- Woman on the cross: novel of mercy . Kaiser, Bohemian Leipa 1936.
literature
- A. Smetana: Kosel, Hermann Clemens . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 81, de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, ISBN 978-3-11-023186-1 , p. 351 f.
- Otto Hochreiter, Timm Starl (ed.): History of Photography in Austria , Bad Ischl 1983, 2 volumes, short biography in Vol. II, pp. 139–140.
- Valerie Hanus: Kosel, Hermann Clemens. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 4, Publishing House of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1969, p. 143 f. (Direct links on p. 143 , p. 144 ).
Web links
- Literature by and about Hermann Clemens Kosel in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature by and about Hermann Clemens Kosel in the bibliographic database WorldCat
Individual evidence
- ^ German Bohemia. Austrian family sheet. Illustrated monthly for the entertainment and promotion of intellectual interests in Austria. Head of Herm. Cl. Kosel. Edited by Jos. B. Leo , evidence from ÖNB
- ^ Grave site Hermann Kosel , Vienna, Zentralfriedhof, Group 67, Row 33, No. 78.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kosel, Hermann Clemens |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Clementi, Armin (pseudonym) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian writer, painter, graphic artist and photographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 22, 1867 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dunkelthal , Trautenau District , Austria-Hungary |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 14, 1945 |
| Place of death | Vienna |