Joseph Daniel Boehm
Joseph Daniel Böhm (born March 16, 1794 in Wallendorf in der Zips, † August 15, 1865 in Vienna ) was an Austrian sculptor , medalist and director of the kk engraving academy in Vienna. He was the father of the sculptor Joseph Boehm .
Life
Joseph Daniel Böhm was born on March 16, 1794 in Wallendorf. In his youth he practiced drawing , modeling, raised and recessed cutting in wood, stone, marble and precious stone and in 1821, at the age of 17, went on a study trip to Florence and Rome to gain his knowledge with the sculptors Johann Martin Fischer and Franz Anton von Zauner to perfect. After a few years he returned to Germany and mastered the making of sculptures in Kelheimer Stein . From 1825 he turned exclusively and successfully to the art of medalists, so that in 1831 he was appointed imperial court medalist and then teacher and director of the imperial-royal coin engraving academy.
At the engraving academy, he knew how to instruct his students with great skill and how to make a large number of medals. In his work he always honestly endeavored to give his medals new, even higher value and shine with old, proven hand technology. His best works are classified according to subject groups: In sculpture : an ancient dancer, a lion-taming cupid, several statues of princes of the Austrian regent house; the portraits of Count Lützow , Count von Hohenwart , Cardinal Consalvi and more. In the art of die cutting: several award medals; the portraits of the court actor Koch, the Catalani , Lablache , the painter David; the commemorative coins on the inauguration of the Cathedral of Erlau , on Prince Paul Esterházy , on Archduke Karl Ludwig , on Count Colloredo-Mansfeld . As well as in the stone carving, a cameo with a portrait of Thorwald, one depicting the flight of Helen , as well as that of an ancient hero with a laurel wreath should be mentioned.
In addition to his oeuvre and his pedagogical skills, his extensive knowledge of art and its history, as well as his precious and rich art collection, should be emphasized. Joseph Daniel Böhm died on August 15, 1865 at the age of 71 in Vienna. One of his students, Franz Gaul , was appointed as his successor at the engraving academy .
Anton Scharff was one of his students .
Works
sculpture
- an ancient dancer,
- a lion-taming cupid,
- several statues of princes of the Austrian regent house,
- the portraits of Count Lützow,
- of the Count of Hohenwart,
- of Cardinal Consalvi
Medalist art
- several award medals;
- the portraits of the court actor Koch,
- the Catalani,
- of the pool,
- of the painter David;
- the commemorative coins for the inauguration of Eger Cathedral,
- to Prince Paul Esterházy ,
- on the Archduke Karl Ludwig
- on Count Colloredo-Mansfeld
- to the Austrian botanist and chemist Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin
Stone cutting
- a cameo with the portrait of Thorwald,
- one with Helena's flight,
- and a cameo depicting a laurel-wreathed ancient hero
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Böhm, Joseph Daniel . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 2nd part. Publishing house of the typographic-literary-artistic establishment (L. C. Zamarski, C. Dittmarsch & Comp.), Vienna 1857, pp. 20-23 ( digitized version ).
- Karl Weiß: Böhm, Jos. Daniel . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 3, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1876, p. 64.
- Boehm Josef Daniel. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1957, p. 96.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ilse Krumpöck: Die Bildwerke im Heeresgeschichtliches Museum , Vienna 2004, p. 147 f.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Boehm, Joseph Daniel |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Böhm, Johann Daniel; Böhm, Josef Daniel; Böhm, József Dániel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Medalist and director of the royal-imperial engraving academy in Vienna |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 16, 1794 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wallendorf in the Zips |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 15, 1865 |
| Place of death | Vienna |