Julius Leisching

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Julius Leisching 1889

Julius Eduard Josef Leisching (born August 7, 1865 in Vienna ; † May 25, 1933 there ) was an Austrian architect and director of the Salzburg Museum Carolino Augusteum (SCMA) from 1921 to 1933 .

family

Julius Eduard Josef Leisching was born as the son of the businessman Eduard Leisching and Antonie Leisching, nee. Gotze born. His father came from a respected family from Langensalza , the mother was a native of Leipzig . The great-great-grandfather Karl Gottlob Leisching was superintendent in Langensalza. The family also includes the painter Friederike Leisching , who is best known for her portraits of the family of Matthias Claudius . Brother Eduard Leisching also achieved great fame as an art historian and director of the Museum of Applied Arts . In 1894 Julius married Mathilde Benedikter, who was born in Vienna.

Life

Leisching studied architecture at the Vienna Technical University , then stayed in Dresden from 1885 to 1887 for further technical and artistic training , then worked as an architect in Vienna, but soon turned to the study of the old arts and crafts and worked in this field a name.

At the age of twenty-eight he was appointed director of the Moravian Trade Museum (later Archduke Rainer Museum of Art and Trade) in Brno . He stayed in this position for almost 30 years until 1921.

In 1921 Julius Leisching was appointed director of the Salzburg Museum Carolino Augusteum , now the Salzburg Museum , which he directed until his death in 1933. His grave is at the Salzburg municipal cemetery .

Literature (selection)

  • Gassner:  Leisching Julius. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 5, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1972, p. 110.
  • Julius Leisching: From the diary of an old Viennese. J. Löwy, 1907
  • Julius Leisching: The facade decoration: a study. A. Hartleben, Vienna 1893
  • Julius Leisching: The ways of art. F. Tempsky, Vienna 1911
  • Julius Leisching: figural wood sculpture. A. Schroll, Vienna 1908
  • Julius Leisching: mezzotint, its technique and history in its main works from the 17th to the 20th century. K. Wolf, Vienna 1913
  • Max Bucherer, Adolf Spamer, Julius Leisching: lace pictures, paper cuts, portrait silhouettes. Einhorn-Verlag, Dachau 1920
  • Mathilde Leisching: Julius Leisching: Directory of his books a. Fonts. Mathilde Leisching, 1934

Web links

Commons : Julius Leisching  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Directors of the Salzburg Museum since 1834
personal data
SURNAME Leisching, Julius
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Leisching, Julius Eduard Josef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian architect and museum director
DATE OF BIRTH August 7, 1865
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH May 25, 1933
Place of death Vienna