Karl Costenoble

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Grave of Carl Costenoble in the Vienna Central Cemetery

Karl Ludwig Anton Costenoble (also Carl Costenoble , born November 26, 1837 in Vienna , † June 20, 1907 ibid) was an Austrian sculptor .

Life

Karl Costenoble was a posthumous son of the court actor Karl Ludwig Costenoble from his second marriage. His artistic career began as a student of Franz Melnitzky (1822–1876) and Franz Bauer (1798–1872) at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna. From 1860 to 1864 he led a studio in Munich until he was appointed to Vienna in the local kuk Hofwaffenmuseum , now the Museum of Military History , the marble - statues of Henry of Dampierre , Friedrich Graf Veterani and Adolf von Schwarzenberg execute (dated all 1867) . Emperor Franz Joseph I acquired a bust of Emperor Karl V and Emperor Maximilian I from the artist. In 1876, he and Anton Poschacher (industrialist, 1841) visited the world exhibition in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , USA , and reported on architecture and public buildings. In 1883 he directed the anniversary exhibition on the siege of the Turks in the town hall and in 1886 he set up the municipal weapons collection and the Grillparzer exhibition. He was a city ​​councilor and a member of the state parliament in Vienna.

His artistic estate was auctioned at the Dorotheum in Vienna from March 5 to 7, 1908.

Honors

He was a knight of the Franz Joseph Order and was given a grave of honor in the Vienna Central Cemetery (Group 14 A No. 39).

Works

  • Equestrian statuette of Emperor Leopold I , 1898, bronze hollow casting , 113 × 45 × 119 cm, Heeresgeschichtliches Museum, Vienna
  • Busts and statues for the Burgtheater and the Natural History Museum in Vienna
  • Monument in the Sachsenklemme near Brixen

literature

  • Costenoble, Karl. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1957, p. 156.
  • Anton Poschacher, Carl Costenoble: Architecture and Public Buildings, Painting and Sculpture , Report on the World Exhibition in Philadelphia 1876, Volume 14, 1877
  • Ilse Krumpöck: The sculptures in the Heeresgeschichtliches Museum , Vienna 2004, p. 33
  • Johann Christoph Allmayer-Beck : The Army History Museum Vienna. Room I - From the beginnings of the standing army to the end of the 17th century . Kiesel Verlag, Salzburg 1982, ISBN 3-7023-4007-6

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ilse Krumpöck: Die Bildwerke im Heeresgeschichtliches Museum , Vienna 2004, p. 33.
  2. ↑ The printed auction catalog is listed in the Heidelberg University Library.
personal data
SURNAME Costenoble, Karl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Costenoble, Carl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian sculptor and politician, member of the state parliament
DATE OF BIRTH November 26, 1837
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH June 20, 1907
Place of death Vienna