Karl Korschann

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Karl Korschann (born July 23, 1872 in Brno , Czech Republic ; † March 9, 1943 there ) was a Moravian sculptor and medalist .

Life

Korschann was a student at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts and the University of Fine Arts in Berlin . He then spent two years (1893-94) in the studio of Edmund von Hellmer active in Vienna. Study trips took him to Copenhagen (1894, Thorvaldsen Museum) and Paris , where he took part in exhibitions in 1895 and from 1898 to 1901 in the Salon de Paris . At the Paris World Exhibition in 1900 he was awarded a bronze medal. He subsequently took part in many exhibitions in European cities, mainly with portrait busts , medals and smaller handicrafts. From 1906 to 1914 Korschann stayed in Berlin , Frankfurt and Krakow .

During the First World War , Karl Korschann tried to be included in the art group of the kuk war press quarter . Since not a few tried, but the positions were limited, he was rejected for the time being. In a letter dated 14 September 1917, the then stepped kuk - governor's office , Department of Agriculture Krakow for him. At that time Korschann was first lieutenant in the Krakow fortress command. In a personal letter to Colonel in the General Staff Wilhelm Eisner-Bubna , the artist described his motivation for joining the art group on September 28, 1917. He had been commissioned to carry out the middle group of a large cemetery memorial "in gratitude from the army for the fallen soldiers" in Krakow. In addition, he should take over the war graves department of the Krakow Fortress. Since the Kraków fortress was about to be dissolved, he feared he would be transferred to the war graves department of the military command and was therefore worried about his commission for the memorial.

After the war, in 1919, he settled permanently in his hometown Brno, especially since there he was given the post of lecturer at the German Technical University .

Works (excerpt)

Kromeriz Cemetery , Jesus Christ (1926), bronze

literature

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hans Vollmer (ed.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists of the XX. Century . Leipzig 1927, volume 21, p. 324
  2. ↑ Ilse Krumpöck: Die Bildwerke im Heeresgeschichtliches Museum , Vienna 2004, p. 98
  3. ↑ Pappernigg, Michaela (. Ed) / rider, Cornelia (arr.) / Kahler, Thomas (Ed.): 20th century art. Inventory catalog of the Austrian Gallery of the 20th Century, Vol. 2: G – K, ed. vd Österreichischen Galerie Belvedere, Vienna 1995, p. 258, online  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at digital.belvedere.at, accessed on December 6, 2012@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / digital.belvedere.at  
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  5. ↑ Bonhams , accessed December 3, 2012
  6. ↑ on artnet , accessed December 3, 2012
  7. ↑ Dorotheum Salzburg  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed December 3, 2012@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.dorotheum.com  
personal data
SURNAME Korschann, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Moravian sculptor and medalist
DATE OF BIRTH July 23, 1872
PLACE OF BIRTH Brno , Czech Republic
DATE OF DEATH March 9, 1943
Place of death Brno , Czech Republic