Karl Perl
Karl Perl (born March 3, 1876 in Liezen , † August 2, 1965 in Vienna ) was an Austrian sculptor and medalist .
Life
The artist, who comes from Styria , was born on March 3rd in Weissenbach near Liezen at Grafenegg Castle in 1876 . He spent his childhood there, then in Vienna and then in Silesia . In neighboring Moravia , he received his technical training in wood carving . Then he was a student at the Graz School of Applied Arts for a year . From 1896 he was a full student of sculpture at the Vienna Art Academy under Edmund von Hellmer , Caspar von Zumbusch and Carl Kundmann . In 1902 he won a three-year scholarship for further training in Italy and in 1911 became a member of the Society of Fine Artists Vienna . On the occasion of the anniversary exhibition in 1911 in the Vienna Künstlerhaus , he was awarded the Small Golden State Medal.
In World War I he was Landsturm - platoon leader of the department 2 / II in Volyn in the Ukraine . On November 30, 1915, the cooperative of visual artists urged the kuk war press quarter to include Perl in the KPQ. He was granted a break in service until December 5, 1915 in order to produce a Christmas plaque for his troops. On the other hand, he was not accepted into the war press headquarters.
In 1922 he married the Jewish painter Olga Perl from Vienna . During the Second World War , Perl's Vienna studio was destroyed by aerial bombs in 1944. At a Christmas exhibition in 1940/41 in the Vienna Künstlerhaus, Perl exhibited silver coins such as Führer and Duce , Destruction of Poland , War 1939 , Führer's medal ; as well as in mother-of-pearl woman portrait and court actor Baumeister ; Cast iron plaques and bronze embossing with the theme of the Vienna Fire Brigade as well as ivory work such as the medal Führer, Munich 1939 , two portraits of children and Greater Germany has arisen from. In the following year, Perl also took part in the anniversary exhibition in the Vienna Künstlerhaus. In the 1930s and 1940s, some of these works were purchased by the municipal collections in Vienna.
In the last years of his life, Karl Perl was supported by the Künstlerhaus. He died on August 2, 1965 in Vienna and found his final resting place at the Südwestfriedhof Vienna (group 58, row 6, number 7).
His versatile work included medals , large sculptures and grave monuments .
Works (excerpt)
- Medals in the coin cabinet of the Kunsthistorisches Museum.
- Madonna , 1930, Vöcklabruck Sanatorium
- Memorial plaque with relief Heldentod , in the foyer of the Dorotheum , Vienna
- Grave monuments at the Südwestfriedhof Vienna and the Schladming cemetery
- Relief plaque Allegory of War , 1916, cast iron, 22 × 1 × 31 cm, Heeresgeschichtliches Museum , Vienna
literature
- Ilse Krumpöck: The sculptures in the Army History Museum. Vienna 2004, p. 129 f.
- Perl, Karl . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 26 : Olivier – Pieris . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1932, p. 418 .
- Catalog 38th annual exhibition, Künstlerhaus Vienna. 1913, No. 26, 177 with illustration No. 58, p. 16.
- Catalog Great Art Exhibition Vienna. 1928, pp. 20, 23, 24 with illustrations.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ City chronicle Liezen : Karl Perl
- ↑ Wladimir Aichelburg: Awards and Honors, Künstlerhaus Wien , accessed on January 22, 2013.
- ↑ a b Ilse Krumpöck: The pictures in the Army History Museum. Vienna 2004, p. 129 f.
- ^ Wladimir Aichelburg: Directory of Members, Künstlerhaus Wien , accessed on January 22, 2013.
- ↑ Short biography on austriancoins.com, accessed on January 22, 2013.
- ^ Kunsthistorisches Museum, Münzkabinett
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Perl, Karl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian sculptor and medalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 3, 1876 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Liezen , Austria |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 2, 1965 |
| Place of death | Vienna , Austria |