Leo Zimpel
Leo Zimpel (born May 18, 1860 in Vienna ; † February 5, 1923 there ) was an Austrian engraver , chaser , die cutter and medalist .
life and work
Leo Zimpel worked as a teacher, later a professor, for engravers, chasers and stamp cutters at the KK United Technical School and Research Institute for Iron and Steel Processing in Steyr .
He made the wooden model of the Iron Panther (also called the Steyr Panther ), a war nailing that is on the facade of the Steyr water tower .
literature
- Announcements from the Austrian Numismatic Society . Volume 27, 1987, No. 4, pp.
- Bernhard Prokisch : The medalist Leo Zimpel (1860-1923). In: Numismatic Journal . Volume 119, 2012, pp. 249-296.
Web links
- Leo Zimpel on the "Steyr Pioneers" page
- Works by Leo Zimpel at europeana .eu
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Ferdinand Dahl: Catalog for the exhibition Kunstmedals - Medaillenkunst ( Memento from April 5, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), Part 3 (= Der Steckenreiter. Ancillary hours dedicated to the pleasure of coins. A coin post of the Numismatic Society Bonner Münzfreunde eV , volume 93 ). Numismatic Society Bonner Münzfreunde, Bonn 2014, p. 13 (with images), as a PDF document
- ↑ Norbert Loidol: One hundred years of master's atelier for steel cutting in Steyr 1910-2010. Historical requirements, founding and work history. Artists (Leo Zimpel, Michael Blümelhuber, Hans Gerstmayr, Hans Kröll, Ferdinand Anders, Martin Strolz). In: Upper Austrian homeland sheets . Year 64, Linz 2010, issue 3/4, p. 174, entire article p. 167–208, PDF on land-oberoesterreich.gv.at
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Zimpel, Leo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian engraver, chaser and die cutter and medalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 18, 1860 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 5, 1923 |
| Place of death | Vienna |