Franz Pönninger

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Franz Pönninger

Franz Xaver Pönninger (born December 29, 1832 in Vienna ; † August 6, 1906 there ) was an important Austrian sculptor and medalist of the 19th century .

Life

Franz Pönninger was born as the son of the coin engraver Johannes Pönninger . He was a student of the sculptor Anton Dominik Fernkorn , from whom he took over the management of the kuk art foundry in Vienna (1866 to 1896). Pönniger was a professor and imperial councilor. In 1874 he founded the general drawing school for women and girls in Vienna. The school became a training center for numerous painters of the time. After his death, it was continued by his student and wife Caroline Pönninger (1845–1920).

His works include the life-size portrait statue of Archduke Karl von Österreich-Teschen , which he made in 1871 for the Feldherrenhalle of the Austro-Hungarian Arms Museum (now the Army History Museum ), which was completed in 1856 .

He rests in a grave of honor in the Vienna Central Cemetery (group 0, row 1, number 48).

In 1927, the Pönningerweg in Vienna- Ottakring (16th district) was named after him.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ L. Forrer: Biographical Dictionary of Medallists . Poenninger, Franz, in: Volume IV. Spink & Son Ltd, London 1909, p. 628 .
  2. entry into retro library (Polled on March 19, 2009)