Rigobert Funke-Elbstadt

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Museum director Funke-Elbstadt

Rigobert Funke-Elbstadt (birth name Funke von Elbstadt ; born November 4, 1891 in Komotau ( Bohemia ), † July 8, 1960 in Salzburg ) was an art educator, graphic artist and academic painter and from 1945 to 1954 director of the Carolino Augusteum Municipal Museum .

Life

Rigobert Funke-Elbstadt came from a Bohemian-Austrian noble family. He studied painting at the graphic teaching and research institute in Vienna and in Prague. He then moved to Salzburg in 1915. Here he joined the artist group Der Wassermann and exhibited in this context. Until 1944 he worked as an art teacher at several secondary schools, among his students were u. a. Rudolf Dimai, Wilhelm Kaufmann and Theodor Kern . In the first Allied air raid on Salzburg on October 16, 1944, he lost his apartment and all the works of art created up to that point; Exceptions were an expressionist self-portrait from 1915 and a few portfolios with drawings and watercolors.

On July 15, 1945, he replaced Lothar Pretzell, who had been dismissed because of his proximity to the NS , as director of the Municipal Museum Carolino Augusteum (SMCA) and became his successor. Under his leadership, the return of relocated museum goods to the Old Borromeo began and he also campaigned for the provisional securing of the heavily bombed museum. In his role, he also advised the US art authorities on the return of works of art. During his presidency in 1952, the monthly palace in Hellbrunn was reopened as a folklore museum, the bird house in the Mirabell Gardens was converted into a museum pavilion and has been available for special exhibitions ever since. He also arranged for the Magic Flute House to be moved from the Kapuzinerberg to the Bastion Garden behind the Mozarteum. He was also responsible for the organization of several special exhibitions at the SMCA, such as a Gothic exhibition in 1946 in the Künstlerhaus Salzburg , a graphic exhibition at the same location, a Hubert Sattler exhibition in 1947 or the exhibition "Salzburg Dress and Tracht" in September 1950 at the Hohensalzburg Fortress .

In addition, Funke-Elbstadt was the first president of the re-established Salzburg Art Association and was re-elected in this capacity on October 21, 1955. He was also a co-founder of the Paracelsus Society and the Salzburg Cultural Association . He was also President of the Austro-Soviet Society, now the Austro-Russian Friendship Society . Because of this commitment, he was attacked in Salzburg, especially by representatives of the VdU , a collecting tank for former NSDAP members and forerunners of the Freedom Party of Austria , ultimately because of this he resigned from his position as museum director. The “avowed anti-fascist” Rigobert Funke-Elbstadt was about to retire at the age of 63, which made his resignation easier. His successor in office was on September 1, 1954, the former National Socialist and ancient historian Kurt Willvonseder, who was pardoned by the Federal President in the same year .

Honors

According to him, which is spark street in the Salzburg district of Schallmoos named.

literature

  • Rigobert Funke-Elbstadt: Ten years of reconstruction. Salzburg Museum Carolino Augusteum, annual journal, 1955, Vol. 1, pp. 11–22.
  • Haslinger, Adolf, Mittermayr, Peter (eds.): Salzburger Kulturlexikon. Residenz Verlag, Salzburg 2001, ISBN 3-7017-1129-1 , p. 162.
  • Salzburg Museum Carolino Augusteum (Ed.): In memoriam Rigobert Funke Elbstadt. His graphics - his museum work. 54th special exhibition, February 27, 1970 to March 22, 1970. Salzburg 1970.
  • Kurt Willvonseder: Rigobert Funke-Elbstadt 1891–1960. In: Salzburger Museum Carolino Augusteum, annual journal, 1960, pp. 27–29.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ spark of Elbe city 14.11.1891-8.7.1960
  2. ^ Museum directors of the Salzburg Museum since 1834
  3. ↑ Kurt Willvonseder, 1960, p. 27.
  4. ^ Salzburg Regional Collections - Provenance Research and Restitution
  5. ↑ Gert Kerschbaumer: Split commemoration in public space - secret victims of Nazi terror.
  6. ↑ In the VdU organ Die Neue Front it was said, for example: “It is not uninteresting to note that said Professor Funke is still director of the Municipal Museum, a fact that was probably communicated by a bunch of communists, but not by the population of Salzburg - regardless of whether it is close to the ÖVP, the SPÖ or the VdU - is understood. Professor Funke has decided: for the Soviet Army. Salzburg's population has also made a decision: against men like Professor Funke. It is now up to the municipality how they decide. ”The Salzburger Nachrichten also joined this campaign .
  7. ↑ Michael Kraus: "Kultura". The influence of the Soviet occupation on Austrian culture 1945–1955. Diploma thesis for obtaining a Magister in Philosophy (Mag. Phil.), Vienna, 2008, p. 166.
  8. ^ Franz Martin: Salzburg street names. List of streets, alleys, squares, paths, bridges, gates and parks with an explanation of their names. 5th, substantially revised edition by Leitner-Martin, Willa and Martin, Andreas. Communications from the Society for Regional Studies in Salzburg, 25th supplementary volume. Self-published by the company, Salzburg 2006.
personal data
SURNAME Funke-Elbstadt, Rigobert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Spark from Elbstadt, Rigobert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Director of the Salzburg Museum
DATE OF BIRTH November 4, 1891
PLACE OF BIRTH Komotau
DATE OF DEATH July 8, 1960
Place of death Salzburg