Robert Frangeš Mihanović
Robert Frangeš-Mihanović (born October 2, 1872 in Srijemska Mitrovica , † January 12, 1940 in Zagreb ) was a Croatian sculptor . He was a pioneer of modern Croatian sculpture. He was also one of the initiators and organizers of the artistic life in Zagreb at the turn of the 20th century.
Life
Frangeš Mihanović graduated from the craft school in Zagreb in 1889. He then went to Vienna , where he studied at the arts and crafts school (1889-1894) and at the art academy (1894/95) under Otto König and Carl Kundmann . He continued his studies in Paris (1900/01), where he a. a. met with Auguste Rodin .
Frangeš-Mihanović taught at the School of Handicrafts in Zagreb (1895–1907). He taught sculpture at the local art academy. He founded the bronze foundry at the academy. He was a member of several academies: JAZU , SANU and the Prague Academy .
At the beginning of the First World War , Frangeš-Mihanović was listed as a one-year volunteer in the state of the Austro-Hungarian Army . He soon tried to be accepted as a war sculptor in the Austro-Hungarian war press headquarters . He was admitted there on September 15, 1915 and was able to pursue sculpture until the end of the war (the KPQ had him on the list of statuses until August 11, 1918). Several of his works from this period have been preserved in the collections of the Army History Museum in Vienna .
He died in Zagreb in 1940.
Works
His medals and certificates with figurative and animal motifs - Herakles the bull (1899), winery workers (1900), Turkey (1904), workers (1906) - are the starting point of Croatian medal art. He created statuettes such as Shyness (1902), Flight into Egypt (1906), The Rape of Europe (1907); Portraits such as Vatroslav Lisinski (1895); Busts such as Antun Mihanović (1908) in Klanjec and Antun and Stjepan Radic (1936) in Trebarjevo desno.
In 1897 he created the Dying Soldier, a memorial to the fallen soldiers of the 78th Šokčević Regiment in Osijek . Along with his philosophy (1897) in Zagreb, the dying soldiers are the earliest example of Impressionism in Croatian sculpture. His most monumental work is the equestrian statue of King Tomislav (created 1928–1938, installed in Zagreb in 1947). He also made cemetery statues in Varaždin (monument on the Leitner family crypt, 1906) and Mirogoj (workers on the Müller family grave, 1935). He created architectural sculptural elements on buildings in Zagreb, such as the allegorical reliefs of Philosophy, Theology, Medicine and Frustration at the State Archives.
His work includes the styles of academicism, symbolism and modernism (impressionism). In his mature phase he developed a personal style of free realism. He has also been engaged in handicrafts.
Works (selection)
- Three-figure group Die Horcher , 1914/18, cast bronze, 72 × 52 × 21 cm, Heeresgeschichtliches Museum , Vienna
- Free plastic group transporting a heavy naval gun , 1914/18, bronze hollow casting, 91 × 21 × 16 cm, Heeresgeschichtliches Museum, Vienna
- Free plastic group transporting the wounded , 1914/18, bronze hollow casting, 71 × 25 × 41 cm, Heeresgeschichtliches Museum, Vienna
- Free plastic group conquering a flag , 1914/18, hollow bronze casting, 29 × 16 × 54 cm, Heeresgeschichtliches Museum, Vienna
- Free-standing reclining figure trumpeter Kovac , 1914/18, hollow bronze casting, 50 × 24 × 30 cm, Heeresgeschichtliches Museum, Vienna
- Equestrian statue of Field Marshal Svetozar Boroević von Bojna , 1914/18, cast bronze, 62 × 19 × 66.5 cm, Heeresgeschichtliches Museum, Vienna
gallery
Arko
Bački Hrvati
"Justitia"
literature
- Frangeš-Mihanović Robert. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 1, Publishing House of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1957, p. 342 f. (Direct links on p. 342 , p. 343 ).
- Ilse Krumpöck: The images in the Heeresgeschichtliches Museum , Vienna 2004, pp. 46–49.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Walter Reichel: "Press work is propaganda work" - Media Administration 1914-1918: The War Press Quarter (KPQ) . Communications from the Austrian State Archives (MÖStA), special volume 13, Studienverlag, Vienna 2016, ISBN 978-3-7065-5582-1 , p. 169.
- ^ Ilse Krumpöck: Die Bildwerke im Heeresgeschichtliches Museum , Vienna 2004, pp. 46–49.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Frangeš Mihanović, Robert |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Frangeš-Mihanović, Robert (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Croatian sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 2, 1872 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sremska Mitrovica |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 12, 1940 |
| Place of death | Zagreb |