Rudolf Junk

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Rudolf Junk (born February 23, 1880 in Vienna , † December 20, 1943 in Rekawinkel , Lower Austria ) was an Austrian graphic artist and painter . He designed numerous Austrian kroner and schilling banknotes .

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Junk, son of the construction technician David Valentin Junk and his wife Wilhelmine geb. Klier first attended kindergarten and elementary school in Vienna before moving to the Stiftsgymnasium Melk in 1894 . There Leopold Blauensteiner and Richard Kurt Donin (the two later made a name for themselves as painters and art historians) were among his classmates. He studied German and ( Celtic philology ) at the University of Vienna , where he in 1903 based on the thesis about the Bamberger faith and Beichtformel and the piece of heaven and hell to Dr. phil. received his doctorate . From 1903 to 1908 he attended Heinrich Lefler's special school at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna.

From 1909 he worked as a graphic designer for the Austrian State Printing Office and until his death designed a total of 24 (put into circulation) banknotes , as well as securities , postage and postage stamps . From 1909 to 1922 he was a member of the Vienna Hagenbund , from 1912 to 1918 artistic advisory board of the Academy for Music and Performing Arts Vienna and from 1924 to 1943 director of the graphic teaching and research institute in Vienna.

His brother Victor Junk (1875-1948) was a music and dance scholar .

Work

  • -, Emil Schiller: The homage pageant. A description and explanation of his groups. Kaiser anniversary festivities Vienna 1908 . Publishing house of the Central Committee of the Emperor's Homage Festivities, Vienna 1908.
  • Calendar for the year 1908. Original woodcuts by Rudolf Junk . Christoph Reisser's sons, Vienna 1908.
  • (Hauptwerk :) Sixteen little songs by Goethe , 1918–23. (Cut in wood, with colored initials and borders).
  • -, Richard Kurt: woodcut . In: Austrian Exlibris Society: Annual edition of the Austrian Exlibris Society . Vienna 1921, ZDB -ID 553306-5 .
  • Austrian book culture . Book trade house, Vienna 1934.
  • Fifty years of the graphic teaching and research institute. Lecture on Wiener Rundfunk on March 1, 1938. Introduction to the anniversary works “Pictures from Austria” . Vienna 1938.
  • - (Ed.): Pictures from Austria. Work samples of the graphic teaching and research institute on the occasion of its 50th anniversary. Vienna, March 1, 1938 . Self-published, Vienna 1938.
  • Carl Kampmann, - (arr.): The graphic arts . 6th, increased and improved edition. Göschen Collection, Volume 75, ZDB -ID 842269-2 . de Gruyter, Berlin (among others) 1941. (First edition, Leipzig 1898. - full text online ).

See also

literature

  • Junk Rudolf. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 3, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1965, p. 152.
  • Arpad Weixlgärtner : Dr. Rudolf Junk, the creator of the new universe envelope. With 21 illustrations based on graphic creations by Dr. Rudolf Junks. In: Reclams Universum 34 (1918), pp. 245-249.
  • Tobias G. Natter : The lost modernity. The Hagen Artists Association 1900–1938. An exhibition by the Austrian Gallery in Halbturn Castle, Burgenland. May 7th to October 26th 1993 . Temporary exhibition of the Austrian Gallery, Volume 172, ZDB -ID 1172442-0 . Austrian Gallery, Vienna 1993, OBV .
  • Tobias G. Natter: Rudolf Junk. Pictures from 1903–1907 . Galerie Walfischgasse, Vienna 2000, OBV .
  • Alice Proché: The pictorial work of Rudolf Junk . Thesis. University of Vienna, Vienna 2008. - Full text online .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ OBV .
  2. ↑ a b Helge Mayr: Victor Junk ( Memento of the original from February 1, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . In: traunmusik.at , accessed on March 6, 2013. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.traunmusik.at
  3. ↑ Proché, p. 13.
  4. ↑ OBV .
  5. ↑ Banknotes designed by Rudolf Junk ( Memento of the original from February 10, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.geldschein.at
  6. ↑ ÖBL, Volume 3, p. 152.

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personal data
SURNAME Junk, Rudolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian graphic artist and painter
DATE OF BIRTH February 23, 1880
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH December 20, 1943
Place of death Rekawinkel , Lower Austria