Rudolf Küchler

A signature of Rudolf Küchler

Rudolf Küchler (born September 20, 1867 in Vienna , † 1954 ) was an Austrian sculptor .

life and work

Küchler studied at the Vienna Art Academy from 1883 to 1890 and then worked in Berlin .

Facade of the Hotel Esplanade, Berlin

Facade of the Hotel Excelsior, Berlin

Here he made sculptures for the Hotel Esplanade , the theater on Nollendorfplatz and for private houses. In Hamburg he made sculptures as facade decoration for the Berlin Hotel Excelsior .

On behalf of Julius Menadier , director of the Berlin Coin and Medal Cabinet , he designed commemorative medals for the First World War from 1914 to 1917 .

Other works by Küchler were (selection):

• Bust of Heinrich Heine , commissioned by Elisabeth of Austria-Hungary
• Fencer , bronze figure, early 20th century
• Eva , bronze figure (nude), around 1900
• Blacksmith , bronze figure
• Jug bearer
• Warrior , around 1890
• Life is work
• Hermes , bronze figure
• Spear bearer with laurel wreath
• Art Nouveau nude girl
• Woman with flowers , bronze figure
• The bathers , bronze figure, 1898

literature

• Küchler, Rudolf . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 82, de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, ISBN 978-3-11-023187-8 .
• Küchler, Rudolf . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 22 : Krügner – Leitch . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1928.

Web links

• Küchler, Rudolf. In: Emmanuel Bénézit : Dictionary of Artists . ISBN 978-0-19977-378-7 , 2006.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} exhibition catalog “Ethos and Pathos. The Berlin School of Sculpture 1786-1914 ”. Volume 2, Staatliche Museen Preußischer Kulturbesitz , Berlin 1990, p. 504.
2. ^ Leonard Forrer: Biographical dictionary of medallists; coin, gem, and seal-engravers, mint-masters, & c., ancient and modern, with references to their works BC 500-AD 1900 . Volume VII, & Son, London 1902-30, p. 522.