Rudolf Kowarzik
Rudolf Kowarzik (born March 13, 1871 in Vienna , † April 16, 1940 in Pforzheim ) was an Austrian sculptor , medalist and chaser .
Rudolf Kowarzik came as the youngest of three sons of the master furrier Friedrich Kowarzik and his wife Barbara Kowarzik born. Varnschein in Vienna to the world.
Encouraged by his brother Josef Kowarzik , he studied from 1885 to 1889 in the studio of the engraver Josef Zapf and also attended the technical school for gold and silversmiths, engravers and chiselers in Vienna. After a few years of practical activity, he attended Stefan Schwartz's master class from 1896 to 1897 and then that of Josef Tautenhayn .
From 1898 to 1904 he worked at the Karlsruhe School of Applied Arts as an assistant to the Austrian medalist Rudolf Mayer and in 1904 became a teacher at the Badische Kunstgewerbeschule in Pforzheim . From 1912 at the latest he was a member of the German Werkbund .
In 1906 he married his wife, with whom he had three children.
Kowarzik designed course coins for the Grand Duchy of Baden , medals, jewelry and memorial plaques.
literature
- Kowarzik Rudolf. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 4, Publishing House of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1969, p. 175 f. (Direct links on p. 175 , p. 176 ).
Individual evidence
- ^ Josef Kowarzik, medalist and sculptor (born March 1, 1860 in Vienna, † March 31, 1911 in Cannes); ÖBL, Volume 4, p. 175
- ^ Josef Zapf, engraver (born November 29, 1847 in Schottenfeld, † January 28, 1902 in Vienna), see Josef-Zapf-Gasse in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna
- ^ Rudolf Mayer, medalist and chaser (born June 12, 1846 in Nýdek; † June 24, 1916 in Karlsruhe); ÖBL, Volume 5, p. 444
- ↑ Membership list of the German Werkbund 1912 ( online as PDF)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kowarzik, Rudolf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian sculptor, medalist and chaser |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 13, 1871 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 16, 1940 |
| Place of death | Pforzheim |