Rudolf Schmidt (sculptor)
Rudolf Schmidt (born April 19, 1894 in Vienna ; † March 7, 1980 ibid) was an Austrian sculptor , medalist and art historian .
Life
Schmidt graduated from secondary school and then learned the craft of gemstone and gem cutter . He then studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna, his teachers were Otto Hofner and Josef Müllner . From 1923 he was a member of the Vienna Künstlerhaus , whose Golden Medal of Honor he was awarded in 1930. This was followed by the Austrian State Prize in 1935, the Appreciation Prize of the City of Vienna in 1951 and the Federal Ministry of Education Prize in 1956 .
Schmidt lived in Rodaun for a long time . In addition to his work as a sculptor, he was professor of art education in the subject of "modeling" at the Academy of Fine Arts. He created numerous large sculptures , such as the group of fountains near Maria am Gestade . Schmidt also produced numerous medals , such as the Austrian Olympic Medal in 1954.
Only the first volume of his Austrian artist lexicon was published during his lifetime. The extensive unpublished material was purchased by the Belvedere in 1981 and is publicly available there.
His grave is at Rodaun Cemetery .
Awards
- 1973: Austrian Cross of Honor for Science and Art, 1st class
- 1951: Prize of the City of Vienna for Fine Arts
Works (excerpt)
- Trauning mother with child (war memorial for the victims of the First World War ), 1926, sculpture, Liesing cemetery in Vienna- Liesing
- Portrait head of an elderly man , interwar period, plaster, bronzed and patinated, Heeresgeschichtliches Museum , Vienna
- Reading with child , 1930, sculpture, courtyard of the Lorenshof in Vienna- Meidling
- Boys with kids , 1931, sculpture, community building Fockygasse 53 in Vienna-Meidling
- Ornamental fountain with a group of deer , 1931, community building Hockegasse 1-7 in Vienna- Währing
- Hannakenbrunnen , 1937, in Vienna's inner city
- Bust of Ignaz Semmelweis , 1944, Semmelweis Women's Clinic in Vienna-Währing
- Commemorative medallion Hugo von Hofmannsthal , 1947, on the outside facade of the theater in der Josefstadt in Vienna- Josefstadt
- Majolica reliefs Shepherd and Nymph , 1950, residential building Bernardgasse 10 in Vienna - new building
- Worker with hammer and woman with child, 1957/59, Anton-Schmidt-Hof, Zaunergasse gate, Vienna- Landstrasse
- Commemorative plaque with relief bust Edmund Eysler , 1959, apartment building Zeltgasse 14 in Vienna-Josefstadt
- 50 Schilling coin of the Republic of Austria 1973 for the 100th birthday of Theodor Körner
- Austrian artist lexicon. From the beginning to the present. 1974, Tusch edition, ISBN 3-85063-076-5 .
literature
- Ilse Krumpöck: The sculptures in the Army History Museum. Vienna 2004, p. 150.
- Schmidt, Rudolf . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 30 : Scheffel – Siemerding . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1936, p. 166 .
Web links
- Rudolf Schmidt (sculptor) in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ilse Krumpöck: The images in the Army History Museum. Vienna 2004, p. 150.
- ↑ Archive / artist documentation at belvedere.at, accessed on October 4, 2009.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Schmidt, Rudolf |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schmidt-Rodaun, Rudolf |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian sculptor and art historian |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 19, 1894 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
DATE OF DEATH | March 7, 1980 |
Place of death | Vienna |