Rudolf Weyr

Rudolf Weyr, lithograph by Adolf Dauthage

Rudolf Weyr in front of his monumental fountain “ Die Macht zur See ” for the Michaeler tract of the Hofburg in 1894

Rudolf Weyr , from May 14, 1911: Rudolf Ritter von Weyr   (born March 22, 1847 in Vienna ; † October 30, 1914 there ) was an Austrian sculptor. He is considered a representative of the Neo-Baroque and one of the most important artists of the Ringstrasse epoch .

Life

After studying with Franz Bauer and Josef Cesar , he worked for the latter for a while. Working alone from the 1880s onwards, he created the sculptural furnishings for a number of important Ringstrasse buildings. Weyr became a member of the Olympia fraternity in 1866 . He was the uncle of the graphic designer and author Siegfried Weyr . Rudolf Weyr was married to the journalist and writer Marie Weyr (1864–1903), the daughter of Friedrich Uhl .

Rudolf Ritter von Weyr suffered from arteriosclerosis in his later years ; October 30, 1914, he died of in the course of pneumonia occurred cardiac paralysis . He was buried (according to his own request) in the Döblinger Friedhof (group 9, no. 5). The conduct , which had started from the mourning house, Landstrasser Hauptstrasse  74, Wien-Landstrasse , made its way to the cemetery in front of the Wiener Künstlerhaus , the deceased's long-term place of activity, where the board of directors of the artists' association, Hugo Darnaut , gave a farewell speech.

In 1919, Weyrgasse was named after him in Vienna-Landstrasse (3rd district of Vienna) .

Works

• 1872: Prize medals for the Vienna World Exhibition (five motifs, together with Josef Cesar )
• 1884: gable sculptures of Hermes Villa in Lainz Zoo , for Empress Elisabeth of Franz Joseph I built
• 1888: Gusset groups of the windows in the Burgtheater
• 1889: Grillparzer Monument in Volksgarten (Vienna) together with Carl Kundmann ; Weyr created reliefs depicting Grillparzer's dramas
• 1890: Relief figures of the patrons in the dome of the Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna
• 1890s: Lion figures on the bridge pylons of the Schemerl Bridge of the Nussdorf Weir
• 1895: Wall fountain “ The Power at Sea ” in the Michaelertrakt of the Hofburg
• 1895: Relief by Wassil Levski on his monument in Sofia , Bulgaria
• 1898: Kaiser-Franz-Joseph monument in Schwechat , Lower Austria
• 1905: Monument to Hans Canon at the Kursalon Hübner in Vienna's Stadtpark
• 1906: Relief with the founding legend of St. Peter's Church in Vienna
• 1907: Fountain in Děčín / Tetschen, then Bohemia, now the Czech Republic
• 1908: Monument to Johannes Brahms in Resselpark (Karlsplatz), Vienna
• 1908: Joseph Wessely Monument on Linnéplatz, Vienna, 19th district

Picture gallery

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  Reliefs at the Grillparzer Monument in the Volksgarten (1889)

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  Lion figures at the Nussdorf weir
  (around 1897)

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  Johannes Brahms Monument on Karlsplatz (1908)

literature

• Constantin von Wurzbach : Weyr, Rudolf . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 55th part. Imperial-Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1887, p. 206 f. ( Digitized version ).
• Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume II: Artists. Winter, Heidelberg 2018, ISBN 978-3-8253-6813-5 , pp. 720–722.

Web links

Commons : Rudolf Weyr  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Entry on Rudolf Weyr in the Austria Forum  (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )

Individual evidence

1. ^ Wladimir Aichelburg : 150 Years Künstlerhaus Vienna 1861-2011. (...) General directory of members . In: Weyr von, Rudolf, Bildhauer , 2011, accessed on July 15, 2012.
2. ↑ Olympia website ( Memento of the original from May 27, 2007 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. 
3. ^ Th. Venus:  Uhl, Friedrich. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 15, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1957–2013, p. 58 f. (Direct links on p. 58 , p. 59 ).
4. ↑ † Rudolf Weyr. In:  Neue Freie Presse , Abendblatt, No. 18026/1914, October 30, 1914, p. 3 middle. (Online at ANNO ).
5. ↑ Instead of every special advertisement (...) Rudolf Ritter v. Weyr (...). In:  Neue Freie Presse , Morgenblatt, No. 18027/1914, October 31, 1914, p. 20, top left. (Online at ANNO ).
6. ↑ Hedwig Abraham: Graves Döblinger Friedhof. Weyr Rudolf, knight . In: viennatouristguide.at , accessed on July 15, 2012.
7. ↑ Little Chronicle. (...) Professor Rudolf Ritter v. Weyr. In:  Neue Freie Presse , Afternoon Gazette, No. 18029/1914, November 2, 1914, p. 7, bottom center. (Online at ANNO ).
8. ↑ Illustrirte Zeitung No. 1520 of August 17, 1872, p. 118 - Draft for the award medals of the 1873 World Exhibition in Vienna (together with Josef Cesar )
9. ^ Correspondences. (...) Silence. Monument unveiling. In:  Badener Zeitung , No. 74/1898 (18th year), September 14, 1898, p. 4, bottom right. (Online at ANNO ). .