Rudolf von Arthaber

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Rudolf Arthaber, lithograph by Josef Kriehuber , 1868

Rudolf von Arthaber (born September 5, 1795 as Rudolf Arthaber in Vienna ; † December 9, 1867 there ) was an Austrian textile manufacturer , art collector and patron .

Life

Friedrich von Amerling : Rudolf von Arthaber and his children Rudolf, Emilie and Gustav , 1837, Belvedere , Vienna

Born in 1795 as the son of the manufacturer Joseph Arthaber and the textile dealer daughter Katharina Kleindienst from Krems, Rudolf von Arthaber received a commercial training in his parents' company.

In 1819 he took over his parents' business and founded branches in Pest , Milan and Rome . In 1826 he also opened a trading house in Leipzig . In 1832 he employed around 8,000 people.

In 1833 Arthaber acquired the Tullner Hof in Döbling and had a one-story country house built there in 1834/35. His famous picture gallery with over a hundred works was set up in this villa . It was the largest collection of contemporary art in Vienna at the time. The villa, in which members of the court also frequented, was one of the sights of Vienna.

In 1837 he created the paintings Rudolf von Arthaber and his children Rudolf, Emilie and Gustav as well as the portrait of the deceased mother by Friedrich von Amerling , a well-known Biedermeier painter .

Due to his good knowledge of Viennese industry, he and a few others founded the Niederösterreichischer Gewerbeverein in 1839 (Vienna was not only the capital and residence city at that time, but also the capital of Lower Austria ). Later he also became president of the association.

In 1841 he was raised to the nobility because of his services .

Due to his politically liberal attitude, he was a supporter of the March Revolution in 1848 and initiated it. In the March days Arthaber was also a member of deputations , which petitioned the court and the government for liberal concessions .

In 1851 he suggested the establishment of the Austrian Art Association , which was given the task of acquainting Viennese art lovers with the most important phenomena of modern art at home and abroad.

After Arthaber's death in 1867, his art collection was auctioned.

He was buried in the Matzleinsdorf Evangelical Cemetery (Group 5, No. 27 + 30) in Vienna.

Honors

In 1890 the Arthaberplatz and the Arthaberpark created there in 1905 in Vienna's 10th district were named after him.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. Dompfarre St. Stephan, Tom. 101, fol. 166

Web links

Commons : Rudolf von Arthaber  - Collection of images, videos and audio files