Theodor Charlemont

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Richard von Krafft-Ebing ; Bronze bust
Life-size figure of Christ on the tomb of Adolph Freiherr von Pittel

Theodor Charlemont (born January 1, 1859 in Znojmo , Moravia , † October 13, 1938 in Vienna ) was an Austrian sculptor .

Life

Theodor Charlemont came from a family of artists. He was the son of the miniature painter Matthias Adolf Charlemont (1820–1871) and brother of the painters Eduard (1848–1906) and Hugo Charlemont (1850–1939). He was a student of the German sculptor Caspar von Zumbusch (1830–1915), the monumental sculptor of the Wilhelminian era in Austria.

In 1913 he became an honorary boy of the Alemannia fraternity in Vienna .

Theodor Charlemont created numerous sculptures , medallions and busts of personalities, not only for private clients, but often for public institutions and tombs in city cemeteries.

One of his students was the sculptor and craftsman Friedrich Gornik .

Honors

  • 1896: Königswarter Prize
  • 1902: Imperial Prize
  • 1903: Small gold state medal
  • 1908: Dumba Prize
  • 1930: Rifle Guild Prize
  • 1936: Silver Jubilee Medal Vienna

literature

  • Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume II: Artists. Winter, Heidelberg 2018, ISBN 978-3-8253-6813-5 , pp. 109–110.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ilse Krumpöck: Die Bildwerke im Heeresgeschichtliches Museum , Vienna 2004, p. 56

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SURNAME Charlemont, Theodore
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH January 1, 1859
PLACE OF BIRTH Znojmo
DATE OF DEATH October 13, 1938
Place of death Vienna