Wilhelm Hejda
Wilhelm Hejda (born May 26, 1868 in Vienna ; † January 19, 1942 there ) was an Austrian sculptor and medalist .
Life
Wilhelm Hejda was the son of an art locksmith. He attended the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna with Caspar von Zumbusch . He then worked in Paris from 1891 to 1892 with Lefebvre and Deloye and from 1892 to 1894 in Budapest . Then he returned to Vienna, where he stayed until his death. From 1900 to 1912 Hejda was a member of the Hagenbund .
He had two sons, Willy and Franz Hejda, who were both painters and sculptors and lived in the United States .
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Wilhelm Hejda painted pastels (portraits and landscapes) and created medals. Most important, however, are his work as a sculptor, where he made decorative art nouveau sculptures on numerous buildings in Vienna .
- Figurative jewelry on the Urania , Vienna 1
- Figurative jewelry at the Technical Museum , Vienna 14
- The monumental double-headed eagle with a span of 15 meters and soldiers' heads at the former Ministry of War , Vienna 1st district
- Pallas Athene as protector of the arts , portal on the building of the Hagenbund, Zedlitzgasse, Vienna 1 (demolished)
- Stucco reliefs , Fleischmarkt 7, Vienna 1 (1899), under monument protection
- Kaiser-Franz-Joseph-Brunnen , Eggenburg (1909), a listed building
- Figures on the building of the former Länderbank, Am Hof 2, Vienna 1 (1915)
- Putto and bear and putto with goose , sculptures in the municipal housing complex , Wienerbergstrasse 16–18, Vienna 12 (1930), a listed building
- Castle fountain , Karlsbad
- Figures at the Zentralbad, Marienbad
- Figures at the Kurhaus , Meran
- Rector's chain for the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (1912)
- Personal medals
- War medals
literature
- Hejda, Wilhelm. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 2, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1959, p. 254.
- Felix Czeike (Ed.): Hejda Wilhelm. In: Historisches Lexikon Wien . Volume 3, Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 1994, ISBN 3-218-00545-0 , pp. 131-131 ( digitized version ).
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Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hejda, Wilhelm |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian sculptor and medalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 26, 1868 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 19, 1942 |
| Place of death | Vienna |