Carl Kundmann

Carl Kundmann ( born June 15, 1838 in Vienna, † June 9, 1919 ) was an Austrian sculptor. He is regarded as one of the main champions of the Ringstrasse era, where he held various decorative works.

Life and work

Kundmann studied at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts and was a pupil of Franz Josef Bauer and in the studio Cesars. After six years Kundmann went to Ernst Julius Hähnel to Dresden, who influenced him stylistically. From 1865 to 1867 he lived during a stay in Rome, where he also worked on the designs for the Schubert monument in the Viennese city park. The client was the Vienna Men's Choral Association, whose members had decided in 1862 to erect a monument to the composer. 1864 the decision was made that it should be at the city park, according to the ideas of the Male Chorus in the later known due to the system established bust the mayor of Vienna Andreas Zelinka as Zelinkahügel, single elevated point of the park. The Artistic Advisory Board of the urban expansion committee decided, however, that a not so prominent, " intimate " place would be more appropriate. The foundation stone was in 1868, in the presence of Mayor Zelinkas and some relative of Schubert's down. The monument of the composer, who is seated, presented with a music-book in her lap and a pencil in his right hand, was built between trees in the lawn. Three reliefs on the pedestal designed by Theophil Hansen put in allegories right vocal music, instrumental music and left at the front of the imagination represents the inscription reads: Franz Schubert. His memory, the Vienna Men's Choral Society. The revealed on May 15, 1872 business was such a success that Kundmann was then called as a professor at the School of General sculptor Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna, where he taught until 1909.

At Kund 's early work also includes the four life-size portrait statues made ​​of white Carrara marble, which he for the Feldherrenhalle of 1856 completed " kuk Force Museum " (now Museum of Military History ) anfertigte. It is about representations of Margrave Leopold I, King Rudolf I, Charles Bonaventure de Longueval, Comte de Bucquoy and Prince Eugene of Savoy. He was commissioned to do so by the mother of Emperor Franz Joseph, Archduchess Sophie.

1872 took Kundmann the competition for a monument to the archduchess Maria Theresa of place between the Natural History and the Museum of Fine Arts part, which has been pointed out by Kaspar von Zumbusch. Kundmann received orders for a series of sculptures at the two museums. He also created, among other things, the Grillparzer monument popularly garden, architectural sculptures for the Vienna City Hall, the New Hofburg, the arcades of the University of Vienna and several grave monuments. His studio was located on land Strasser belt No. 3

As Kund 's major works of monumental Athene Fountain in front of the parliament building and the monument of Admiral of the Austria - Hungarian Navy William Tegetthoff apply the Prater Stern.

The Tegetthoff monument was originally to be placed in front of the Votive Church, but eventually found his place after discussions at the Prater Stern, where it was unveiled on 21 September 1886. The approximately 3.5-meter high statue of the founder of the naval power of the monarchy stands on a 16 m high marble column which commemorates the triumphal columns on Paris' Place Vendôme and Trafalgar Square in London and at antique models ( columna rostrata, "honor pillar") oriented. From the column occur three, after larger down expectant, hulls produced, each carrying the victory goddess Nike as a figurehead ( it therefore gave the libel, it would be a memorial to the inventor of the clothes rack ). At the base there are two groups of sculptures, horse-drawn through waves combat vehicles, which are directed to the left of a fighting goddess with the Austro-Hungarian double-headed eagle on the shield and a dragon on the helmet and the right of a triumphant winged goddess with a laurel wreath in her hand. Two Tritone hold plaques commemorating the victory in the naval battle off Heligoland Tegethoffs and at the Battle of Lissa.

His honorary devoted grave is located in Vienna's Central Cemetery ( 10-1-56 ).

A few weeks after the artist's death, the Kundmanngasse was named in the 3rd district highway after him.

Among his pupils were, inter alia, the sculptor Alfonso Canciani from the Austro-Hungarian Friuli, the Vienna Franz Hague and the Thuringian Christian Behrens.

Works (selection)

Gallery

Athene Fountain, detail

Athene Fountain, detail

Statue of Comte de Bucquoy the HGM

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