Emil Fuchs (artist)

Emil Fuchs ( born August 9, 1866 in Vienna, † 13 January 1929 in New York) was an Austrian sculptor, medalist, graphic artist and painter.

Life

Fuchs studied with Hellmer at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna and at the Berlin Academy under Schaper and Werner. He wins the 1891 Rome Price and lived in Rome from 1891 to 1897. Then he settled until 1915 in London and features 1898 from the Royal Academy. His work as a sculptor sculpture includes large groups, portrait busts, statuettes and monuments made ​​of marble, bronze and silver. His portraits are around 1900 in the UK very fashionable. From 1897 he times in oil, his paintings are mostly portraits in a style that is heavily influenced by his friend John Singer Sargent. His first solo exhibition took place in 1902 in the Grafton Gallery, London, instead. He teaches at the Royal Academy in London, Paris, Berlin, Munich, Vienna and Rome. After the First World War, Fox moved to New York, where he continued his work until suicide.

Creation

Fox 1900 is committed by the royal family to create some medals that are marked for Queen Victoria, and 1902 to perform the coronation medal for Edward VII. He leads for the British medal a the curved, decorative style that is in Austria later popular and he remains faithful. He also designed the stamps for Edward VII

Works

• " La pensierosa " ( 1912 New York Met )
• " Mother- love" ( exh. London, RA, 1898)
• Monument "The Sisters " (marble, Liverpool, Walker AG)
• Medal for Queen Victoria with Alexandra as " Princess of Pity " (Silver, 1900; London, BM)
• Coronation Medal for Edward VII (silver and bronze, 1902).

Writings

• With Pencil, Brush and Chisel: The Life of an Artist (New York, 1925) ( autobiography)
• Emil Fuchs, The Work of Emil Fuchs: Illustrating some of his representative paintings sculpture medals and studies, New York, 1921.