Gustav von Franck

Gustav Franck, pseudonym: Dr. Fran ( c ) k, GF Rank, ( born March 22, 1807 in Vienna, † January 8, 1860 in London) was an Austrian writer, editor and painter.

Life and work

Gustav Ritter von Franck was born the son of a banker, businessman and Lower Austrian prior Johann Jakob Ritter von Franck and his wife Anna Maria, née Graumann, on 22 March 1807 in Vienna.

The family of Franck came from the father's side at that time located in the Swiss Confederation Mulhouse. Gustav's grandfather, Johann Jacob Franck, patrician and a member of the Great Council of the City of Mulhouse, married on 8 November 1771 the thirteen years his junior Rosina von Fries, daughter of Baron Philipp von Fries, whose brother Johann von Fries as one of the richest men his time was. Johann Jacob Franck emigrated with his wife to Austria and bought there in the tobacco trade. For this he was charged by Empress Maria Theresa to knighthood. From now on, were Johann Jacob and all his descendants use the title ' Franck ' and a knightly family crest.

Franck's father, the merchant, banker and art lover Johann Jakob von Franck, not only inherited the title of his grandfather, but also its assets. The House of Franck's was from his time as a center of intellectual transport in Vienna. Writers and musicians went from one and, including Ludwig van Beethoven, who was during his stays in Vienna among the guests. He was not only a welcome guest at the Family From Franck, but was also a friend of the then -known pianist in Vienna, the Baroness Dorothea von Ertmann, Gustav's maternal aunt. Beethoven dedicated his Sonata in A Major, Opus 101

Gustav Franck doctorate in 1829 in Padua a doctorate in law ( Dr. jur. ). Financially independent, after the early death in his father, he practiced only a few months out of the profession of a lawyer, and then to act exclusively as a writer and editor. To his literary production mainly include plays, comedies and tragedies, poems, an autobiographical novel, journalistic texts as well as revolutionary writings.

While working as a theater director at the Deutsches Theater in Pest (now part of Budapest) in 1842, he met his future wife, the opera singer Sophie Wirnser, know him in 1844 a daughter, Melanie Franck gave. Because of his revolutionary activities in 1848 he had to flee from Austria and tried to take as editor of the newspaper Wiener foot messenger in Leipzig. Under the guise of a press trial, he was arrested and threatened extradition to Austria. With the help of his wife, Sophie, he managed to escape from the Leipzig prison.

About Holland he fled to England and settled in London. There he began to back up as a drawing instructor and portrait painter its existence. One year later, he was followed by his wife and daughter to go into exile. Franck succeeded after some initial difficulties, to make a reputation as a playwright. In collaboration with William and Robert Brough he led to two comedies at the Haymarket Theatre, and at the Lyceum Theatre. Contemporary reviews attest to the success of the pieces A Tale of a Coat and Kicks and Halfpence. Franck was also a founding member of the still existing Savage Club on Whitehall Place, London.

On January 8, 1860 Gustav died of Franck suddenly and unexpectedly, but not as listed in some literature lexicons, to suicide, but to an organic disease. His final resting place he found on the Brookwood Cemetery.

Gustav's family returned three years later, in 1864, through France to Germany. Part of Frank 's family moved from Vienna to Graz, among others Moritz Ritter von Franck ( Mayor of Graz) and Alfred Ritter von Franck ( painter, professor of arts). His eldest brother, Charles, died in 1867 in Paris.

Other members of the Knight family of Franck:

  • Johann Jacob Franck
  • Anna Franck, born Graumann
  • Dorothea of ​​Ertmann, born Graumann
  • Alfred Ritter von Franck
  • Karl von Franck
  • Sophie Franck, born Wirnser
  • Melanie by Franck
  • Moritz Ritter von Franck

Works

  • Poems, poetry book. Vienna: Sollinger, 1828th
  • Messages from the papers of a Viennese physician. Leipzig: Wigand, 1864.
  • King Edward's sons. Tragedy in three acts. Leipzig: Brockhaus, 1835.
  • Belisarius. Lyrical tragedy. Vienna: Gerold, 1836
  • Dramatic time images. Two spectacles. Leipzig: Wigand, 1837.
  • Paperback dramatic original research. Leipzig: Brockhaus, 1837-1842.
  • The Tale of a Coat. Comedy. London 1858.
  • Kicks and Halfpence. Comedy. London around 1858.

Publisher

Paperback dramatic original research. Brockhaus, Leipzig 1837-1842

  • Viennese magazine for art, literature, theater and fashion. Vienna 1845.
  • Vienna democratic citizens sheet. Vienna 1848.
  • The Vienna messenger. Leipzig 1848.
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