Robert Frangeš-Mihanović

Robert Frangeš - Mihanović ( born October 2, 1872 in Sremska Mitrovica, † 12 January 1940 in Zagreb) was a Croatian sculptor. He was a pioneer of modern Croatian sculpture. He was also one of the initiators and organizers of the artistic life in Zagreb at the turn of the 20th century.

Life

Frangeš Mihanović was a graduate of the craft school in Zagreb in 1889. Afterwards he went to Vienna, where he studied at the School of Applied Arts ( 1889-1894 ) and at the Academy of Arts (1894 /95) under Otto King and Carl Kundmann. He continued his studies in Paris continues ( 1900/ 01) where he among other things, met with Auguste Rodin.

Frangeš - Mihanović taught at the School of Arts and Crafts in Zagreb ( 1895-1907 ). He taught sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts. He founded the bronze foundry at the Academy. He was a member of several academies: JAZU, SANU and the Prague Academy. He died in 1940 in Zagreb.

Works

His medals and certificates with figural and animal motifs - Hercules the Bull (1899), vineyard workers (1900 ), Turkey ( 1904), Worker ( 1906) - are the starting point of the Croatian Medaillenkunst. He created statuettes, such as shyness (1902 ) The Flight into Egypt (1906 ), The Rape of Europa (1907 ); Portraits, such as Vatroslav Lisinski (1895 ); Busts, such as Antun Mihanović (1908 ) in Klanjec and Antun and Stjepan Radic (1936 ) in Trebarjevo desno.

In 1897, he created the dying soldier, a monument to the fallen soldiers of the 78th Regiment Šokčević in Osijek. Together with his philosophy (1897 ) in Zagreb, the dying soldiers is the the earliest example of Impressionism in the Croatian sculpture. His work is monumentalstes ( created from 1928 to 1938, installed in Zagreb 1947) the equestrian statue of King Tomislav. He also made statues cemetery in Varazdin ( monument on the Leitner family vault, 1906) and Mirogoj ( working on the family grave Müller, 1935). He created architectural sculptural elements on buildings in Zagreb, such as the allegorical reliefs of philosophy, theology, medicine, and frustration at the State Archives.

His work includes the styles of academicism, symbolism and modernism ( Impressionism ). In its mature phase, he developed a personal style of free realism. He has also engaged in crafts.

Works (selection)

• Three- figure group The Listener in 1914 /18, cast bronze, 72 × 52 × 21 cm, Museum of Military History, Vienna
• Free Plastic Group transport a heavy naval gun in 1914 /18, Bronze hollow cast, 91 × 21 × 16 cm, Museum of Military History, Vienna
• Free Plastic Group transportation of casualties in 1914 /18, Bronze hollow cast, 71 × 25 × 41 cm, Museum of Military History, Vienna
• Free Plastic Group conquering a flag in 1914 /18, Bronze hollow cast, 29 × 16 × 54 cm, Museum of Military History, Vienna
• Free Plastic reclining figure trumpeter Kovac 1914 /18, Bronze hollow cast, 50 × 24 × 30 cm, Museum of Military History, Vienna
• Equestrian statue of Field Marshal Svetozar Boroevic Bojna 1914 /18, cast bronze, 62 × 19 × 66.5 cm, Museum of Military History, Vienna

Gallery

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