Anton Hanak ( German: Anton Hanak ; March 22, 1875 , Brno , Austria-Hungary - January 7, 1934 , Vienna , Austria ) - Austrian sculptor of Czech origin. Representative of expressionism .
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Biography
Since 1889 he lived and worked in Vienna. He studied at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts with Edmund von Helmer . In 1898, he participated in evening sculpture courses led by professors Camillo Zitte and Anton Brenek .
In 1904, receiving a scholarship, he traveled to Italy.
Since 1906, he was a member of the creative association " Vienna Secession " and the association of arts and crafts " Vienna workshops ". One of the founders of Austrian Werkbund, a manufacturing union whose goal was to reorganize Austria's construction and artisans on a modern industrial basis.
In 1913, he became a professor at the Vienna School of Crafts, and in 1932, a professor at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts .
He died in 1934 from heart failure. He was buried at the Hitzing Cemetery of Vienna.
Depicted on an Austrian 1984 postage stamp.
Creativity
The author of sculptures, busts, jewelry, tombstones and design works of small objects for everyday use.
The most famous works are the bust of Victor Adler for the monument to the Republic, the sculpture of the Mother for the monument to the Warriors at the Vienna Central Cemetery .
Many of the sculptor’s small works are now kept in art museums in Prague, Olomouc , Prostejov , Opava , etc.
Sculpture of the Mother at the Monument to the Warriors at the Vienna Central Cemetery
Monument of Confidence. Ankara
Bust of V. Adler for the Republic Monument, Vienna
Magna Mater-Brunnen. Vein
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 German National Library , Berlin State Library , Bavarian State Library , etc. Record # 118701312 // General regulatory control (GND) - 2012—2016.
- ↑ 1 2 Anton Hanak
- ↑ Anton Hanak - 2006. - ISBN 978-0-19-977378-7 , 978-0-19-989991-3
- ↑ SNAC - 2010.
Literature
- Austria. Linguistic and Regional Dictionary. Muravleva N.V., Muravleva E.N. 2003.
Links
- Anton Hanak (German)