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Carl Kundmann (15 June 1838,
Carl Kundmann (15 June 1838, Vienna
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– 9 June 1919, Vienna) was an Austrian sculptor, best known for his works which adorn the area around the Ringstraße
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project.
Life and work
Kundmann studied at theAcademy of Fine Arts Vienna
The Academy of Fine Arts Vienna () is a public art school in Vienna, Austria. Founded in 1688 as a private academy, it is now a public university. The academy is also known for twice rejecting admission to a young Adolf Hitler in 1907 and 1908.
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. After six years, he went to Dresden
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to study with Ernst Julius Hähnel
Ernst Julius Hähnel (9 March 1811 – 22 May 1891) was a German sculptor and Professor at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts.
He is especially remembered for his public statuary. His works of art can be admired throughout Germany.
Life
He w ...
, who had a major influence on his style.Ilse Krumpöck: ''Die Bildwerke im Heeresgeschichtlichen Museum''. Wien 2004, S. 100 From 1865 to 1867 he lived in Rome, where he worked on designs for a Schubert Monument to be placed in the Stadtpark which had been commissioned by the Vienna Men's Choral Society and financed by Nikolaus Dumba
Nikolaus Dumba (Greek language, Greek: Νικόλαος Δούμπας; 24 July 1830, Vienna – 23 March 1900, Budapest) was an Austrian industrialist and liberal politician. He is considered to have been an important patron of the arts and musi ...
, an industrialist patron of the arts. Where to place the statue was the subject of much debate. Mayor Andreas Zelinka
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Life
Zelinka was born on 23 February 1802 in Vyškov, Moravia. He ...
wanted it to be placed in a prominent position but, in 1868, the Artistic Advisory Board prevailed, selecting a more "intimate" location between trees on the edge of the lawn. The foundation was laid that same year and the monument (with three reliefs by Theophil Hansen
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) was unveiled in 1872. The work was such a success that it earned Kundmann a professorship at the Academy, where he taught until his retirement in 1909. Christian Behrens is probably his best known student.
In 1872, Kundmann entered a competition to create parts of a memorial to the Archduchess Maria Theresa
Maria Theresa (Maria Theresia Walburga Amalia Christina; 13 May 1717 – 29 November 1780) was the ruler of the Habsburg monarchy from 1740 until her death in 1780, and the only woman to hold the position suo jure, in her own right. She was the ...
, to be placed between the Naturhistorisches Museum
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The NHM Vienna is one of the largest museums and non-university research institutions in Austria and an important center of excellence for all matt ...
and the Kunsthistorisches Museum
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, under the direction of Kaspar von Zumbusch
Kaspar Clemens Eduard Zumbusch (23 November 1830 – 27 September 1915), as of 1888 von Zumbusch (a nobiliary particle), was a German sculptor, born in Herzebrock, Westphalia, who became a pre-eminent sculptor of neo-Baroque monuments in Vienna.
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. Kundmann received commissions for several statues at both museums. He also worked on memorials to Franz Grillparzer
Franz Seraphicus Grillparzer (15 January 1791 – 21 January 1872) was an Austrian writer who was considered to be the leading Austrian dramatist of the 19th century. His plays were and are frequently performed at the Burgtheater in Vienna. He ...
and Wilhelm von Tegetthoff
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, as well as sculptures for the City hall
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, the new wing of the Hofburg Palace
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and the arcades of the University of Vienna
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. His studio was located at Wiener Gürtel Straße Nr. 3.
A few weeks after his death, a street in Landstraße
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was renamed the ''Kundmanngasse'' in his honor.
Major works
* 1867–1873: Statues ofRudolf I of Germany
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Rudolf's imperial election of 1273, election marked the end of the Interregnum (Holy Roman Empire), Great Interregnum whic ...
, Leopold I, Margrave of Austria
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, Prince Eugene of Savoy
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and Charles Bonaventure de Longueval in the Feldherrenhalle of the Heeresgeschichtlichen Museum in the Arsenal
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* 1877: Competition for the Grillparzer Monument in the Volksgarten: Kundmann was commissioned to do the main figure and Rudolf Weyr did the relief panels. The monument was unveiled in 1889.
* 1886 Tegetthoff Monument in the Praterstern (a square in the Leopoldstadt
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district).
* 1898 – 1902 Athene Fountain in front of the Austrian Parliament Building
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References
Further reading
*External links
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kundmann, Carl 1838 births 1919 deaths Austrian male sculptors 20th-century Austrian sculptors 19th-century Austrian sculptors Sculptors from Austria-Hungary 19th-century Austrian male artists 20th-century Austrian male artists