Hildegard Jone (1 June 1891 – 28 August 1963) was an Austrian poet and artist.
As a poet she produced poetry collections and books throughout her life. She was also a painter and sculptor, with works infused with
Expressionism
Expressionism is a modernist movement, initially in poetry and painting, originating in Northern Europe around the beginning of the 20th century. Its typical trait is to present the world solely from a subjective perspective, distorting it rad ...
and Christian imagery.
Many of her
lyric poem
Modern lyric poetry is a formal type of poetry which expresses personal emotions or feelings, typically spoken in the first person.
The term for both modern lyric poetry and modern song lyrics derives from a form of Ancient Greek literature, th ...
s were set to music by her colleague
Anton Webern
Anton Webern (; 3 December 1883 – 15 September 1945) was an Austrian composer, conductor, and musicologist. His music was among the most radical of its milieu in its lyric poetry, lyrical, poetic concision and use of then novel atonality, aton ...
.
Life and career
Hildegard Jone was born Hildegard Huber on 1 June 1891 in
Sarajevo
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of
Austria-Hungary
Austria-Hungary, also referred to as the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Dual Monarchy or the Habsburg Monarchy, was a multi-national constitutional monarchy in Central Europe#Before World War I, Central Europe between 1867 and 1918. A military ...
. Her parents were the architect Ludwig Huber and Amélie (
née
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the Countess Deym), both of whom encouraged her early interest in the arts. In 1908 Jone and her mother moved to Vienna so the former could attend the ', a women's art academy. At the ''Frauenakademie'', her instructor was the sculptor
Josef Humplik; the two would later marry in 1921.
As a visual artist, Jone created paintings and sculptures throughout her life. Her work was often
Expressionist
Expressionism is a modernist movement, initially in poetry and painting, originating in Northern Europe around the beginning of the 20th century. Its typical trait is to present the world solely from a subjective perspective, distorting it rad ...
and infused with Christian imagery or inspiration.
Jone was well acquainted with many other artists and writers of her time, including
Peter Altenberg
Peter Altenberg (9 March 1859 – 8 January 1919) was a writer and poet from Vienna, Austria. He played a key role in the genesis of early modernism in the city.
Biography
He was born Richard Engländer on 9 March 1859 in Vienna into a Jews, J ...
,
Adolf Loos
Adolf Franz Karl Viktor Maria Loos (; 10 December 1870 – 23 August 1933) was an Austrian and Czechoslovak architect, influential European theorist, and a polemicist of modern architecture. He was inspired by modernism and a widely-known c ...
, and
Karl Kraus, who became a spiritual mentor.
Jone is well known for her collaborations with the composer
Anton Webern
Anton Webern (; 3 December 1883 – 15 September 1945) was an Austrian composer, conductor, and musicologist. His music was among the most radical of its milieu in its lyric poetry, lyrical, poetic concision and use of then novel atonality, aton ...
, who set her music numerous times.
Webern's compositions on poems by Jone include the song cycles ''Drei Gesänge aus 'Viae inviae (1934), ''Drei Lieder'' (1934), the orchestral-choral work ''Das Augenlicht'' ("The Eyes' Radiance") and both his first (1939) and second (1943) cantatas.
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Jone died on 28 August 1963 in
Purkersdorf
Purkersdorf is a municipality in the district of Sankt Pölten-Land District, in the Austrian state of Lower Austria. The Sandstein-Wienerwald natural park, a part of the Vienna Woods, is situated on its territory. The municipality belonged to Wi ...
, near Vienna. Purkersdorf's local museum includes a room dedicated to Jone and her husband.
Writings
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External links
Articleabout Jone from the Purkersdorf government
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1891 births
1963 deaths
20th-century Austrian poets
Austrian women poets
Writers from Austria-Hungary
German-language poets
Modernist poets
Webern scholars