Hofburg Michaelerplatz Die Macht zur See

Rudolf Weyr, from 14 May 1911, Rudolf Ritter von Weyr (22 March 1847,

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- 30 October 1914, Vienna) was an Austrian sculptor in the

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style.

Life

He studied under

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and Josef Cesar and was employed by the latter for many years. In 1875, he was contracted by

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and Carl Hasenauer to assist them with their work on the

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. In 1879, under the direction of

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, he designed table settings and other decorative pieces for the Emperor's Silver Wedding Anniversary. From the late 1880s, he worked alone and created some of the most important figures that adorn the

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. In his later years, Weyr suffered from

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and died of heart failure induced by pneumonia. He was buried in the

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. In 1919, a street in

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was named the ''Weyrgasse'' in his honor.

Major works

* 1884: Gable statues at the

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* 1888:

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figures in the windows at the

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* 1889: Grillparzer Memorial in the Burggarten (with

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); Weyr created the reliefs depicting Grillparzer's dramatic works. * 1890: Relief figures of the Museum's patrons in the dome of the Kunsthistorischen Museum * 1895: Fountain: "Die Macht zur See" at the Michaelertrakt in the

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* 1895: Relief of

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on his Memorial

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* 1898: Emperor Franz-Josef Memorial in

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. * 1905: Memorial to

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in the Stadtpark * 1907: Fountain in

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* 1908: Memorial to

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in the

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Weyr, Rudolf 1847 births 1914 deaths 19th-century Austrian sculptors Austrian male sculptors Artists from Vienna 20th-century Austrian sculptors Burials at Döbling Cemetery Sculptors from Austria-Hungary