HEINRICH KAUTSCH ( Prague 1859 - 1943 Vienna )

HEINRICH KAUTSCH ( Prague 1859 - 1943 Vienna )
Bundle of bronze reliefs with four accompanying items

Heinrich Kautsch ( Prague 1859 - 1943 Vienna )
Tree transformation
bronze relief 8,5 x 3 cm

Accompaniment:
1| Richard Placht* ( Kratzau 1880 - 1962 Vienna )
Three dog faces
bronze relief 4 x 8,2 cm

2| Richard Placht* ( Kratzau 1880 - 1962 Vienna )
All across Vienna, 1926
bronze relief 2,8 x 4 cm
engraved Quer durch Wien 1926

3| Wilhelm Gösser* ( Mühltal bei Leoben 1881 - 1966 Graz )
Two praying men, 1927
bronze relief 6 x 6 cm
signed W. Gösser
engraved GUSTAVADOLF TAGUNG GRAZ SEPT: 1927

4| Michael Drobil* ( Vienna 1877 - 1958 Vienna )
Heroic scene
bronze relief 4,5 x 4,5 cm
signed Drobil, engraved PRZEMYSL

SCHÄTZPREIS / ESTIMATE °€ 100 - 200
STARTPREIS / STARTING PRICE °€ 100

Heinrich Kautsch (also Henry Kautsch) was an Austrian sculptor and medalist. Kautsch received his initial training at the Prague Goldsmith School before moving to Vienna. There he studied at the School of Applied Arts under Professors Stefan Schwartz and Otto König. Study trips took him to France, Germany, and Italy. In 1882 he was appointed professor at the School of Applied Arts in Prague. In 1887 he became curator of the Trade Museum in Budweis, which he reorganized. In 1888 Kautsch published his work Goldsmith Works of the 15th to 19th Centuries in German and French. In 1889 he moved to Paris, where he worked under Jean-Antoine Injalbert and Louis Roubaud. At the 1900 Paris World Exhibition, Kautsch was a delegate for the Bosnia-Herzegovina section and vice president of the international jury. In 1902, he took over the organization of the French section, and in 1904, the Franco-American section, at the International Exhibition at the Kunstpalast Düsseldorf. When war broke out in 1914, Kautsch returned to Vienna. There he created the "Kaiserplakette, " a heavily advertised donation item distributed by the war welfare organization "Kälteschutz." After the war, Kautsch designed the wreaths for the Heldentor (Heroes' Gate) in Vienna. In addition to medals and plaques, Heinrich Kautsch also created a number of gravestones, which can now be found in Amsterdam, Prague, Merano, and Salzburg. Johann Wilhelm Gösser was an Austrian sculptor, between Realism and Symbolism. Gösser was the son of Hans Brandstetter and, like him, initially apprenticed to Jakob Gschiel. After further training with Peter Neuböck in Graz, he studied from 1905 to 1912 at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna under Hans Bitterlich and Edmund Hellmer. In 1913, he received the Rome Prize for his monumental sculpture "Riff, " a scholarship that enabled him to travel to Italy and other places. After military service with the "Seven Twenty-Seven, " Gösser lived and worked in Graz, where he taught wood and stone sculpture at the Kunstgewerbeschule (School of Applied Arts) from 1920 to 1945 and became a professor and head of the sculpture department. His works include a bust of Hugo Wolf (1945) in the park of Palais Meran, a portrait relief of the chemist Friedrich Emich, and other monuments and busts in Graz, as well as numerous gravestones at Graz Central Cemetery. Further works are located in the Graz area, as well as in Rottenmann, Weiz, and southeast Styria. Gösser created the war memorial on Leibnitz's main square between 1927 and 1930 together with Bruno Fiedler. Richard Placht was an Austrian sculptor and medalist. Placht initially attended the arts and crafts school in Gablonz, then studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague under Vaclav Myslbeck. He completed his studies at the Vienna Academy under Josef Tautenhayn. In 1904, Placht joined the engraving department of the Vienna Hauptmünzamt (main mint); in 1916, he became its director. In 1909, he became a member of the Vienna Künstlerhaus. Placht created portrait plaques and medals, baptism plaques, sports medals, and circulation coins. He was a recipient of the Dumba Prize and a member of the Künstlerbund österreichischer Medailleure (Association of Austrian Medalists). The Kunsthistorisches Museum (Museum of Art History) in Vienna dedicated an exhibition to him on his 80th birthday. The Vienna Museum of Military History holds 15 minted medals and cast plaques by the artist. Michael Drobil was an Austrian sculptor. After completing his sculpture apprenticeship in 1897, Drobil began studying at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna under Edmund Hellmer. In 1905, he received a scholarship to Rome. During the war, he served as an officer and was taken prisoner. In 1920, Drobil joined the Vienna Secession and, in 1939, the Vienna Künstlerhaus. The Künstlerhaus awarded him the "Golden Laurel." In 1921, he received the Reichel Prize and, in 1925, a State Prize. In 1930, he succeeded Edmund Hellmer as professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna. In 1942, he received the Raphael Donner Prize. In 1935, his first work, a portrait of Josef Maria Pernter, was unveiled in the arcade courtyard of the University of Vienna, as well as a war memorial in Ried im Innkreis. In 1947, another monument to Eduard von Hofmann followed, and in 1954, another work was added to the arcade courtyard, in memory of Max Hussarek von Heinlein. Drobil participated in international exhibitions: in 1935 in Budapest, and in 1936 at the Venice Biennale. From 1937 to 1939 and again in 1943, he exhibited a total of eight works at the Great German Art Exhibitions in Munich. In 1948, Drobil participated in the "Sculpture" category of the art competitions at the Summer Olympics. In 1951, Drobil moved into a state studio in the Krieau. Several works are located in public spaces in Vienna.

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