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Junk, Rudolf (23.02.1880 - 20.12.1943) |
Graphic artist and painter. Junk studied German at the University of Vienna and from 1903 with Heinrich Lefler at the Academy of Fine Arts. From 1909 he worked as a graphic artist for the Austrian State Printing Office and designed not only various crown and shilling banknotes, but also numerous securities, letter and postmark stamps. Junk was a member of the Hagenbund until 1922 and director of the “Graphische Lehr- und Versuchsanstalt” from 1924 to 1943. Junk designed e.g. the 1000-Kronen note of 1919, the 10-Kronen note of 1922, the 5-Schilling note of 1927 and the 50-Schilling note of 1935. Lit.: T. G. Natter, Rudolf Junk. Leben und malerisches Werk, in: Rudolf Junk. Bilder von 1903-1907. Katalog der Galerie Walfischgasse Wien (2000); A. Proché, Das malerische Werk von Rudolf Junk, unpubl. phil. diploma paper Wien (2008). |
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Engraver (paper money)  |
GND |
https://d-nb.info/gnd/129083607 |
VIAF |
http://viaf.org/viaf/64279468 |
Wikipedia [de] |
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Junk |
Wikidata |
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1680832 |
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