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Weyr, Rudolf (22.03.1847 Wien - 30.10.1914 Wien) |
Austrian sculptor and medalist. Weyr was born in Vienna in 1847 and trained as a sculptor at the Academy of Fine Arts under Franz Bauer and Josef Cesar. He did work in Cesar’s studio for a long time. Weyr was often called upon for the sculptural decoration of the Ringstrasse palaces. In 1866 he became a member of the fraternity Olympia. Weyr was married to the writer Marie Weyr (1864-1903) née Uhl, (daughter of the journalist and from 1872 editor-in-chief of the Wiener Zeitung Friedrich Uhl). R. Weyr worked on large sculptures and created numerous monuments and fountain figures as well as on small medals and reliefs. His works include the gable sculptures of the Hermes Villa, 1884, the lion figures on the Schemerl Bridge near Nussdorf, 1890; the wall fountain "Die Macht zur See" on the Michaelertrakt of the Hofburg, 1895, and many more. Weyr was responsible for the reliefs on the monument to Franz Grillparzer in the Volksgarten, 1889, created by Carl Kundmann. Together with Josef Cesar, Weyr worked on the reverse side of the medal for good taste for the Vienna World Exhibition, 1873, together with Anton Scharff, the prize medal for the Vienna House of Artists (1876), and much more. Lit.: E. Fiala - J. Müller - J. Raudnitz, Katalog der Münz- und Medaillenstempelsammlung im Münzkabinett des Kunsthistorischen Museum Wien IV (1906) p. 1385; L. Forrer, Biographical Dictionary of Medallists VI (1916) p. 460. |
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https://d-nb.info/gnd/130179353 |
VIAF |
http://viaf.org/viaf/47861852 |
Wikipedia [de] |
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Weyr |
Wikipedia [en] |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Weyr |
Wikidata |
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q876804 |
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