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{{Short description|Austrian sculptor and medailleur}}
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[[File:Viktor Tilgnar Litho.jpg|thumb|200px|Viktor Tilgner, Lithograph by [[Adolf Dauthage]] (1881)]]
[[File:Viktor Tilgnar Litho.jpg|thumb|200px|Viktor Tilgner, Lithograph by [[Adolf Dauthage]] (1881)]]
[[File:Mozart monument Vienna Jan 2012.JPG|thumb|200px|Mozart Monument]]
[[File:Mozart monument Vienna Jan 2012.JPG|thumb|200px|[[Mozart Monument, Vienna|Mozart Monument]]]]


'''Viktor Oskar Tilgner''' (25 October 1844 in [[Bratislava|Pressburg]] &ndash; 16 April 1896 in [[Vienna]]) was an Austrian sculptor and [[Medalist|medailleur]].<ref name="A" />
'''Viktor Oskar Tilgner''' (25 October 1844 in [[Bratislava|Pressburg]] &ndash; 16 April 1896 in [[Vienna]]) was an Austrian sculptor and [[Medalist|medailleur]].<ref name="A" />


== Life ==
== Life ==
He was the son of Captain Carl Tilgner. The family moved to Vienna when he was a child. His talent was recognized early by the sculptor {{ill|Franz Schönthaler|de}}, who became his first teacher. Then, at the [[Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna|Academy of Fine Arts]], he studied under [[:de:Franz_Bauer_(Bildhauer)|Franz Bauer]] and [[Joseph Gasser von Valhorn|Josef Gasser]].<ref name="A">{{Cite ADB|54|703|705|Tilgner, Viktor Oskar|Fritz Pollak.|ADB:Tilgner, Viktor Oskar}}</ref> Later, he was attracted to engraving and worked with the [[Medalist|medailleur]] {{ill|Joseph Daniel Böhm|de}}.
He was the son of Captain Carl Tilgner. The family moved to Vienna when he was a child. His talent was recognized early by the sculptor {{ill|Franz Schönthaler|de}}, who became his first teacher. Then, at the [[Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna|Academy of Fine Arts]], he studied under [[Franz Bauer (sculptor)|Franz Bauer]] and [[Joseph Gasser von Valhorn|Josef Gasser]].<ref name="A">{{Cite ADB|54|703|705|Tilgner, Viktor Oskar|Fritz Pollak.|ADB:Tilgner, Viktor Oskar}}</ref> Later, he was attracted to engraving and worked with the [[Medalist|medailleur]] {{ill|Joseph Daniel Böhm|de}}.
One of Tilgner's student's was German sculptor [[John Walz]].<ref name="Yearbook 1905">{{cite book| title=The Artists Year Book|year=1905|author=The Art League Publishing Association|page=212}}</ref>
One of Tilgner's student's was German sculptor [[John Walz]].<ref name="Yearbook 1905">{{cite book| title=The Artists Year Book|year=1905|author=The Art League Publishing Association|page=212}}</ref>


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* Statue of [[Leopold V, Duke of Austria]] at the [[Heeresgeschichtliches Museum]]
* Statue of [[Leopold V, Duke of Austria]] at the [[Heeresgeschichtliches Museum]]
* Statue of [[Peter Paul Rubens]] at the [[Künstlerhaus Wien|Künstlerhaus]]
* Statue of [[Peter Paul Rubens]] at the [[Künstlerhaus Wien|Künstlerhaus]]
* Statue of [[Peter Paul Rubens]] at the Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences, Savannah, Georgia
* Statue of [[Raphael]] at the Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences, [[Savannah, Georgia]]
* Statues at the [[Kunsthistorisches Museum]]: [[Christian Daniel Rauch]], [[Peter von Cornelius]] and [[Moritz von Schwind]].
* Statues at the [[Kunsthistorisches Museum]]: [[Christian Daniel Rauch]], [[Peter von Cornelius]] and [[Moritz von Schwind]].
* Statues at the [[Naturhistorisches Museum]]: [[Alexander von Humboldt]], [[Leopold von Buch]], [[Isaac Newton]] and [[Carl von Linné|Carl Linnaeus]].
* Statues at the [[Naturhistorisches Museum]]: [[Alexander von Humboldt]], [[Leopold von Buch]], [[Isaac Newton]] and [[Carl von Linné|Carl Linnaeus]].
* Statues at the [[Austrian Parliament]] building: [[Archimedes]], [[Marcus Terentius Varro]], [[Homer]] and [[Phidias]].
* Statues at the [[Austrian Parliament]] building: [[Archimedes]], [[Marcus Terentius Varro]], [[Homer]] and [[Phidias]].
*Statues at the [[Telfair Academy]] building: [[Phidias]],<ref>[https://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=K606568P799I7.1514&profile=ariall&source=~!siartinventories&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001~!338947~!22&ri=1&aspect=Keyword&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=Telfair+sculpture&index=.GW&uindex=&aspect=Keyword&menu=search&ri=1 Phidias] from SIRIS.</ref> [[Raphael]]<ref>[https://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=K606568P799I7.1514&profile=ariall&source=~!siartinventories&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001~!338946~!21&ri=5&aspect=Keyword&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=Telfair+sculpture&index=.GW&uindex=&aspect=Keyword&menu=search&ri=5 Raphael] from SIRIS.</ref> and [[Rembrandt]]<ref>[https://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=K606568P799I7.1514&profile=ariall&source=~!siartinventories&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001~!338945~!20&ri=3&aspect=Keyword&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=Telfair+sculpture&index=.GW&uindex=&aspect=Keyword&menu=search&ri=3 Rembrandt] from SIRIS.</ref>
* Figures at the [[Burgtheater]]: [[Don Juan]], [[Phaedra (mythology)|Phaidra]], [[Falstaff]], [[Hanswurst]], [[William Shakespeare]], [[Pedro Calderón de la Barca]], [[Molière]], [[Gotthold Ephraim Lessing]], [[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe]], [[Friedrich Schiller]], [[Friedrich Hebbel]], [[Franz Grillparzer]] and [[Karl Felix Halm]].
* Figures at the [[Burgtheater]]: [[Don Juan]], [[Phaedra (mythology)|Phaidra]], [[Falstaff]], [[Hanswurst]], [[William Shakespeare]], [[Pedro Calderón de la Barca]], [[Molière]], [[Gotthold Ephraim Lessing]], [[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe]], [[Friedrich Schiller]], [[Friedrich Hebbel]], [[Franz Grillparzer]] and [[Karl Felix Halm]].
* Monument for [[Josef Werndl]], [[Steyr]]
* Monument for [[Josef Werndl]], [[Steyr]]
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* Monument for [[:de:Johann_Nepomuk_Prix|Dr Johann Nepomuk Prix]], Wiener Zentralfriedhof
* Monument for [[:de:Johann_Nepomuk_Prix|Dr Johann Nepomuk Prix]], Wiener Zentralfriedhof
* Monument for [[Franz Liszt]], [[Sopron|Ödenburg]]
* Monument for [[Franz Liszt]], [[Sopron|Ödenburg]]
<gallery mode=packed heights="200">
<gallery mode="packed" heights="200">
File:Akademiestraße 09.jpg|Peter Paul Rubens
File:Akademiestraße 09.jpg|Peter Paul Rubens
File:Victor Tilgner - 07 - Denkmal Joh. Nepomuk Hummel.jpg|Hummel Monument
File:Victor Tilgner - 07 - Denkmal Joh. Nepomuk Hummel.jpg|Hummel Monument
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File:BrucknerdenkmalSttadtpark.JPG|Bruckner Monument, original version
File:BrucknerdenkmalSttadtpark.JPG|Bruckner Monument, original version
File:Wien NHM - Treppenaufgang 7 Linne.jpg|Carl Linnaeus
File:Wien NHM - Treppenaufgang 7 Linne.jpg|Carl Linnaeus
File:Wiener_Zentralfriedhof_-_Gruppe_14A_-_Johann_Nepomuk_Prix.jpg|Dr Johann Nepomuk Prix Monument
File:Wiener Zentralfriedhof - Gruppe 14A - Johann Nepomuk Prix.jpg|Dr Johann Nepomuk Prix Monument
File:Telfair Academy statue, Savannah, GA, US (03).jpg|Phidias
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</gallery>


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Latest revision as of 23:00, 18 August 2024

Viktor Tilgner, Lithograph by Adolf Dauthage (1881)
Mozart Monument

Viktor Oskar Tilgner (25 October 1844 in Pressburg – 16 April 1896 in Vienna) was an Austrian sculptor and medailleur.[1]

Life

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He was the son of Captain Carl Tilgner. The family moved to Vienna when he was a child. His talent was recognized early by the sculptor Franz Schönthaler [de], who became his first teacher. Then, at the Academy of Fine Arts, he studied under Franz Bauer and Josef Gasser.[1] Later, he was attracted to engraving and worked with the medailleur Joseph Daniel Böhm [de]. One of Tilgner's student's was German sculptor John Walz.[2]

He belonged to the circle of artists around Count Karol Lanckoroński. During the World Exhibition of 1873, he met the French sculptor Gustave Deloye, who strongly influenced his work.[3] The following year, he took a trip to Italy with Hans Makart, whose "realistic academicism" also influenced Tilgner's style. For the last twenty years of his life, he had a large studio in what was originally a greenhouse at the Palais Schwarzenberg[4]

Despite a long-standing heart condition and recurring chest pain, he spent a strenuous day working on his Mozart monument, to get it ready on schedule.[4] He died of a heart attack the next morning. Often considered to be his greatest work, the monument was unveiled a few days after his death. The bulk of his estate was bequeathed to his hometown and is now on display at the Bratislava City Gallery.

Selected major works

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  • Peter Paul Rubens
    Peter Paul Rubens
  • Hummel Monument
    Hummel Monument
  • Werndl Monument
    Werndl Monument
  • Bruckner Monument, original version
    Bruckner Monument, original version
  • Carl Linnaeus
    Carl Linnaeus
  • Dr Johann Nepomuk Prix Monument
    Dr Johann Nepomuk Prix Monument
  • Phidias
    Phidias

References

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  1. ^ a b Fritz Pollak. (1908), "Tilgner, Viktor Oskar", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 54, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 703–705
  2. ^ The Art League Publishing Association (1905). The Artists Year Book. p. 212.
  3. ^ Ludwig Hevesi: Victor Tilgners ausgewählte Werke. Löwy, Vienna, 1897. (11 pages of text and 72 collotypes)
  4. ^ a b † Victor Tilgner (1844–1896). In: Neue Freie Presse, 17 April 1896, p. 05 (Online at ANNO)Template:ANNO/Maintenance/nfp.
  5. ^ Phidias from SIRIS.
  6. ^ Raphael from SIRIS.
  7. ^ Rembrandt from SIRIS.

Further reading

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  • Gerhardt Kapner: Ringstraßendenkmäler. In: Renate Wagner-Rieger, Die Wiener Ringstraße. Bild einer Epoche. Die Erweiterung der Inneren Stadt Wien unter Kaiser Franz Joseph. Vol.9,1. Steiner, Wiesbaden 1973,
  • Maria Pötzl-Malikova: Die Plastik der Ringstraße. Künstlerische Entwicklung 1890–1918. In: Renate Wagner-Rieger, Die Wiener Ringstraße. Bild einer Epoche. Die Erweiterung der Inneren Stadt Wien unter Kaiser Franz Joseph. Vol.9,2. Steiner, Wiesbaden 1976, ISBN 3-515-02391-7.
  • Walter Krause: Die Plastik der Ringstraße von der Spätromantik bis zur Wende um 1900. In: Renate Wagner-Rieger: Die Wiener Ringstraße. Bild einer Epoche. Die Erweiterung der Inneren Stadt Wien unter Kaiser Franz Joseph. Vol.9,3. Steiner, Wiesbaden 1980, ISBN 3-515-03288-6.
  • Contribution by Walter Krause in: Jane Turner: The Dictionary of Art. Vol.30: Summonte to Tinne. Grove, New York 1996, ISBN 1-884446-00-0, pgs.888–890.
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