HUJER, LUDWIG (Austr.). Contemporary Sculptor and Medallist, born at Wilhelmshöhe (North Bohemia) on the 20. July 1872. He visited the Industrial Schools of Gablonz where he learned the first elements of modelling and chasing. After two years' practical appren- ticeship at Vienna, he entered in 1891 the studio of the sculptor Prof. Kühne, and in 1893 became a pupil of the medallist Prof. Stefan Schwartz. Between 1895 and 1898, when he definitively settled at Vienna, the young artist visited Belgium, France, — where he came into contact with Chaplain, Tasset,Charpentier, Lalique,&c. — and worked at Wyon's die-sinking establishment in London. Hujer obtained the Second Prize in the competition for a commem- orative medal of the Ministry of Commerce in 1901, and in 1902 the First Prize, from the Austrian Society for the promotion of Medallic and Decorative Arts, for a Triptych representing Dancing, Music, and Singing. By the artist are the following medals, &c. : 1899. Prof. Victor Grünberg (illustrated); — Heinrich Hujer ; — 1900. The Austrian Pavilion at the Paris Universal Exhibition ; — H. M. Francis Joseph I., Emperor of Austria-Hungary ;— Wilhelm Wodnansky, Painter; — 1901-3 H. H. Pope Leo XIII.; — Anton Barthlmé; — Fräulein Mitzi Fischer Edle von Röslerstamm ;— Frau Emma Fischer Edle von Roslertamm ;— Herr Wahlberg; — Portraits of Hujer's parents on the 30th anniversary of their marriage ;— The Artist's two-year-old Child ;— Medal of Anton Barthlmé, &c. " Vielseitig beschäftigt ", observes awriter in Mittheil. des Klubs, &c, "ohne im entferntesten sein Ideal, sich ausschliesslich der Medaille und dem Porträtplake widmen zu können, erreicht zu sehen, ist Hujer, um den unabweislichen materiellen Bedürfnissen entsprechen zu können, gezwungen, einen grossen Teil seiner Zeit und seines Könnens dem Kunstgewerbe zuzuwenden und sich ausserdem noch als Lehrer an einer Fortbildungsschule zu betätigen. Trotzdem bewahrt er sich eine ausgesprochene künstlerische Indi- vidualität. Seine erste grössere Arbeit "Frühlingserwachen " dargestellt durch eine 85 cm hohe weibliche Figur, welche unter blühenden Bäumen einem Vöglein lauscht, hat im Jahre 1900 das Grazer Landesmuseum fur ihre Sammlungen erworben". Bibliography. — August R. von Loehr, Wiener Medailleure-Nachtrag, 1902. — Mittheilunges des Klubs der Münz-und Medaillenfreunde in Wien, March-April 1903.
Source: Biographical dictionary of medallists; coin, gem, and seal-engravers, mint-masters, ancient and modern, with references to their works B.C. 500-A.D. 1900; compiled by L. Forrer, London 1904
Source: Biographical dictionary of medallists; coin, gem, and seal-engravers, mint-masters, ancient and modern, with references to their works B.C. 500-A.D. 1900; compiled by L. Forrer, London 1904
HEUBERGER, LEOPOLD
HEUBERGER, LEOPOLD (Austr.). Medallist of the first half of the nineteenth century. He engraved in 1827 a medal on the Recons- truction of the University of Gratz, and the reverse of a medal of Charles John, Crown Prince of Sweden, and Field Marshal Prince von Schwarzenberg, with busts on either side; also medals of Prince Metternich;— Prince Hieronymusvon Mansteld-Colloredo; — Field Marshal von Blücher; — Pattern Double Gulden of 1831 (not approved of by the Monetary commission);--- Visit of Al...
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HEUBERGER, LEOPOLD (Austr.). Medallist of the first half of the nineteenth century. He engraved in 1827 a medal on the Recons- truction of the University of Gratz, and the reverse of a medal of Charles John, Crown Prince of Sweden, and Field Marshal Prince von Schwarzenberg, with busts on either side; also medals of Prince Metternich;— Prince Hieronymusvon Mansteld-Colloredo; — Field Marshal von Blücher; — Pattern Double Gulden of 1831 (not approved of by the Monetary commission);--- Visit of Al...
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HEURTHAUX, NICOLAS
HEURTHAUX, NICOLAS (French). Die-sinker at Paris, circa 1805- 181 5. He appears to have worked for the Medal Mint, and engraved several jetons and perhaps also some medals belonging to the Napoleonic Series. Very little appears to be known of this Engraver, whose signature I have noticed on the two pieces described here : Masonic Jeton of the Lodge of Angers, 1811, signed HEURTHUAX F (sic) ; Pattern 5 Franc Piece, for the monetary commission of 1814/15 ; etc. In An XI he was one of the competito...
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HEURTHAUX, NICOLAS (French). Die-sinker at Paris, circa 1805- 181 5. He appears to have worked for the Medal Mint, and engraved several jetons and perhaps also some medals belonging to the Napoleonic Series. Very little appears to be known of this Engraver, whose signature I have noticed on the two pieces described here : Masonic Jeton of the Lodge of Angers, 1811, signed HEURTHUAX F (sic) ; Pattern 5 Franc Piece, for the monetary commission of 1814/15 ; etc. In An XI he was one of the competito...
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HEYLBROECK, NORBERT
HEYLBROECK, NORBERT (Belg.). Goldsmith of Ghent ; appointed Engraver to the Mint at Bruges in 1749 ; ten year later he asked to be transferred to Brussels. He is the author of a medal of Maria Theresia, signed N. H., 1752. In 1731 this Engraver had been condemned to imprisonment for life as a false coiner, but in 1735, his wife obtained his release from the Archduchess Marie Elizabeth, Governor of the Netherlands. Bibliography. — Pinchart, Histoire de la gravure des médailles en Belgique, Bruxel...
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HEYLBROECK, NORBERT (Belg.). Goldsmith of Ghent ; appointed Engraver to the Mint at Bruges in 1749 ; ten year later he asked to be transferred to Brussels. He is the author of a medal of Maria Theresia, signed N. H., 1752. In 1731 this Engraver had been condemned to imprisonment for life as a false coiner, but in 1735, his wife obtained his release from the Archduchess Marie Elizabeth, Governor of the Netherlands. Bibliography. — Pinchart, Histoire de la gravure des médailles en Belgique, Bruxel...
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HILDEBRAND, BERNARD
HILDEBRAND, BERNARD (French). Contemporary Gem-engraver, born at Mantoillot (Côte-d'Or). He studied drawing at the Munici- pal School under M. Lequien, Rue des Petits-Hôtels, Paris, and there obtained a gold medal. His first exhibits at the Salon, in 1885 and 1886, are Cameo-portraits, a large number of which he exe- cuted at about that time for American families then residing at Paris. In the following years, Hildebrand produced, beside very fine Portraits, some beautiful cameos, amongst which ...
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HILDEBRAND, BERNARD (French). Contemporary Gem-engraver, born at Mantoillot (Côte-d'Or). He studied drawing at the Munici- pal School under M. Lequien, Rue des Petits-Hôtels, Paris, and there obtained a gold medal. His first exhibits at the Salon, in 1885 and 1886, are Cameo-portraits, a large number of which he exe- cuted at about that time for American families then residing at Paris. In the following years, Hildebrand produced, beside very fine Portraits, some beautiful cameos, amongst which ...
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