Jakob Guttmann (1811 – April 28, 1860) was a
Hungarian Jewish
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sculptor
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Guttmann was born in
Arad, then in Hungary. In his early childhood he carved toys, and in 1833 he went to Vienna to satisfy his artistic cravings. There he became an
engraver and worked for three years with his
burin. He then received a scholarship from Prince
Metternich
Klemens Wenzel Nepomuk Lothar, Prince of Metternich-Winneburg zu Beilstein ; german: Klemens Wenzel Nepomuk Lothar Fürst von Metternich-Winneburg zu Beilstein (15 May 1773 – 11 June 1859), known as Klemens von Metternich or Prince Metternic ...
enabling him to study at the
Vienna Academy of Fine Arts
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History
The Academy of Fine Arts Vienna was founded in 1692 as a private academy modelled on the Accademia di Sa ...
. He remained there until 1843, receiving awards for an embossed profile in wax of the emperor
Joseph II
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and for a steel-engraving of
Metastasio
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Early life
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In 1844 Guttmann produced a bronze statuette of Baron
Salomon von Rothschild from a portrait, and was commissioned by him to execute a replica in marble. The Baron also paid Guttmann an annuity, thus enabling him to go to Rome. There he modeled a bust of Pope
Pius IX
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and completed his masterpiece, ''Der Blumenspender''.
While in Rome, Guttmann was deeply interested in the
ghetto
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, which he described in letters to his father. Later he went to Paris, and in 1857 he became insane. He died in
Vienna
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Bibliography
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and
Singer
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, ''
Allgemeines Künstler-Lexicon'', ii. 110,
Frankfort-on-the-Main
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, 1896;
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* Alain and Gérard Wertheimer, French Jewish billionaire owners of Chanel
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's Jahrbuch, iv. 87 et seq.
Article references
Hungarian Jews
Jewish sculptors
1811 births
1860 deaths
Academy of Fine Arts Vienna alumni
19th-century Hungarian sculptors
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