Josef Hermann Tautenhayn (May 5, 1837 - April 1, 1911) was an Austrian medalist, sculptor, and professor.

Biography

Tautenhayn was born in Vienna, where he studied at the

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(1854–60) under Carl Radnitzky (1818-1901) and sculpture under Franz Lukas Bauer (1798-1872), then in the engravers' academy of the Imperial mint. After his return from a study trip through

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, and

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, undertaken in 1869–72, he was appointed Imperial engraver of coins and medals, and in 1881 professor at the academy.

Works

Among a large number of choice medalshttp://hdl.handle.net/10900/100742 S. Krmnicek and M. Gaidys, Gelehrtenbilder. Altertumswissenschaftler auf Medaillen des 19. Jahrhunderts, p. 32-34, 54f. (three examples) those commemorating the coronation of Francis Joseph as king of

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(1867), the Imperial Silver Wedding (1879), and the bicentennial of the Relief of Vienna from the Turks (1883), are the most noteworthy. His plastic work on a large scale includes a group of the “Birth of Athens,” and statues for the

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, also statues for the Art-Historical Museum and the

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. He was one of the sculptors, namely

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and Hugo Haerdtl, who worked with the erection of The Athena Fountain (Pallas-Athene-Brunnen) in front of the

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Tautenhayn, Josef in: Wladimir Aichelburg 150 Jahre Künstlerhaus Wien 1861-2011 (Member of the Vienna Art Cooperative), German
Artists from Vienna Austrian male sculptors 1837 births 1911 deaths 20th-century Austrian sculptors 19th-century Austrian sculptors Academy of Fine Arts Vienna alumni Academic staff of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna Austrian medallists 20th-century Austrian male artists {{Austria-sculptor-stub

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