KOWARZIK, JOSEF (Germ.). Contemporary Sculptor, and Medallist, residing at Frankfort-on-Main ; learned medal-engraving under Professors Tautenhayn and St. Schwartz, and at the Vienna Academy of Decorative Arts. He is the author of the following medals and plaquettes : Plaquette on the 150th Anniversary of the birth of Goethe, 1899 (illustrated); — Leopold Sonnemann, Portrait-medal, 1901; — Allegorical Medal; — Clara Monneron ; — Eugenie and Johanna von Rath; — 60th Anniversary and Jubilee of the Frankfort sculptor Hans Thoma; — 75th Anniversary of Prof. Julius Stockhausen, 1901 ; — Adolph Menzel, painter; —Friedrich Stoltze, 1891 (R. by one of Kowarzick's pupils); — M. & Mme Rothhan R. their three children (R. illustrated); —Nursing Exhibition at Frankfort-on-M. ; — 25th Anniversary of the Voluntary Fire-Brigade of Frankfort-on-M. ; — Wilhelm and Elisabeth ; — Dori, bust of a young peasant girl ; — The Walkyrie ; — Golden Wedding of Dr Ernst Passavant and his wife Louise ; — Exhibition of Means for preventing Accidents (Unfallschutz) at Frankfort-on-Main, 1900 ; — August Weismann ; — Theodore Mommsen (illustrated) ; Inauguration of the new Town Hall at Frankfort-on-Main, 1903 ; — Silver Wedding of Dr phil. Dietrich Cunze, 1898; — The Oppenheim family, 1898; — Betrothal of Else von Guaita with Walter Lampe, 1895 ; — Medal of the Venetian Exhibition, 1904; — Paul Ehrlich, Director of the Institute of Experimental Therapeutics at Frankfort-on-Main, 1904; — Dr Eugen Lucius Medal ; — Max von Guaita, president of the Frankfort Chamber of commerce; — Prof. Carl Weigert, anatomist and director of the Pathological Institute, &c. "Zu den hervorragendsten Erscheinungen unter den deutschen Medailleuren zählt deran dem Staedelschen Kunstinstitut in Frankfurt a. M. als Lehrer thätige Plastiker Professor Joseph Kowarzik : Die Wiener Kunstgewerbeschule, später die Akademie der bildenden Künste in Wien (Schule Helmer) waren die Stätten, an welchen sich der Genius des Künstlers entwickelte, seine Meisterschaft liegt gegenwärtig noch vorwiegend in den Portraitseiten seiner Medaillen, von welchen einzelne zu dem Besten zählen, was deutsche Medailleurkunst in letzter Zeit geschaffen ; doch auch in den Reversen, deren Zeichnung mitunter nicht einwandsfrei ist, bekundet sichein starkes, eigenartiges Talent, dessen Anregungen in die Zeit des XV. und XVI. Jahrhunderts zurückführen " (Moderne Medaille, 1900, P. 7). "Josef Kowarzik", says a writer in Studio, XXXI, 83 " is a refined and resourceful sculptor of the first rank".
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
KIRK, A.
KIRK, A. (Brit.). Probably a brother of John Kirk, and also a Medallist. He died in 1761 or thereabout. His workshop was in St. Paul's Churchyard. By him are : 1745. The Rebels repulsed by the Duke of Cumberland (obv. only, signed A. KIRK F.); — 1745. Another, on the same event (obv. only); — 1746. Battle of Culloden (R. only) ; — 1746. Another, on the same event (entirely by A. Kirk), &c. A. Kirk worked in conjunction with John Kirk. Bibliography. — Bolzenthal, op. cit. — Franks and Grueber, M...
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KIRK, A. (Brit.). Probably a brother of John Kirk, and also a Medallist. He died in 1761 or thereabout. His workshop was in St. Paul's Churchyard. By him are : 1745. The Rebels repulsed by the Duke of Cumberland (obv. only, signed A. KIRK F.); — 1745. Another, on the same event (obv. only); — 1746. Battle of Culloden (R. only) ; — 1746. Another, on the same event (entirely by A. Kirk), &c. A. Kirk worked in conjunction with John Kirk. Bibliography. — Bolzenthal, op. cit. — Franks and Grueber, M...
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KIRK, JOHN
KIRK, JOHN (Brit.). A London Medallist and Gem-engraver of the second half of the eighteenth century, born in 1724, by whom are a number of medals and medalets. He wasa pupil of James Anthony Dassier, and received premiums from the Society of Arts. With A. Kirk he lived in St. Paul's Churchyard, where he died on the 27th of November 1776. His signature occurs as : I. KIRK F.; — KIRK ; — KIRK FEC. ; — I. KIRK ; — KIRK FEC. John Kirk's best known works are : Medals. Edward VI., Christ's Hospital's...
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KIRK, JOHN (Brit.). A London Medallist and Gem-engraver of the second half of the eighteenth century, born in 1724, by whom are a number of medals and medalets. He wasa pupil of James Anthony Dassier, and received premiums from the Society of Arts. With A. Kirk he lived in St. Paul's Churchyard, where he died on the 27th of November 1776. His signature occurs as : I. KIRK F.; — KIRK ; — KIRK FEC. ; — I. KIRK ; — KIRK FEC. John Kirk's best known works are : Medals. Edward VI., Christ's Hospital's...
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KIRKWOOD & SON
KIRKWOOD & SON (Brit.). This firm has long been connected with medallic work in Edinburgh. The great-grandfather of the present representative and his grandfather were both well-known engravers ". (Cochran-Patrick, Medals of Scotland, p. 268). Henry Kirkwood, the author of the Watt Medal, and his brother, Alexander, 1804- 1879, are the best known Medallists of the family. The signature KIRKWOOD & SON or A. KIRKWOOD & SON to which is added sometimes EDINR. occurs on the following medals enumer at...
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KIRKWOOD & SON (Brit.). This firm has long been connected with medallic work in Edinburgh. The great-grandfather of the present representative and his grandfather were both well-known engravers ". (Cochran-Patrick, Medals of Scotland, p. 268). Henry Kirkwood, the author of the Watt Medal, and his brother, Alexander, 1804- 1879, are the best known Medallists of the family. The signature KIRKWOOD & SON or A. KIRKWOOD & SON to which is added sometimes EDINR. occurs on the following medals enumer at...
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KIRKWOOD, ALEXANDER
KIRKWOOD, ALEXANDER (Brit.). Medallist of the second and third quarters of the nineteenth century, who resided at Edinburgh, where he died on the 6. August,; 1879, at the age of seventyfive, having been born on the 23. August, 1804. From Cochran-Patrick, we learn that he is the author of the following medals : Montrose Medal of Merit (signed : A. KIRKWOOD); — Medals of the Royal Scottish Society of Arts (2 var.); Medal of the Photographic Society of Scotland (R. only); — Medal of the Ayrshire Ag...
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KIRKWOOD, ALEXANDER (Brit.). Medallist of the second and third quarters of the nineteenth century, who resided at Edinburgh, where he died on the 6. August,; 1879, at the age of seventyfive, having been born on the 23. August, 1804. From Cochran-Patrick, we learn that he is the author of the following medals : Montrose Medal of Merit (signed : A. KIRKWOOD); — Medals of the Royal Scottish Society of Arts (2 var.); Medal of the Photographic Society of Scotland (R. only); — Medal of the Ayrshire Ag...
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