Franz Hauer: Self-Made Man and Art Collector
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Format
Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
3777432148
ISBN-13
9783777432144
Publisher
Hirmer Verlag
Imprint
Hirmer Verlag
Country of Manufacture
DE
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jul 11th, 2019
Print length
320 Pages
Weight
1,936 grams
Dimensions
23.50 x 29.00 x 3.50 cms
Product Classification:
Exhibition catalogues & specific collections
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The legendary Austrian art collector Franz Hauer started out penniless, the son of a mailman, but went on to establish himself as an eminent art collector. After becoming wealthy by running the legendary Griechenbeisl restaurant in Vienna, he began acquiring art, including seminal modernist works by Egon Schiele and Oskar Kokoschka. He died in 1914, and almost the entire collection was sold in the years following his death. Today, Hauers treasures are held by numerous important museums and private collections throughout Europe and the United States. This book reconstructs Hauers legendary art collection and sheds new light on the fascinating personality of the first self-made man among the Viennese art collectors.
This book is dedicated to legendary art collector Franz Hauer. The son of a mailman from Lower Austria, he became one of the key figures of his time. Franz Hauer started out penniless, but became an exemplary self-made man. After becoming wealthy by running the legendary Griechenbeisl restaurant in Vienna, he began acquiring art and built an art collection with important groups of works by Egon Schiele and Oskar Kokoschka. Hauer passed away in 1914, and in the years after his death, almost the entire collection was sold. Today, its treasures are held by numerous important museums and private collections in Europe and the US. This book aims to portray the fascinating personality of Franz Hauer as the first self-made man among the Art Collectors in a new light – and to reconstruct his legendary art collection.
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