The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-26
rmGNER's FAMOUS SCULPTURES.
How Those in Possession of the Tel
fair Academy We're Secured.


fair academy Were Secured.
Victor oscar Tilgner, the celebrated
sculptor, whose works are seen at the
Telfair Academy, died last week in Wen
ma, from apoplexy. In a few days his
master creation, a Mozart monument,
would have been unveiled.
Tilgner was born in Presburg, Oct. %.
1874. He received his art education in the
Vienna Academy of Fine Arts, and under
Profs. Bauer, Grasser and Schoenthaler.
The first creations of his chisel were por-
trait busts and statues, among them that
of the Emperor Francis Joseph, the Crown
Prince Rudolph, Fuhrig, Laube, Bauern-
field and Rubens, the latter, in front OF the
Telfair Academy, renowned TOT thelr otlg-
inal composition and their Individuality.
Among Tilgner's decorative works, the
best known are his ngures placed on the
and groups of figures on tount ans N tne
parks of the emperor's villa in lschl, in
the Austrian TX ITiI5e ana ws 5ae P p1o-
lessor of the Vienna Academy of Fine
Arts, a member of the Berlin Art Acad-
envy, and was the possessor of tho great
gold medal of the Berlin International EX-
position. The picture, After the storm, by
Eugene Quicker, in the Teltalr ACADEMY,
was purchased by Director Brandt from
1t may be of interest at this time to
know how the statues by Prof. I1lgner
and Prof. Wagner were procured from
such great artists. During Director
Brandt's first trip TO Europe in the inter-
est of the Telfair Academy in 1888, Wnus
at whist witch Lembach and others OF MS
artist friends at one of the clubs in
Munich. he inquired of one of them II he
knew of a statue of Michael Angelo ana
Rubens worthy of note. Mr.. Brandt IN
his plan of forming collection OF works
of art for the academy, desired to place
five statues-Phidias, Raphael Michael
Angelo, Rubens, and Rembrandt-as they
are now placed, in front of the academy
building. He received this answer: The
best Rubens known is the one by Tilgner,
in front of the Kunst-Gebaude, In Vienna,
and a good statue by Anton Wagner OF
Michael Angelo is also in front of the
building"
When Mr.. Brandt visited Vienna he
inspected these statues. The building IT.
self was familiar to him, he having been
invited to a fete in honor of it's dedtca-
ton by the Emperor Francis Joseph in
Prof Tiiener9 had Several iIrs, SIN SIN.
dos in the city, one placed at
his disposal by Prince schwarzenberg,
which he made his headquarters, and
work on one of his fountains.
Prof. Tflgner and Mr.. Brandt became
fast friends in short time, 1t was then
that Mr.. Brandt approached him with the
order for the five statues The Replica of
the Rubens," by himself; 1.-THE Michael
Angelo" by Wagner. and a replica after
statue is on the parapet of the house of
parliament in Vienna, among two hun
dred statues of eminent men, For the Rem
brandt statue, he was to make new
model which he did. The Raphael by
Prof. Haehnel, now dead. of which Mr.
Brandt wished a replica, is in Dresden in
a niche in front Of the Dresden gallery,
Mr.. Tilgner being we'll acquainted with
Haehnel, thought he could procure the
crate remunera ton, and Mr.. Brandt con-
cluded to contract with Mr.. Tilgner at
once for the five statues to be executed
in Marina stone, the material used for
nearly all the new public buildings and
their sculptures in Vienna.
Before returning; however, to this
an amer enclosed letter letter from 'iSne H @sfn
nell in which the terms were set forth
under which he would agree to loan the
model of his Raphael to Prof Tilgner.
The terms were so high that Tilgner
would have lost money had he paid him
self the 'possessor of much of earthly
goods, that it would be a hardship to
him If Mr.. Brandt insisted upon the full
fillment of the contract, which he said
upon. Mr.. Brandt at once wrote to him
stating the attitude and form in detail
of the Raphael, which he wished to have
made, and begging him to throw Haehnel
entirely overheard and create a Raphael
which Mr. Brandt was confident would
compare in every respect with the Haeh-
mel statue He did so, and was COM
plimented by his brother artists on the
completion of the work, and many ex-
pressed themselves that the Tilgner Ra-
phael was the better of the two
The Tefair Academy possesses the or
iginal work by the sculptor, whose loss
is lamented by thousands of his admir-
ers.
Mr.. Walk, who is now In Savannah.
worked with Prof. Tilgner when Mr.
Brandt ordered the statues, and he cut
the Rubens and a part of some of the
others.