Moriz Jung
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| Born | 1885 Nikolsburg(Mikulov) |
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Moriz Jung (Born: 1885, Died: 1915)[1] was an Austrian artist and graphic designer best known for his work as part of the Wiener Werkstätte.
Born in Nikolsburg (now Mikulov), in the Austro-Hungarian Empire (now Czech Republic) in 1885[2], he attended the Kunstgewerbeschule in Vienna from 1901 to1908[3] where he produced woodcuts, linocuts, lithographs postcards, and book images in a distinctive humorous, often bizarre graphic style under professors Carl Otto Czeschka, Bertold Löffler (en), Felician Myrbach and Alfred Roller.
During his studies he published a book of coloured woodcuts, Freunden geschnitten und gedruckt von Moriz Jung (Lipsia and Vienna, 1906), of animals, and in 1907 received a prestigious commission from the Wiener Werkstätte to create the poster for the the newly opened Viennese "Cabaret Fledermaus". In 1907,|url=https://lelloliving.com/en-us/blogs/blog/exploring-the-artistic-brilliance-of-moriz-jung |access-date=2023-09-13 |website=LelloLiving |language=en}}</ref>.
Jung's career was short but prolific, publishing 10 works at age 18 and continuing to produce many works per year. His works could be found in “Ver Sacrum” (thought to be one of the most important publications in Vienna's art scene of the time)[4], “Erdgeist”, “Der Ruf”, in the sports review of the “Fremdenblatt” and in the social democratic satirical magazine “Die Glühlichter” publishing socially critical caricatures under "a variety of aliases", such as Simon Mölzlagl or - in reference to his birthplace - Nikolaus Burger[5]. At the 1908 art show, Jung was represented with three works in the poster room curated by Bertold Löffler. After1910, Jung moved to Berlin to work in a graphics institute.
Jung did not agree with the widespread war euphoria of the time, and wrote “All doubts about vocation and the like have disappeared, blown away The thunder of the guns, and when I fall in the field, I know that I have not only lived for myself, but also for my people.”[6]
In 1914 he was called up for military service and in September was seriously injured in Gallicia by a shot in the left thigh. As soon as he had recovered, he had to go back to the front and fell in the winter-long Carpathian Battle on March 11, 1915 on the Manilowa Heights near the village of Łubne, south of Baligród[6]. He was only 29 at the time but received recognition in numerous obituaries such as “Prager Tagblatt”[7] and “Fremden-Blatt” newspapers, the latter stated “Jung was one of the most gifted caricaturists of the modern Viennese school. His woodcuts and black-and-white sheets were particularly appreciated by connoisseurs.”[8]
References
- ↑ "Moriz Jung: Biographical/Historical Information". artsology.com. Retrieved 2023-09-13.
- ↑ "Ontdek graficus, illustrator, schilder Moritz Jung". rkd.nl (in Nederlands). Retrieved 2023-09-13.
- ↑ Rosenman, Roberto. "JUNG, MORIZ -". Retrieved 2023-09-13.
- ↑ Shapira, Elana (2018-04-18), "Jews, Culture, and Viennese Modernism", Design Dialogue: Jews, Culture and Viennese Modernism, Köln: Böhlau Verlag, pp. 11–38, retrieved 2023-09-13
- ↑ "Der Grafiker Moritz Jung". magazin.wienmuseum.at (in Deutsch). Retrieved 2023-09-13.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Der Grafiker Moritz Jung". magazin.wienmuseum.at (in Deutsch). Retrieved 2023-09-13.
- ↑ "ANNO, Prager Tagblatt, 1915-07-16". anno.onb.ac.at. Retrieved 2023-09-13.
- ↑ "ANNO, Fremden-Blatt, 1915-04-04". anno.onb.ac.at. Retrieved 2023-09-13.
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