!!!Hanak, Anton

b. Brno, Czech Republic (then Bruenn), March 22, 1875, 
d. Vienna, Jan. 7, 1934, sculptor. Studied under E. v.  Hellmer at the 
Vienna Academy and was a founding member of the Vienna Secession, the 
Wiener Werkstaette and the Oesterreichischer  Werkbund. H. was teacher 
at the Vienna College of Arts and Crafts and from 1932 professor at 
the Vienna Academy. Almost all of his works are marked by visions and 
symbols (e.g. "Der letzte Mensch" ("The last of mankind"), 1917; "Der 
brennende Mensch", ("Man burning") 1922). He created sculptural 
decorations for several of J.  Hoffmann's buildings (including Villa 
Skywa, Primavesi country house, Villa Ast) as well as for municipal 
housing projects of the City of Vienna during the 1920s. his works 
also include numerous portrait busts and monuments (war monument at 
the Vienna Central Cemetery, 1925). H. museum in Langenzersdorf.

!Literature
G. Kapner, A. H. Kunst- und Kuenstlerkult, 1984; F. 
Grassegger (ed.), A. H. (1875-1934), 1997.



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