Biography

Tautenhayn was born in Vienna, where he studied at the academy (1854-60) under Carl Radnitzky (1818-1901) and sculpture under Franz Lukas Bauer (1798-1872), then in the engravers' academy of the Imperial mint

Austrian Mint

The Austrian Mint , is located in Vienna. It issues every year the Vienna Philharmonic bullion coin, one of the most popular bullion coins in the world.- History :...

. After his return from a study trip through Italy

Italy

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, France

France

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, and England

England

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, undertaken in 1869-72, he was appointed Imperial engraver of coins and medals, and in 1881 professor at the academy.

Works

Among a large number of choice medals those commemorating the coronation of Francis Joseph

Franz Joseph I of Austria

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 as king of Hungary

Hungary

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 (1867), the Imperial Silver Wedding (1879), and the bicentennial of the Relief of Vienna from the Turks

Battle of Vienna

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 (1883), are the most noteworthy. His plastic work on a large scale includes a group of the “Birth of Athens,” and statues for the University of Vienna

University of Vienna

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, also statues for the Art-Historical Museum

Kunsthistorisches Museum

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 and the Houses of Parliament

Austrian Parliament Building

The Austrian Parliament Building in Vienna is where the two Houses of the Parliament of Austria conduct their sittings. The building is on the Ringstraße boulevard in the first district Innere Stadt, close by the Hofburg Palace and the Palace of Justice.The main construction lasted from 1874 to 1883...

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