Rudolf Weyr

Rudolf Weyr, from 14 May 1911, Rudolf Ritter von Weyr (22 March 1847, Vienna - 30 October 1914, Vienna) was an Austrian sculptor in the Neo-Baroque style.

Life He studied under Franz Bauer and Josef Cesar and was employed by the latter for many years. In 1875, he was contracted by Gottfried Semper and Carl Hasenauer to assist them with their work on the Kunsthistorisches Museum. In 1879, under the direction of Hans Makart, he designed table settings and other decorative pieces for the Emperor's Silver Wedding Anniversary. From the late 1880s, he worked alone and created some of the most important figures that adorn the Ringstraße.

In his later years, Weyr suffered from arteriosclerosis and died of heart failure induced by pneumonia. He was buried in the Döbling Cemetery.

In 1919, a street in Landstraße was named the Weyrgasse in his honor.

Major works 1884: Gable statues at the Hermesvilla 1888: Spandrel figures in the windows at the Burgtheater 1889: Grillparzer Memorial in the Burggarten (with Carl Kundmann); Weyr created the reliefs depicting Grillparzer's dramatic works. 1890: Relief figures of the Museum's patrons in the dome of the Kunsthistorischen Museum 1895: Fountain: "Power at Sea" (its counterpart, "Power on the Land" is the work of the sculptor Edmund Hellmer) at the Michaelertrakt in the Hofburg 1895: Relief of Vasil Levski on his Memorial Sofia, Bulgaria 1898: Emperor Franz-Josef Memorial in Schwechat 1905: Memorial to Hans Canon in the Stadtpark 1907: Fountain in Děčín, Czech Republic 1908: Memorial to Johannes Brahms in the Karlsplatz