Gurschner Gustav

Mühldorf/Bavaria 1873 – 1971 Vienna

sculptor, metal designer and craftsman

From 1888 to 1894, he studied at the School of Arts and Crafts in Vienna and at the Academy in Munich; co-founder of the Vienna Secession and the Hagenbund as well as member of the Society of Visual Artists in Vienna. Served as director of the artists' foundry in Vienna.

Ref.: Vollmer, vol. II, p. 339; exhib. cat. Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, 1993, "Hagenbund – Die verlorene Moderne", pp. 117, 247