Author: Sármány-Parsons, Ilona

Source: Austrian Studies, Volume 16, Number 1, 1 December 2008 , pp. 87-104(18)

Publisher: Modern Humanities Research Association

Abstract:

The article focuses on the early career of Hungarian-born journalist Ludwig Hevesi (1843-1910), who as feuilleton editor and cultural critic at the Fremden-Blatt (1875-1910) became a well-regarded figure on the Viennese art scene. It takes as a case-study his reviews of the International Art Exhibition held at the Künstlerhaus in 1882. These not only illustrate his critical method and idiosyncratic style but also demonstrate his preference for subjects taken from contemporary social life. Hevesi's appreciation of what was `modern' about historicist art enabled him to become an influential supporter of the Secession, his writing thus forming a bridge between the nineteenth and the twentieth centuries.

German
Der Aufsatz befasst sich mit der frühen Karriere des in Ungarn geborenen Journalisten Ludwig Hevesi (1843-1910), der in seiner Funktion als Kritiker und Redakteur des Feuilletons beim Fremden-Blatt (1875-1910) zu einer anerkannten Größe der Wiener Kunstszene wurde. Als Fallbeispiel werden seine Kritiken zur Internationalen Kunstausstellung im Wiener Künstlerhaus im Jahre 1882 untersucht. Nicht nur seine Methode als Kritiker und sein einzigartiger Stil werden in diesen Texten deutlich, sondern es zeigt sich darin auch seine Vorliebe für Sujets aus dem sozialen Leben seiner Zeit. Hevesis Wertschätzung des `Modernen' im Historizismus erleichterte ihm den Weg zur tatkräftigen Unterstützung der Sezession. Infolgedessen schlagen seine kritischen Schriften eine Brücke zwischen dem neunzehnten und zwanzigsten Jahrhundert.

Keywords: Ludwig Hevesi (1843-1910); feuilleton editor; cultural critic; Fremden-Blatt; Viennese art scene; the International Art Exhibition; Künstlerhaus; 1882; modern; historicist art; Secession; Ludwig Hevesi (1843-1910); Kritiker; Redakteur des Feuilletons; Fremden-Blatt; Wiener Kunstszene; Internationalen Kunstausstellung; Wiener Künstlerhaus; 1882; Modernen; Historizismus; Sezession

Document Type: Research article

Affiliations: 1: Central European University, Budapest

Publication date: 2008-12-01

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