Josef Hermann Tautenhayn
1837 - 1911
Josef Hermann Tautenhayn was an Austrian medalist, sculptor, and professor.
Biography
Tautenhayn was born in Vienna, where he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna (1854-60) under Carl Radnitzky (1818-1901) and sculpture under Franz Lukas Bauer (1798-1872), then in the engravers' academy of the Imperial mint. After his return from a study trip through Italy, France, and England, undertaken in 1869-72, he was appointed Imperial engraver of coins and medals, and in 1881 professor at the academy.
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