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 | "Herodot in Olympia", study for a Austrian Parliament Building frieze by August Eisenmenger In 1883, the architect Theophil Hansen solicited proposals for a program of decorative friezes to adorn the chamber of the former House of Representatives (Abgeordnetenhaus) in the newly constructed Austrian Parliament Building in Vienna. Conceived within a framework of classical and civic-humanist ideals, the project sought to visually articulate the philosophical and political foundations of modern parliamentary governance. Among the artists invited to contribute was August Eisenmenger, who submitted several preparatory studies, including a composition titled Herodot in Olympia (Herodotus at Olympia) and was awarded the commission for the frieze program.
This work portrays the ancient Greek historian Herodotus reciting his Histories at the Olympic Games—an allegorical meditation on democratic discourse, public oratory, and the civic function of historiography. The subject matter resonated strongly with Hansen’s broader iconographic program for the friezes, which aimed to represent paradigmatic scenes of public deliberation, legislative assembly, and the pursuit of justice—concepts central to the identity of a constitutional state.
According to the Dorotheum Auction House (https://www.dorotheum.com/en/l/9320641/), Eisenmenger’s study formed the basis for the ninth panel in a fifteen-part frieze ultimately realized in 1886 for the Imperial Council Chamber. The reverse of the sketch bears an inscription identifying its intended placement: "in the former House of Representatives, center, 1st picture right." Executed in oil on canvas mounted on cardboard, the work measures 32 x 29 cm and remains preserved in its original frame.
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Date: 1883
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 | "MEET MY EX-BOSS, JOE" --Left to right, Joe Cronin, Dave (Boo) Ferriss, Lt James Flack, who was Dave Ferriss' high school baseball coach. Yesterday was the first
time Flack had seen Dave pitch in the big leagues.
MEETING TED WILLIAMS - remembrance by James M. Flack II
In 1950 my father and I (age 6) went from our home in Westford MA to Fenway Park to see my godfather Boo Ferris pitch. Boo was the ace for the Boston Red Sox having won 21 games in his rookie year. My father was Boo’s high coach baseball coach in Shaw Mississippi and Boo was best man at my parents’ wedding a decade later. As coach my father had moved Boo from center field to pitcher, which led to a Red Sox Hall of Fame career.
In 1950 Ted Williams was the embattled star of the Red Sox who had a running feud with the local press over many issues including taking time off by not playing late innings of some games.
When Boo was taken out in the 7th inning, my father and I left to get a jump on traffic. As we passed the players’ entrance at Fenway, my dad (who knew Boo’s friend Ted) saw Ted exiting and called him over to the passenger side of the car to introduce 6-year-old me.
Knowing we were leaving early, I asked Ted “why aren’t you still playing?”. The next thing I saw was not Ted Williams but the headliner of the car as my embarrassed father pulling me by the back of the collar.
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Owner of original: James M. Flack II
Date: 22 Feb 2025
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 | Abe Saller
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 | Alex Sunada
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Owner of original: Wellfleet MA
Date: 2017
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 | Allan Charles
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 | Amelia Steffan From Chronicle of Pfaundler Family 1486-1915
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Owner of original: Leopold Pfaundler
Date: ca. 1915
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 | Andrew Flack Passport photo
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Date: Jun 2009
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 | Anelle Swetman Jones
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 | Ann Flack Heard
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 | Anna Forman Jacobs 1st born daughter of Isaac & Celia Forman
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Owner of original: Nancy Sall
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 | Anna Hoberg Eisenmenger Stolen Napoleon diamond necklace taken to NYC District Attorney; Dr. George Schmidt, Austrian Consul-General | Anna | Lawrence Steinhart, Attorney
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Date: Mar 1930
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 | Anna Hoberg Eisenmenger Friend of Austrian Arch Duchess who retrieved stolen diamond necklace with cousin Sonya Eisenmenger Weber's assistance. Mother of Annie Eisenmenger, ceramic artist and Hildi Eisenmenger,notable tennis player.
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 | Anna Hoberg Eisenmenger & daughters Daughters: Annie (artist) and Hilde (tennis player)
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 | Anna Saller
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 | Anna Saller Skidelsky
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 | Anna Saller with Grand Kids Bob & Fran Forman, Betty Bledy
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Date: 1948
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 | Anne Groves
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 | Anne Riesenfeld Photo by Lucas Flack
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 | Annie Eisenmenger - Ceramic Artist Credo ceramic altar in Wolfsonian Museum Collection, Miami, FL
Viennese sculptor Annie Eisenmenger created this massive ceramic triptych altar for an international exposition of modern Christian art in Padua, Italy in 1931. Depicting the coronation of the Virgin Mary in its central panel and scenes from the life of Christ at either side, the triptych folds neatly for travel, its closed doors spelling "Credo" in bold, interlocking, wrought-iron letters. A brief mention in a 1932 Viennese publication stated that the work had been universally applauded.
Leo Nickless, research curator
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 | August Eisenmenger
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 | August Eisenmenger Self-portrait as a young man
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 | August Eisenmenger Self-portrait Self-portrait at the age of thirty in front of the easel. Oil on canvas, mounted on wood. 24.4 x 21.8 cm.
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https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/eisenmenger-august-selbstbildnis-mit-dreissig-jah-6175-c-b5c4cb8a88
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Date: 1860
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 | Avi Forman Wedding picture at Indian Creek, Calistoga CA
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Date: 2017
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 | Baby Hamp Heard
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 | Barbara Swetman Meyer
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 | Bardin Flack
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Date: 2016
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 | Betsy Hodge At Jennifer Bonnell's wedding
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Owner of original: Bob Flack
Date: 30 Jul 2005
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 | Betty & Norm Frost Family friends and Tryon neighbor on Wilderness RD
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 | Betty Bledy Betty on Anna Saller's front steps (grandmother)
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Date: 1948
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 | Beulah W. Hodge
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 | Beulah Wiley Hodge
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 | Bob Forman
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Date: 2015
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 | Bob Forman On Anna Saller's lap (Grandmother)
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Date: 1948
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 | Bob Forman
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Owner of original: Wikipedia webpage
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 | Caleb Hurst-Hiller Family photo with Silas brought home after birth
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Date: 2017
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 | Casper Pfaundler Caspar graduated in art history and film science from the university in Vienna. He has made several short films and entered the ranks of feature film directors in 2001 with Lost and Found. Pfaundler and his wife, Chinese actress Wu Su-jen, live and work in Taiwan.
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 | Celia Forman Len Forman's grandmother, mistakenly identified as her daughter "Jenny" or "Jennie" in 1920 & 1930 Census forms at 209 S. Exeter St, Baltimore MD. She only spoke Yiddish and could not read or write --according to grandson Leonard Forman's memoir.
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Date: Unk
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 | Charlie Bonnell
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 | Charlotte Sonya Escherich Weber A native of Vienna, Sonya (“Sonny”) was the daughter of Theodor Escherich, a pediatrician and bacteriologist famous for the discovery of the intestinal bacteria named after him, Escherichia coli. Sonya's earlier marriage was to Hugo Eisenmenger, an Austrian engineer who had settled in the United States. Sonya Weber became well known as a physiotherapist. She had earned a doctorate in physiotherapy in 1934 and was for many years was a director of the children's clinic of the Presbyterian Hospital in New York City.
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Date: c. 1960
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 | Chuck Hoffberger
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 | Chuck Hoffberger Owner of Baltimore Orioles 1954-1971, a 1996 honoree into the Orioles Hall of Fame
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 | Claudette Colbert Claudette Colbert was an American stage and film actress.
Colbert began her career in Broadway productions during the late 1920s and progressed to motion pictures with the advent of Talking pictures. Initially associated with Paramount Pictures, she gradually shifted to working as a freelance actress. She won the Academy Award for Best Actress in It Happened One Night (1934), and received two other Academy Award nominations. Other notable films include Cleopatra (1934) and The Palm Beach Story (1942).
Colbert was known for a versatility that led to her becoming one of the industry's best-paid stars of the 1930s and 1940s and, in 1938 and 1942, the highest-paid star. During her career, Colbert starred in more than 60 movies.
In 1999, the American Film Institute posthumously voted Colbert the 12th-greatest female star of classic Hollywood cinema.
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 | Coach Jim Flack Shaw High School Baseball Team with Boo Ferris
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Owner of original: Shaw HS Yearbook (from Boo Ferris)
Date: 1938
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 | Craig Sunada
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 | Dr Sebastian Pfaundler Private practice in psychiatry & psychotherapy, and "neurocoaching" for managers and athletes
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 | Dr. Joel Pressman
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 | Dr. Meinhard Pfaundler
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 | Eduard Bitterlich - Brothers Bitterlich Chess Game
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 | Eduard Bitterlich: Marriage of Cupid Cartoon for a ceiling painting in the main hall of palais epstein
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Date: 1871-1872
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 | Elaine (Forman) Tobias
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