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== Biography ==
== Biography ==
August Rietmann was born in Lustdorf, Switzerland, in 1877. He married Maria Frieda Oesschlager (1878–1942) of [[Baden-Baden|Baden Baden]], Germany on 6 August 1910. After five years and during WW1 he and wife Frieda migrated on 8 August 1915 to Melbourne, sailing on the [[SS Osterley|S.S. ''Osterley'']] from [[Marseille]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Photographs, x3 B/W August Rietmann working at Corbens Ltd c1915-22, c1915 -1922 |url=https://victoriancollections.net.au/items/5d2685a021ea6b020095fdd9 |access-date=2022-05-02 |website=Victorian Collections |language=en}}</ref>
August Walter Rietmann was born in [[Thundorf, Switzerland|Lustdorf]], Bezirk Frauenfeld, [[Thurgau]], Switzerland,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Documents, x3 Printed, Census Lustdorf 1914,15, Swiss Citizen Pass1915, 1914-1915 |url=https://victoriancollections.net.au/items/5d25c57f21ea6b0200ef614b |access-date=2022-05-02 |website=Victorian Collections |language=en}}</ref> on 8 Jun 1877 to parents Walt and Karolina (née Gutterer) and was baptised a Lutheran. He married Maria Frieda Ölschläger (1878–1942) of [[Baden-Baden|Baden Baden]], Germany on 6 August 1910.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Photograph, B/W, x3 Wedding August & Frieda Rietmann 1910 and Certicicate, 1910,1915 |url=https://victoriancollections.net.au/items/5d21e6d421ea6915f8857d42 |access-date=2022-05-02 |website=Victorian Collections |language=en}}</ref> After five years and during WW1 he and wife Frieda migrated on 8 August 1915 to Melbourne, sailing on the [[SS Osterley|S.S. ''Osterley'']] from [[Marseille]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Photographs, x3 B/W August Rietmann working at Corbens Ltd c1915-22, c1915 -1922 |url=https://victoriancollections.net.au/items/5d2685a021ea6b020095fdd9 |access-date=2022-05-02 |website=Victorian Collections |language=en}}</ref>


In 1917 they leased Box Cottage, [[Ormond, Victoria|Ormond]] previously occupied by market gardeners William and Elizabeth Box, residents there from 1868–1913. There they raised two children, Stefanie (1918 -2006) and William (1920- 1997). In 1935 August purchased the property and the family used the Cottage during the day and slept in the Front House.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Bader |first=Fran |date=July 2016 |title=Glen Eira history remembered : Box Cottage Museum |url=https://www.gehs.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Issue-10.pdf |journal=Glen Eira Historical Society Newsletter |volume=10 |pages=4 |issn=2201-5647}}</ref> He applied for [[Naturalization|naturalisation]] as an Australian citizen in October 1939.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Rietmann |first=August |date=1939-10-16 |title=Public notices |pages=10 |work=Argus |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article11236034 |access-date=2022-05-02}}</ref>
In 1917 they leased Box Cottage, [[Ormond, Victoria|Ormond]] previously occupied by market gardeners William and Elizabeth Box, residents there from 1868–1913. There they raised two children, Stefanie (1918 -2006) and William (1920- 1997). In 1935 August purchased the property and the family used the Cottage during the day and slept in the Front House.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Bader |first=Fran |date=July 2016 |title=Glen Eira history remembered : Box Cottage Museum |url=https://www.gehs.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Issue-10.pdf |journal=Glen Eira Historical Society Newsletter |volume=10 |pages=4 |issn=2201-5647}}</ref> He applied for [[Naturalization|naturalisation]] as an Australian citizen in October 1939.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Rietmann |first=August |date=1939-10-16 |title=Public notices |pages=10 |work=Argus |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article11236034 |access-date=2022-05-02}}</ref>


== Sculptor ==
From the date of his arrival Rietmann was employed at [[Monumental masonry|monumental masons]] Corbens Ltd. [[Clifton Hill, Victoria|Clifton Hill]], where after WW1 he carved up to twelve war memorials,<ref>{{Cite book |last=Clark |first=Anna |url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/private-lives-public-history/oclc/1264718115 |title=Private Lives, Public History |date=2016 |publisher=READHOWYOUWANT |isbn=978-1-5252-1890-3 |location=S.l. |language=English |oclc=1264718115}}</ref> including that at [[Bonnie Doon, Victoria|Bonnie Doon]]. During the 1920's August set up his own business producing pressed cement plant pot, columns, paving slabs and street lamp standards, some of which were installed in St Kilda Road, as well as headstones and figures. During the 1930s Depression he took on apprentices. He was contracted for his services by fine artists including [[Paul Raphael Montford|Paul Mountford]] whose design for the memorial at Stonnington Town Hall Rietmann carved in 1930.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Scarlett |first=Ken |url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/australian-sculptors/oclc/6943806 |title=Australian sculptors |date=1980 |publisher=Thomas Nelson (Australia) |isbn=978-0-17-005292-4 |location=West Melbourne, Vic. |language=English |oclc=6943806}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> He built a workshop in the Barn and used the Cottage for plaster moulding.
From the date of his arrival Rietmann was employed at [[Monumental masonry|monumental masons]] Corbens Ltd. [[Clifton Hill, Victoria|Clifton Hill]], where after WW1 he carved up to twelve war memorials,<ref>{{Cite book |last=Clark |first=Anna |url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/private-lives-public-history/oclc/1264718115 |title=Private Lives, Public History |date=2016 |publisher=READHOWYOUWANT |isbn=978-1-5252-1890-3 |location=S.l. |language=English |oclc=1264718115}}</ref> including those at Coleraine<ref>{{Cite web |title=Photograph, Colour , WW1 Memorial at Coleraine, Letter to August Rietmann, c1921, c 1990 |url=https://victoriancollections.net.au/items/5d271dec21ea680bc0f9460b |access-date=2022-05-02 |website=Victorian Collections |language=en}}</ref> and [[Bonnie Doon, Victoria|Bonnie Doon]]. During the 1920's August set up his own business producing pressed cement plant pot, columns, paving slabs and street lamp standards, some of which were installed in St Kilda Road, as well as headstones and figures. In 1922 Rietmann was commissioned by Sir [[Macpherson Robertson|MacPherson Robertson]], confectionery manufacturer, for a bust which was installed at [[Mac.Robertson Girls' High School|Mac Robertson Girls High School]] for which Robertson had provided building funds.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Photograph x 1 B/W 'MacRobertson' Bust , Letter, Envelope 1922 August Rietmann sculptor, 1922 |url=https://victoriancollections.net.au/items/5d2679a021ea6b020089f86f |access-date=2022-05-02 |website=Victorian Collections |language=en}}</ref> During the 1930s [[Great Depression in Australia|Depression]] he took on apprentices. He was contracted for his services by fine artists including [[Paul Raphael Montford|Paul Mountford]] whose design for the memorial at Stonnington Town Hall Rietmann carved in 1930.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Scarlett |first=Ken |url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/australian-sculptors/oclc/6943806 |title=Australian sculptors |date=1980 |publisher=Thomas Nelson (Australia) |isbn=978-0-17-005292-4 |location=West Melbourne, Vic. |language=English |oclc=6943806}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> He built a workshop in the Barn and used the Cottage for plaster moulding.


== Legacy ==
Son William joined the business<ref>{{Cite news |date=1952-03-25 |title=Advertising |work=Age |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article206199842 |access-date=2022-05-02}}</ref> and and the family continued to use the site after August died in 1951.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1951-11-17 |title=Family Notices |work=Age |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article205661566 |access-date=2022-05-02}}</ref> William moved Rietmann Landscaping Ltd to Bay Road [[Highett, Victoria|Highett]] in 1953 and later to [[Carrum, Victoria|Carrum]]. The land, containing the Box Cottage, was sold to Lewis Timber Pty Ltd in 1970 who approached [[Moorabbin, Victoria|Moorabbin]] City Council to preserve the heritage Cottage.<ref>{{Cite web |title=City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum) |url=https://victoriancollections.net.au/organisations/box-cottage-museum |access-date=2022-05-02 |website=Victorian Collections |language=en}}</ref> Subsequently in 1984 the Cottage was dismantled and reconstructed in the adjacent Joyce Park where it serves as a museum.<ref name=":0" /> Rietmann is buried at Cheltenham Memorial Park with his wife Frieda who died on 22 July 1942.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Frieda Rietmann Died: 22 Jul 1942 BillionGraves Record |url=https://billiongraves.com/grave/Frieda-Rietmann/10913838 |access-date=2022-05-02 |website=BillionGraves |language=en}}</ref>
Son William joined the business<ref>{{Cite news |date=1952-03-25 |title=Advertising |work=Age |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article206199842 |access-date=2022-05-02}}</ref> and and the family continued to use the site after August died on 16 November 1951.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1951-11-17 |title=Family Notices |work=Age |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article205661566 |access-date=2022-05-02}}</ref> William moved Rietmann Landscaping Ltd to Bay Road [[Highett, Victoria|Highett]] in 1953 and later to [[Carrum, Victoria|Carrum]]. The land, containing the Box Cottage, was sold to Lewis Timber Pty Ltd in 1970 who approached [[Moorabbin, Victoria|Moorabbin]] City Council to preserve the heritage Cottage.<ref>{{Cite web |title=City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum) |url=https://victoriancollections.net.au/organisations/box-cottage-museum |access-date=2022-05-02 |website=Victorian Collections |language=en}}</ref> Subsequently in 1984 the Cottage was dismantled and reconstructed in the adjacent Joyce Park where it serves as a museum.<ref name=":0" /> Rietmann is buried at Cheltenham Memorial Park with his wife Frieda who died on 22 July 1942.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Frieda Rietmann Died: 22 Jul 1942 BillionGraves Record |url=https://billiongraves.com/grave/Frieda-Rietmann/10913838 |access-date=2022-05-02 |website=BillionGraves |language=en}}</ref>


== References ==
== References ==

Revision as of 07:43, 2 May 2022

August Rietmann (1877-1951) was a Swiss-born Australian monumental mason, potter and sculptor.[1]

Biography

August Walter Rietmann was born in Lustdorf, Bezirk Frauenfeld, Thurgau, Switzerland,[2] on 8 Jun 1877 to parents Walt and Karolina (née Gutterer) and was baptised a Lutheran. He married Maria Frieda Ölschläger (1878–1942) of Baden Baden, Germany on 6 August 1910.[3] After five years and during WW1 he and wife Frieda migrated on 8 August 1915 to Melbourne, sailing on the S.S. Osterley from Marseille.[4]

In 1917 they leased Box Cottage, Ormond previously occupied by market gardeners William and Elizabeth Box, residents there from 1868–1913. There they raised two children, Stefanie (1918 -2006) and William (1920- 1997). In 1935 August purchased the property and the family used the Cottage during the day and slept in the Front House.[5] He applied for naturalisation as an Australian citizen in October 1939.[6]

Sculptor

From the date of his arrival Rietmann was employed at monumental masons Corbens Ltd. Clifton Hill, where after WW1 he carved up to twelve war memorials,[7] including those at Coleraine[8] and Bonnie Doon. During the 1920's August set up his own business producing pressed cement plant pot, columns, paving slabs and street lamp standards, some of which were installed in St Kilda Road, as well as headstones and figures. In 1922 Rietmann was commissioned by Sir MacPherson Robertson, confectionery manufacturer, for a bust which was installed at Mac Robertson Girls High School for which Robertson had provided building funds.[9] During the 1930s Depression he took on apprentices. He was contracted for his services by fine artists including Paul Mountford whose design for the memorial at Stonnington Town Hall Rietmann carved in 1930.[10][5] He built a workshop in the Barn and used the Cottage for plaster moulding.

Legacy

Son William joined the business[11] and and the family continued to use the site after August died on 16 November 1951.[12] William moved Rietmann Landscaping Ltd to Bay Road Highett in 1953 and later to Carrum. The land, containing the Box Cottage, was sold to Lewis Timber Pty Ltd in 1970 who approached Moorabbin City Council to preserve the heritage Cottage.[13] Subsequently in 1984 the Cottage was dismantled and reconstructed in the adjacent Joyce Park where it serves as a museum.[5] Rietmann is buried at Cheltenham Memorial Park with his wife Frieda who died on 22 July 1942.[14]

References

  1. ^ August Rietman: Australian Art and Artists file. OCLC 225562430.
  2. ^ "Documents, x3 Printed, Census Lustdorf 1914,15, Swiss Citizen Pass1915, 1914-1915". Victorian Collections. Retrieved 2022-05-02.
  3. ^ "Photograph, B/W, x3 Wedding August & Frieda Rietmann 1910 and Certicicate, 1910,1915". Victorian Collections. Retrieved 2022-05-02.
  4. ^ "Photographs, x3 B/W August Rietmann working at Corbens Ltd c1915-22, c1915 -1922". Victorian Collections. Retrieved 2022-05-02.
  5. ^ a b c Bader, Fran (July 2016). "Glen Eira history remembered : Box Cottage Museum" (PDF). Glen Eira Historical Society Newsletter. 10: 4. ISSN 2201-5647.
  6. ^ Rietmann, August (1939-10-16). "Public notices". Argus. p. 10. Retrieved 2022-05-02.
  7. ^ Clark, Anna (2016). Private Lives, Public History. S.l.: READHOWYOUWANT. ISBN 978-1-5252-1890-3. OCLC 1264718115.
  8. ^ "Photograph, Colour , WW1 Memorial at Coleraine, Letter to August Rietmann, c1921, c 1990". Victorian Collections. Retrieved 2022-05-02.
  9. ^ "Photograph x 1 B/W 'MacRobertson' Bust , Letter, Envelope 1922 August Rietmann sculptor, 1922". Victorian Collections. Retrieved 2022-05-02.
  10. ^ Scarlett, Ken (1980). Australian sculptors. West Melbourne, Vic.: Thomas Nelson (Australia). ISBN 978-0-17-005292-4. OCLC 6943806.
  11. ^ "Advertising". Age. 1952-03-25. Retrieved 2022-05-02.
  12. ^ "Family Notices". Age. 1951-11-17. Retrieved 2022-05-02.
  13. ^ "City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum)". Victorian Collections. Retrieved 2022-05-02.
  14. ^ "Frieda Rietmann Died: 22 Jul 1942 BillionGraves Record". BillionGraves. Retrieved 2022-05-02.
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