Fritz Tiefenthaler

Fritz Tiefenthaler (born September 2, 1929 in Matrei in Osttirol , Tyrol ; † March 11, 2010 in Vienna ) was an Austrian sculptor and medalist .

Life

Tiefenthaler was born in 1929 as the son of Martin Tiefenthaler. After four years of elementary school in Matrei and four years of high school in Lienz , he attended the master school for painters and sculptors in Graz from 1944 . In 1948 he enrolled in the Vienna Art Academy , where he studied with Fritz Wotruba and Clemens Holzmeister , among others .

In 1970 Fritz Tiefenthaler received a chair as full professor of fine arts at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna (today University of Applied Arts Vienna ). Even after his retirement, Tiefenthaler still worked actively in his studio in Vienna and his home town of Matrei. Tiefenthaler was a member of the Vienna Art Club .

Tiefenthaler died on March 11, 2010 in the Liebhartstal sanatorium in Vienna, and on March 22, he was buried in the Vienna Central Cemetery.

Works (selection)

Reverse of the 50 Schilling silver coin from 1970: 300 years University of Innsbruck

Albanus Fountain in Matrei in East Tyrol, 1998

Concrete reliefs Filialkirche Aderklaa

Coins

• 1968: 50 Schilling coin 50 years of the Republic of Austria
• 1970: 50 Schilling coin 300 years of the University of Innsbruck
• 1971: 25 Schilling coin 200 years of the Vienna Stock Exchange
• 1972: 50 Schilling coin 100 years of the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences in Vienna
• 1973: 50 Schilling coin 500 years of Bummerlhaus in Steyr
• 1974: 50 Schilling coin 125 years of the gendarmerie in Austria
• 1976: 100 Schilling coin 200 years of the Burgtheater
• 1982: 500 Schilling coin 825 years Mariazell
• 1983: 500 Schilling coin Catholic Day 1983
• 1984: 500 Schilling coin 100th anniversary of Fanny Elßler's death

Sculptures

• 1965: Concrete reliefs at the Aderklaa branch church
• 1980: Lenz Moser memorial in Rohrendorf near Krems
• 1980: Johann Strauss statue Paris
• 1985: Rathausmann on Rathausplatz in Vienna; Copy of the figure at the top of the great tower of the Vienna City Hall
• 1997: The last sarcophagus
• 1998: Albanus Fountain in Matrei in East Tyrol

Other

• n.d.: ornamental fountain on the "market square" of the Weißenböckstraße settlement in Vienna- Simmering (11th district)

Web links

Commons : Fritz Tiefenthaler  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Artistic power from East Tyrol , East Tyrolean Bote 2000/43
• Mourning for a great Tyrolean sculptor , Osttiroler Bote, April 8, 2010
• Prof. Fritz Tiefenthaler celebrated the 80s , Osttiroler Bote October 15, 2009
• Austrian Mint AG
• Mourning for the sculptor from Matreier in: Tiroler Tageszeitung March 18, 2010