Rudolf Schwaiger (sculptor)

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Rudolf Schwaiger (born March 10, 1924 in Ebensee , Upper Austria , † June 3, 1979 in Vienna ) was an Austrian sculptor .

Life

Schwaiger attended the Hallstatt Wood School in Hallstatt from 1938 to 1942 before studying with Fritz Wotruba at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna from 1946 . In 1951 he graduated with a diploma. Schwaiger was married and had a daughter. He lived and worked in Vienna, where he died at the age of 55.

Awards

plant

Reclining girl, Krapfenwaldlbad (around 1952)
Sitting girl, Meidlinger Hauptstrasse 8-10 (1956)

Schwaiger first began to work in wood. However, his training at Wotruba led him to stone carving. Initially, cubist and abstract works of art were created under the influence of his teacher. Soon, however, he found a figurative formal language, also described as baroque, determined by curves, which became typical for him.

Schwaiger was active in the post-war period with the restoration and restoration of destroyed monuments and other sculptures. He then received numerous commissions for art in building in newly built municipal buildings from the municipality of Vienna . Rudolf Schwaiger often took part in exhibitions. His works can be found in the Museum of the City of Linz and in the Leopold Collection .

  • Dancing female figure (Oscar-Straus monument), bronze, Oscar-Straus-Park, Vienna 13
  • Reclining girl , fountain sculpture, Krapfenwaldl summer pool , Vienna 19 (around 1952)
  • Fish trade , relief, Fischerstiege 1–7, Vienna 1 (1953)
  • Schreitende , natural stone, Perfektastraße 2, Vienna 23 (around 1955)
  • Seated Girl , Meidlinger Hauptstrasse 8-10, Vienna 12 (1956)
  • Mother with two children , natural stone, Wallensteinstrasse 68–72, Vienna 20 (1959)
  • Boys' group , Konglomeratstein, Lorystraße 35–37, Vienna 11 (1960)
  • Children Obelisk , conglomerate stone, Breitenfurterstraße 184-196, Vienna 23 (1963)
  • Fasching , relief marble wall, Engerthstrasse 232–238, Vienna 20 (1965)
  • Färber , Konglomeratstein, Färbermühlgasse 11, Vienna 23 (1966)
  • Gymnastics boys , relief marble wall, Gugitzgasse 2, Vienna 19 (1969)
  • Gymnastics boys , Pastorstraße 29, Großfeldsiedlung , Vienna 21 (1970)
  • Donauweibchen , marble, Marchfeldstrasse 16–18, Vienna 20 (1975)
  • Spring nymph (seated girl) , marble, Brigittenauer Lände 48a, Vienna 20 (1976)
  • Three Graces , Marble, Anton-Sattler-Gasse 64–68, Vienna 22 (around 1977)
  • Spring nymphs , marble, Kurpark Oberlaa , Vienna 10

literature

  • Karl Diemer: Viennese naturalists [Eisler, Hrdlička, Martinz, Schönwald, Schwaiger]. Jugend & Volk, Vienna, 1969
  • Schwaiger. Workshop monograph . Jugend & Volk, Vienna 1975, ISBN 3-7141-6767-6

Web links

Commons : Rudolf Schwaiger  - Collection of Images
personal data
SURNAME Schwaiger, Rudolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH March 10, 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH Ebensee , Upper Austria
DATE OF DEATH 3rd June 1979
Place of death Vienna