Ämilian Zotz

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Ämilian "Emil" Zotz (born April 5, 1908 in Nesselwängle in Tyrol ; † July 23, 1984 ) was an Austrian plasterer who worked as an artist, particularly in the context of sacred buildings.

Act

Ämilian Zotz came from a line of the traditional Tyrolean Zotz family who were already active in the building trade and architecture when a guild for all craftsmen active in the building trade was founded in Bichlbach in 1694 with a certificate from Emperor Leopold I. Ämilian, who had an older family tradition, often worked with his brother Lorenz Zotz the Younger , who was also a master of plastering.

Ämilian Zotz was valued by clients for his special inventiveness, which was evident in the rich modifications of his ornamental motifs. Impressive examples of altar structures and pilasters - stucco marble emerged from his studio .

In the 1960s, Ämilian Zotz devoted more than two years to designing the “Assumption of Mary” church in his place of birth, which he considered to be a special artistic legacy. There he created a popular altar for the relics of the martyrs Aurelius and Apollinaris, as well as an ambo on stucco marble.

literature

  • Gert Ammann: The Tyrolean Oberland. Austrian Art Monographs Volume 9, Verlag St. Peter, Salzburg 1978.
  • Monika Bilgeri: Chronicle of the community Nesselwängle. Nesselwängle 1983.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Gert Amann: The Tyrolean Oberland . Salzburg 1978, p. 230 and 263.
  2. ↑ Monika Bilgeri: Small chronicle of the parish Nesselwängle . Nesselwängle 1992.
personal data
SURNAME Zotz, Ämilian
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Zotz, Emil (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian plasterer
DATE OF BIRTH April 5, 1908
PLACE OF BIRTH Nesselwängle , Tyrol
DATE OF DEATH July 23, 1984