Alois Düll
Alois Franz Xaver Düll (born June 28, 1843 in Vienna ; † March 13, 1900 there ) was an Austrian sculptor of historicism .
Life
Alois Düll studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna with Franz Bauer and Carl Kundmann and at the Art Academy in Dresden with Ernst Hähnel . After a few years in Germany and Italy , he returned to Vienna, where he became a secondary school teacher on the Wieden . From 1873 to 1879 Düll was assistant to the general sculpture school of the Vienna Academy, of which he headed the sculpture class for Carl Kundmann for the last three years. After his death in 1900, Alois Düll was buried in Vienna's central cemetery.
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Alois Düll was a representative of the historicism that prevailed during his lifetime. During the expansion of the Vienna Ringstrasse zone , he created facade figures on numerous monumental buildings that were being built at the time.
- Zwickelfiguren the round arch portals , Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna (1872–1877)
- Zeus and Neptune , Vienna Stock Exchange (1876), destroyed
- Allegories of civil professions , Vienna City Hall (1872–1883)
- Allegorical figures of theology , University of Vienna , parapet balustrade (1873–1884)
- Lysippus and Apollo , Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna, attic balustrade, Babenbergerstraße (1871–1891)
- Artist portrait , Kunsthistorisches Museum, Room VI
- Jason and Kolaios , Noah and Moses , Natural History Museum Vienna , Bellariastraße
- Faith and Love , Atonement House (1882–1885), destroyed
- Monument to Joseph von Sonnenfels , Arkadenhof of the University of Vienna (1891)
- Victoria , New Castle , Heldenplatz (1897)
- Mercy , New Hofburg, Library Courtyard
- Richard Wagner , Wiener Musikverein , vestibule (1899)
- Polybios , Parliament Building Vienna , Parliament ramp (1899)
- Athena , Demeter and Artemis , parliament, grand staircase
- Marienfigur , tympanum, Antonskirche , Vienna 10
literature
- Düll, Alois Franz. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1957, p. 202.
- Felix Czeike (Ed.): Düll Alois Franz Xaver. In: Historisches Lexikon Wien . Volume 2, Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 1993, ISBN 3-218-00544-2 , pp. 107-107 ( digitized version ).
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Duell, Alois |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Düll, Alois Franz Xaver |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian sculptor of historicism |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 28, 1843 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 13, 1900 |
| Place of death | Vienna |