Florian Blaas
Florian Blaas (born April 8, 1828 in Klausen , South Tyrol ; † December 22, 1906 ) was an Austrian lawyer , politician and painter . He was made an honorary citizen of the city of Innsbruck .
Life
After studying in Trient, Graz and Innsbruck, Florian Blaas pursued a career as a judge and was a member of the Innsbruck municipal council from 1862 to 1897, where he rendered valuable services to the city as a member of the finance committee and chairman of the legal section. In the same year that he was appointed to the municipal council, he was elected to succeed Hieronymus Klebelsberg as member of the state parliament of Innsbruck. Of the long series of motions that Blaas brought before the state parliament, the motion for the establishment of an institution for the sheltering of labor-shy and immoral individuals in 1880 is probably one of the most remarkable. From 1875 to 1877 Florian Blaas was a member of the Austrian Reichsrat . In addition, he was appointed as a lawyer to the Higher Regional Court Council and was subsequently also a member of the Reich Court Council. In the years 1848/49 and 1859 he was called to arms to defend the monarchy on the southern border. For many years, Florian Blaas was also a member of the Tyrolean national defense authority and in this capacity makes a contribution to the advancement of the national defense and rifle systems. He himself was an avid shooter and hunter. His political attitudes were considered liberal (among other things he advised against the occupation of Bosnia-Herzegovina by Austria-Hungary); however, he met with little understanding from his contemporaries. On July 13, 1901, Florian Blaas resigned from his state parliament mandate after having previously renounced his dignity as a councilor and member of the Reichsrat. He had seven children with his wife Marie, née Grasl. He died at the age of 79 and was buried under the arcades of Innsbruck's Westfriedhof .
Artistic work
Blaas spent his free time painting mountains. The Alps are among the most common motifs in his works, which he created as etchings , oil paintings and watercolors . Usually he didn't sign his pictures because he wanted to keep them to himself. Only occasionally did he give away pictures to friends or relatives, or to the Mutters community where he lived or the city of Innsbruck. Presumably around 1890 he stopped painting for reasons of age. His work was exhibited in 1877, 1879, 1882 and 1903. In 1907 the Tyrolean State Museum Ferdinandeum organized a memorial exhibition . While admirers praised the artist's appealing landscapes, critics accused him of having "a somewhat old Franconian school wisdom" in his oil paintings. The German writer Herbert Rosendorfer dealt with Florian Blaas and his paintings in the September 2008 issue of the journal Literatur in Bayern .
Individual evidence
- ↑ List of Honorary Citizens of Innsbruck (PDF) ( Memento of the original from October 12, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Innsbrucker Nachrichten , December 24, 1906, p. 7, and January 19, 1907, obituary in the meeting of the municipal council, p. 5
- ↑ Herbert Guggenbichler: When mountaineering was still young - The early days of alpinism using the example of the mountain and landscape painter Florian Blaas , "Journal" Alpenvereinsjahrbuch '86, published by the German and Austrian Alpine Association and the Alpine Association South Tyrol, Volume 110, born 1986, Munich Innsbruck Bozen, from page 199
- ↑ Innsbrucker Nachrichten , March 28, 1907, Art: On the painting exhibition in the Ferdinandeum, p. 5 f.
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| SURNAME | Blaas, Florian |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian lawyer and painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 8, 1828 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Klausen |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 22, 1906 |