Franz Barwig the Younger

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Relief with parrots, Vienna 12, Krichbaumgasse 10
Shepherd with Sheep (1958), Puchsbaumgasse 5–7
Fountain bathers

Franz Barwig the Younger (born June 12, 1903 in Vienna , † December 13, 1985 in Vienna) was an Austrian sculptor .

Life

Franz Barwig the Younger was the son of the sculptor Franz Barwig the Elder , from whom he also got his first knowledge of sculpture. In 1926 he began studying at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna under Josef Müllner . From 1932 Barwig worked as a freelance artist. In 1939 he was involved in the design of a carnival parade for the National Socialists in Vienna.

He was buried next to his father in the Neustift cemetery .

power

Franz Barwig the Younger mainly created works for churches, such as St. Stephen's Cathedral , sculptures, house signs and sgraffiti in public spaces in Vienna after the war.

Works

  • 1946 wooden figures of Judas Thaddäus and Antonius , Leopoldskirche , Vienna 2nd district
  • 1952 Fountain sculpture Bärengruppe , Kolschitzkygasse 9–13, Vienna 4
  • Fountain bathers , Kolschitzkygasse 14–18, Vienna 4
  • 1957 Sculptured cube capitals or consoles with symbolic animal figures on the arcade in front of the north hall of the parish church Baden-St. Christoph
  • 1958 Shepherd with sheep , natural stone, Puchsbaumgasse 5–7, Vienna 10
  • 1958 bronze sculpture Salzschiffer , Concordia-Hof, Passauer Platz 5, Vienna 1st
  • 1964/1965 Nativity figures, Währinger parish church , Vienna 18
  • 1964/1965 stone reliefs, crucifix, tabernacle, Madonna and Child in the Rector's Church in Vienna-Margaretenstrasse
  • 1965 wooden figure Madonna and Child in the parish church of the Resurrection of Christ in Vienna-Margareten
  • 1967 Bär , Rautenstrauchgasse 16, Vienna 11
  • Relief with parrots, Krichbaumgasse 10, Vienna 12
  • The women , sgraffito, Barichgasse 33, Vienna 3
  • Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach and his main works , Relief, Erlachgasse 63, Vienna 10
  • Stone sculpture of three bear cubs above the house entrance Liniengasse 47, Vienna 6
  • Works for the Pötzleinsdorfer parish church , the Neuottakringer church and the church of Sievering

literature

  • Ruth Mateus-Berr: Carnival and Fascism. An example. Carnival parade in Vienna in 1939 . (Ed. Manfred Wagner) AKW (Applied Cultural Studies of the University of Applied Arts Vienna) Volume 8, Vienna 2007
  • Felix Czeike (Ed.): Barwig Franz d. J .. In:  Historisches Lexikon Wien . Volume 1, Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 1992, ISBN 3-218-00543-4 , pp. 265-266 ( digitized version ).

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personal data
SURNAME Barwig, Franz the Younger
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH June 12, 1903
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH December 13, 1985
Place of death Vienna