Franz Forster
Franz Seraph Forster (born May 25, 1896 in St. Florian , Upper Austria ; † May 20, 1993 there ) was an Austrian sculptor .
Life
Franz Forster first studied at the technical school in Hallstatt , then he moved to the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna , where he completed his studies under Edmund von Hellmer and Josef Müllner . In 1924 he returned to his hometown of St. Florian and mainly made portrait busts and statues of saints from marble and wood. For the Linz Elisabethinen he created a statue of St. Elisabeth , also for Linz a monument to Bishop Rudolph Hittmair .
Works (excerpt)
- Portrait bust of Anton Bruckner , 1923, marble , foyer of the Anton Bruckner Private University , Linz
- Portrait bust of Norbert Hanrieder , 1926, pear wood, Upper Austrian State Museum Linz
- Hessendenkmal , 1928, granite , Linz
- Portrait bust of Dr. Alexander Brenner , 1928, bronze, General Hospital of the City of Linz
- Portrait bust of Joseph Schmidberger , 1931, bronze, St. Florian
- Portrait bust of Rudolph Hittmair , 1932, bronze, Church of the Hospital of the Brothers of Mercy in Linz
- Statue Maria Immaculata , 1934, marble, Ebelsberg parish church
- Attnang Crucifixus , 1941, lime wood, parish church Attnang
- Portrait bust of Prelate Johann Nepomuk Hauser , 1950, terracotta , 26.5 × 32.5 × 52.5 cm, Heeresgeschichtliches Museum , Vienna
- Large portrait bust of Anton Bruckner , 1950, oak wood, Anton Bruckner School Windhaag
- Reliefs on the new Pummerin , 1951, St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna
- Bridge figure St. Berthold , 1961, shell limestone, Enns bridge in Sand near Garsten
- Bridge figure St. Kilian , 1963, shell limestone, Krems bridge in Wartberg an der Krems
- Last portrait bust of Anton Bruckner , 1987, bronze
literature
- Ilse Krumpöck: The sculptures in the Heeresgeschichtliches Museum , Vienna 2004, p. 46.
- Renate Grasberger : Bruckner sites in Austria , ed. Anton Bruckner Institute Linz, Vienna 2001.
- Fritz Feichtinger: Sculptor FS Forster , Verlag Wilhelm Ennsthaler, Steyr 1992, ISBN 3-85068-374-5 .
- Hans Vollmer (ed.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists of the XX. Century . Leipzig 1955, Volume 2, p. 134.
Web links
Commons : Franz Forster - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ilse Krumpöck: Die Bildwerke im Heeresgeschichtliches Museum , Vienna 2004, p. 46 f.
- ↑ Hans Vollmer (ed.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists of the XX. Century . Leipzig 1955, Volume 2, p. 134.
- ^ Fritz Feichtinger: Bruckner & Forstner. The Brucker busts by Franz S. Forster, St. Florian. In: Upper Austrian homeland sheets. 41st year 1987, No. 4, pp. 354-356. online (PDF) in the forum OoeGeschichte.at
- ^ Fritz Feichtinger: Bruckner & Forstner. The Brucker busts by Franz S. Forster, St. Florian. In: Upper Austrian homeland sheets. 41st year 1987, No. 4, pp. 354-356. online (PDF) in the forum OoeGeschichte.at
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SURNAME | Forster, Franz |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Forster, Franz Seraph (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian sculptor |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 25, 1896 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | St. Florian (Linz-Land) |
DATE OF DEATH | May 20, 1993 |
Place of death | St. Florian (Linz-Land) |