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 .

Bust of Rudolph Hittmair

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

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.

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↑ 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

personal data
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)