Franz Georg Ettle

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Franz Georg Ettle (born January 24, 1847 in Biberach an der Riss ; † April 28, 1907 in Vienna ) was a German sculptor .

Life

From 1873, Franz Georg Ettle taught the drawing subject for carving in Interlaken , Switzerland . From 1876 to 1881 he worked as a sculptor in Bern and exhibited his works there several times. Ettle then moved to Vienna, where he created the two Uchatius busts , which are now in the collections of the Vienna Museum of Military History . Ettle subsequently participated in exhibitions of the Austrian Art Association , for example in 1885 he showed the bust of Alexander Girardi and in 1886 a bust of Archduke Wilhelm , which was cast in bronze in the officers' shooting range at Steinfeld near Wiener Neustadt . The bust of a Baroness Gömery and a relief were also exhibited at this time. According to the documents in the Vienna City and State Archives , Ettle was living at Greiseneckergasse 10 in Brigittenau (20th district of Vienna ) at that time . From November 5, 1906 until his death on April 28, 1907, Ettle was registered in the Lainz care home in Vienna.

Works (excerpt)

  • Portrait bust of Franz Freiherr von Uchatius , 1881, plaster painted over in gold, 41 × 25 × 67 cm, Heeresgeschichtliches Museum, Vienna
  • Portrait bust of Franz Freiherr von Uchatius , 1889, cast bronze , painted black, 41 × 25 × 48 cm, Heeresgeschichtliches Museum, Vienna

literature

  • Ilse Krumpöck: The sculptures in the Army History Museum , Vienna 2004, p. 38 f.
  • Ulrich Thieme (ed.): General lexicon of visual artists from antiquity to the present . Leipzig 1915, Volume 11, p. 65.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ilse Krumpöck: Die Bildwerke im Heeresgeschichtliches Museum , Vienna 2004, p. 38 f.
  2. ↑ Ulrich Thieme (ed.): General lexicon of visual artists from antiquity to the present . Leipzig 1915, Volume 11, p. 65
personal data
SURNAME Ettle, Franz Georg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH January 24, 1847
PLACE OF BIRTH Biberach an der Riss
DATE OF DEATH April 28, 1907
Place of death Vienna