Franz Hoser

Sebastian fountain in Fürstenfeldbruck by Franz Hoser

Franz Hoser (born December 24, 1874 in Gabelbach , † 1957 in Günzburg ) was a German sculptor and ceramist .

Life

In 1900, Hoser enrolled at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich for sculpture. His teacher there was Syrius Eberle , a master of religious sculpture. Hoser created a large part of the destroyed or lost neo-baroque bronze reliefs and bronze sculptures in the churches of southern Germany based on old models, including figures for altars in Günzburg, reliefs for the high altar in Altötting , bridge and fountain figures in Fürstenfeldbruck , figure of St. Mary with the child as immaculate as well as several console figures in the parish church of St. Justina in Bad Wörishofen , the figure of Christ the King in the parish church of St. Johann Baptist in Oberstdorf, the cherubs relief above the town hall entrance in Deggendorf , the statues of saints in the St. Franziskus church in Munich -Giesing (destroyed in an air raid in September 1943), the Trinity altar of the Heilig-Geist-Kirche in Munich, a competition design for the Luise Hensel monument in Paderborn , the monstrance in the church of the united hospitals, which won 3rd prize in 1910 in Trier, the war memorial in Oberhausen and the Marian column on the market square in Gra started near Munich , the latter both together with the architect Richard Steidle .

Exhibitions

• 1912 in the Munich Glass Palace with a holy family, a crucifixion group (bronze relief), Franz von Sales, a baptism of Christ intended as architectural decoration.
• 1913 International art exhibition in Munich with St. John of God among the sick, the baptism of Jesus.

literature

• Franz Hoser . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists of the XX. Century. tape 2 : E-J . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1955, p. 490 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Matrikeldatenbank the ADBK Munich, registration number 2199
2. ↑ Die Christian Kunst , 6th year 1909/1910, p. 216.
3. ↑ The Christian Art 1912/13.