Franz Josef Kranewitter

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Franz Josef Kranewitter (born May 31, 1893 in Nassereith , † November 2, 1974 in Zams ) was an Austrian sculptor and painter.

Life

With the support of his uncle Franz Kranewitter , who recognized his talent, Franz Josef Kranewitter was able to attend the state trade school in Innsbruck after eight years of elementary school. He then studied from 1914 to 1922 at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna  in the general sculpture school with Josef Müllner and in the special school for sculpture with Edmund von Hellmer . In 1920 he married Maria Krismer, also from Nassereith, with whom he moved back to Nassereith in 1922.

Kranewitter worked there as a freelance sculptor and created, among other things, war memorials, crucifixes and portrait busts, but also larvae for the Nassereither Schellerlaufen . As an autodidact, he drew portraits and landscapes.

Due to a serious eye condition and a subsequent star operation, he was no longer able to work as an artist from the late 1960s. He died in 1974 after a stroke and was buried in the cemetery in Dormitz.

In 1968 his home municipality Nassereith made him an honorary citizen.

Works

Crucifix in the Dormitz War Memorial Chapel, 1949
  • Bronze bust, memorial for Aloys Sprenger , Nassereith, around 1913
  • War memorial with bronze figure of mourning mother south of the parish church in Ehrwald , 1928
  • Draft for the war memorial in Fliess , created in 1932 by the sculptor Andreas Hatzl
  • Dollfußbrunnen, Zell am Ziller , 1935
  • Crucifix in the Dormitz War Memorial Chapel, 1949
  • Bronze bust, memorial for Andreas Einberger , Telfs , around 1950
  • Fountain figure Maria Immaculata, Maibrunnen, Nassereith, 1953
  • Crucifix, war memorial southeast of the cemetery wall, Tarrenz , 1959
  • Bronze relief of the memorial plaque on the birthplace of Adolf Pichler in Erl
  • Wooden larvae of the carnival in Nassereith

Web links

Commons : Franz Josef Kranewitter  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Franz Josef Kranewitter (1893–1974) , farbholzschnitt.at
  2. ↑ Schumacher, Wiesauer: Monument for Alois Sprenger, Sprengerdenkmal. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved November 6, 2017 .
  3. ↑ Schumacher, Wiesauer: War memorial with bronze figure mourning mother. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved November 6, 2017 .
  4. ↑ a b Dehio Tirol 1980 , list of artists
  5. ↑ Laufbrunnen, Dollfußbrunnen. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved November 6, 2017 .
  6. ^ Franckenstein, Wiesauer: War memorial chapel, war memorial. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved November 6, 2017 .
  7. ↑ Frick, Schmid-Pittl: Andreas-Einberger-Monument, Einbergerdenkmal. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved November 6, 2017 .
  8. ^ Franckenstein, Wiesauer: Laufbrunnen, Maria Immaculatabrunnen, Maibrunnen. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved November 6, 2017 .
  9. ^ Franckenstein, Wiesauer: War memorial with crucifix. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved May 22, 2020 .
  10. ↑ "Schellerlaufen Nassereith on January 24th, 2016 it's that time again!" ( Memento from October 21st, 2014 in the Internet Archive ).
  11. ↑ Fasnachthaus Nassereith  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.ausflug.tirol.at  
personal data
SURNAME Kranewitter, Franz Josef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian sculptor and painter
DATE OF BIRTH May 31, 1893
PLACE OF BIRTH Nassereith
DATE OF DEATH November 2nd 1974
Place of death Zams