Franz Schönthaler
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Franz Schönthaler (born January 22, 1821 in Neusiedl near Pernitz , Lower Austria , † December 26, 1904 in Gutenstein ) was an Austrian sculptor who advanced to the kuk court sculptor and decorator . He was the bearer of the Knight's Cross of the Franz Joseph Order , which was awarded to him by the Emperor in 1889.
Schönthaler was trained in Vienna, Prague and Paris.
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Around 1866 he made the neo-Gothic altar on the east side of the choir of the Black Church in Kronstadt ( Romania ) according to the plans of the Kronstadt city engineer Peter Bartesch.
He also created, among other things, the gilded wood carvings on the walls of the so-called “Hoflogensalon” of the Empress in the Vienna State Opera and the ornamental sculptures on the house of Max Weiß von Wellenstein in Maria-Theresien-Straße 7 (= Wasagasse 2) in Vienna .
Schönthaler was also the first client to be one of the most important co-designers of villa architecture on the Semmering . He took up the existing interest of his time in farmhouse architecture and, together with the architect Franz Neumann, implemented the latest structural research by the Swiss professor Ernst Georg Gladbach on farmhouse architecture at Semmering. Thanks to his connections to the Südbahngesellschaft, Schönthaler's initially purely personal project quickly became a phenomenon borne by the Viennese upper middle class, which is unique within the traditional summer resort architecture. Based on the aristocratic landscape garden of the late 18th century, the mountains were interpreted as a backdrop and the villas as "staffage architecture". The latter remained viable as long as the constellation of the upper class, summer retreat, and alpine landscape garden existed and only came to an end when Semmering was opened up for winter sports and the mass tourism associated with it began. This villa architecture, a variant of the Heimat style , is sometimes referred to as the Semmering style .
Schönthaler died in Gutenstein in 1904. An honorary grave is dedicated to him at the Vienna Central Cemetery (Group 0, No. 78 - along the cemetery wall to the left of Gate 2). In 1932 the Schönthalergasse in Vienna- Floridsdorf (21st district) was named after him.
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Schönthaler, Franz . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 31st part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1876, pp. 172–174 ( digitized version ).
- Walter Krause: Schönthaler Franz. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 11, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1999, ISBN 3-7001-2803-7 , p. 95.
- Günther Buchinger: Villa architecture on Semmering. Böhlau, Vienna et al. 2006, ISBN 3-205-77431-0 ( Semmering architecture 2).
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Wolfgang Kos : The Conquest of the Landscape: Semmering, Rax, Schneeberg: Catalog for the Lower Austrian State Exhibition, Gloggnitz Castle, Vienna, 1992, Falter Verlag, especially p. 568 ff
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schönthaler, Franz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 22, 1821 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Neusiedl near Pernitz , Lower Austria |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 26, 1904 |
| Place of death | Gutenstein (Lower Austria) |