Franz Seifert

Franz Seifert (1928)

Franz Seifert (born April 2, 1866 in Schönkirchen , † January 19, 1951 in Linz ) was an Austrian sculptor .

Life

Franz Seifert studied with Edmund Hellmer and Carl Kundmann at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna . After a long study trip abroad (presumably Rome) he carried out some work for Hellmer. Seifert made busts, statues and smaller sculptures for the living room or for the garden, often on mythological themes. In 1916 he was appointed professor . In 1929 he retired into private life and moved to Linz during the Second World War , where he also died. Franz Seifert was politically close to the SDAP .

Works

Sculpture (1929) by Auguste Fickert in the Türkenschanzpark

Trieste : Empress Elisabeth of Austria - bronze statue (1912)
Vienna :
- Monument to the geologist and paleontologist Eduard Suess (1928)
- Johann Strauss (father) with the Joseph Lanner monument ( Strauss-Lanner monument ), in the Rathauspark (in collaboration with the architect Robert Oerley )
- Jakob Reumann monument in the Reumannhof (Vienna) (1926)
- Reumann bust for the republic monument in Vienna (1928)
- Bust monument of the women's rights activist Auguste Fickert (1929), in the Türkenschanzpark
- Portrait medallion Pirquets at the Pirquethof (1930)
- numerous monuments and busts for the arcade courtyard of the University of Vienna
Linz :
- Portrait of a child, white marble, H. 27 cm, Castle Museum
German Wagram
- Memorial to the Battle of Wagram

gallery

Jakob Reumann bust at the republic monument in Vienna
Bust of Jakob Reumann in the Reumannhof
Edmund von Neusser in the arcade courtyard of the University of Vienna
Julius Wiesner in the arcade courtyard of the University of Vienna

Web links

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

Franz Seifert in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna
Franz Seifert. In: dasrotewien.at - Web dictionary of the Viennese social democracy. SPÖ Vienna (Ed.)

Individual evidence

↑ A portrait medallion for the Pirquethof. In: Reichspost , 6 August 1930, p. 4 (online at ANNO ). The new residential building of the community in the Gablenzgasse, for which the name Pirquethof was decided, receives a portrait medallion, which is to be attached in bronze to the facade facing the Gablenzgasse. The explanatory text of the medallion, which is being modeled by the academic sculptor Professor Franz Seifert, reads: “Dr. Klemens Pirquet. 1874-1929. The great doctor and philanthropist, the children's helper. The municipality of Vienna. "Template: ANNO / Maintenance / rpt

personal data
SURNAME	Seifert, Franz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH	April 2, 1866
PLACE OF BIRTH	Schönkirchen-Reyersdorf
DATE OF DEATH	January 19, 1951
Place of death	Linz

[1] A portrait medallion for the Pirquethof. In: Reichspost , 6 August 1930, p. 4 (online at ANNO ). The new residential building of the community in the Gablenzgasse, for which the name Pirquethof was decided, receives a portrait medallion, which is to be attached in bronze to the facade facing the Gablenzgasse. The explanatory text of the medallion, which is being modeled by the academic sculptor Professor Franz Seifert, reads: “Dr. Klemens Pirquet. 1874-1929. The great doctor and philanthropist, the children's helper. The municipality of Vienna. "Template: ANNO / Maintenance / rpt