Franz Tavella

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The workshop of Franz Tavella in Ortisei after a woodcut in the DuÖAV Guide to Val Gardena in 1902

Franz Tavella (born October 10, 1844 in Wengen , Gadertal ; † December 12, 1931 in Brixen , South Tyrol ) was a Tyrolean sculptor and carver .

Life

The house that Franz Tavella had built in Ortisei and later sold.

Tavella was the son of Marianna Spisser and Filipp Tavella. At first he worked as a carpenter and after training as a sculptor with Ferdinand Demetz in Ortisei in Val Gardena, he went to the Academy in Vienna with Koenig for two years . In addition, in 1881 he was granted a scholarship of 250 fl. Plus a travel allowance of 15 fl. From the German and Austrian Alpine Association to enable him to train in ecclesiastical figural art in Josef Gasser's studio in Vienna. In 1895 he was awarded in Innsbruck for the statue of St. Anna and Maria, now in the parish church of Pieve di Livinallongo , in 1897 in Bozen and in 1900 at the Paris World Exhibition for the Pietà , now in the chapel of the dead in Brixen cemetery. He trained many sculptors in his workshop in Ortisei. He was one of the most important sculptors in Val Gardena . Student of his have included the Val Gardena Ludwig Moroder , Johann Baptist Moroder , Rudolf Moroder and Hans Perathoner , Klausner Valentin Gallmetzer and Georg Ruppe from Warmberg, Nesseltal in the Gottschee . None of his works can be viewed in Val Gardena.

In 1905 Tavella moved to Brixen, probably disturbed by the enthusiasm for trade in Val Gardena. The following notation from Josef Moroder-Lusenberg's sketchbooks should make Tavella's well-known aversion to art publishers in the valley understandable:

"There is a difference z. B. to carve a dying Cristus , on whose forehead one could read the divine tolerance and love for human beings, or a Maria from whose eyes tears appear to pearls and so on. to unite all pain in meekness with wonderful love or - a face that is identified by the fact that two eyes, a nose, mouth with them are in proper arrangement next to each other - sadly enough both are paid equally, the good carver must starve bad gets rich u. mocks the other - art goes to bread or better no bread brings. "

He died in extreme poverty in Brixen. He declined an offer from the Diocesan Museum of Bressanone to buy some of the works he was very fond of and offered his chisels for sale.

Works

in South Tyrol
  • Franciscan Church in Bolzano : Joseph Altar.
  • For the Batzenhäusl in Bolzano he carved a St. Magdalena, the only sculpture in the art collection there.
  • Kollmann Church: statue of a saint.
  • Atzwang parish church of St. Joseph: rosary group 1905, St. Joseph with Jesus child.
  • St. Peter near Laion parish church: Rosary group 1885.
  • Lengstein ( Ritten ) parish church: Figures of the side altars 1885: Rosary Queen, processional figures.
  • Söll near Tramin Kuratiekirche zum St. Mauritius : Enthroned Mother of God with child Jesus side altar.
  • St. Felix parish church: altar and pulpit sculptures, Pietà 1902.
  • Tiers Parish Church of St. George: Georg, Elisabeth and Agnes 1906 (facade).
  • Brixen cemetery: Pietà.
  • Casies in the Church of St. Magdalena: Pietà.
  • Sterzing : War nails - the defense shield with the town's coat of arms of Sterzing was designed by Hans Larch and carved from stone pine by Franz Tavella from Brixen.
in Ladinia
  • Pieve di Livinallongo Buchenstein : St. Anna and Maria.
  • Marebbe Parish Church: St. Anna.
  • Wengen parish church: Heart of Jesus.
  • Wengen Pidrô Lourdes Chapel: Madonna and. St. Bernadette in the grotto.
  • Abbey pilgrimage church of the Holy Cross : two medallions with a mount of olives and a pietà (referred to as F. Tavella 1865).
  • Stern parish church: Madonna with child.
  • La Pli parish church: St. Joseph, St. Anna and Mary.
  • Cadin- Ampezzo Chapel Madonna della Salute: sculptures in the marble altar.
in other places in Italy
  • Sovere (Prov. Bergamo ) Parrocchia di San Martino vescovo: Christ Redeemer 1901
abroad
  • Brazil Chácara Nazareth: Sagrado Coração de Jesus - Igreja dos Frades. Several works.
  • Teltower Church: The altar with a larger than life crucifix - a portrait of Lucas Cranach from the Wittenberg parish church had inspired the Tyrolean carver Franz Tavella in his work.

literature

  • Tavella, Franz . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 32 : Stephens – Theodotos . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1938, p. 483 .
  • Cirillo Dell'Antonio : Artisti ladini 1580-1939. Cristiano Trebinger, Melchiore Vinazer, Domenico Moling, Valentino Rovisi, Domenico Mahlknecht, G. Battista Pettena, Ferdinando Demetz, G. Battista Chiocchetti, Francesco Tavella, G. Moroder-Lusenberg, Giuseppe Iellico, Rodolfo Moroder. Trento. Ed. della Scuola D'Arte, 1951 (Italian).
  • Josef Weingartner , Magdalena Hörmann: The art monuments of South Tyrol. Athesia GmbH publishing house, Bolzano 1991, ISBN 88-7014-642-1 .
  • Eugene Trapp. Art monuments of Ladinia. Val Badia. Val Gardena. Fassa Valley. Buchenstein. Ampezzo. Istitut Cultural Ladin Micurà de Rü, San Martin de Tor, 2003, ISBN 88-8171-044-7 .

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Communications . No. 7 . German and Austrian Alpine Club, July 1881, p. 213 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
  2. ^ Mathias Frei: The picture collection from the Bozen Batzenhäusl. Prösels Castle Board of Trustees. Brixen 1999, OCLC 43082484 , pp. 94-95.
  3. ↑ La Chiesa prepositurale ( Memento of August 2, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) on oratoriosovere.it
  4. ↑ 6. St. Andrew's Church ( Memento of the original from July 10, 2014 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.teltow.de
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personal data
SURNAME Tavella, Franz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH October 10, 1844
PLACE OF BIRTH Wengen , Val Badia
DATE OF DEATH December 12, 1931
Place of death Brixen