Franz Vogl (sculptor, 1861)

Franz Vogl (born April 4, 1861 in Vienna ; † December 23, 1921 there ) was an Austrian sculptor .

Life

Vogl studied from 1879 to 1882 at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna . His best-known work is the Raimund Monument in front of the Deutsches Volkstheater . This monument was unveiled on June 1, 1898 in the presence of Archduke Otto of Austria , today it is in Weghuberpark next to the theater. Vogl also created the Bacchus procession on the gable of the Volkstheater, this frieze was removed in 1938. He also created grave monuments for the Vienna Central Cemetery and the Hietzingen Cemetery , as well as figural decorations for theaters outside Vienna (Berlin, Odessa, Prague, Zurich). In the Laxenburg Palace Park near Vienna, he restored the three dolphin sculptures belonging to the complex.

A proposed order for the ornamental sculptures of the new high altar of the Michaelerkirche to Vogl was rejected by the monastery college of the Barnabites in March 1881 and a colleague of Vogl, Benedikt Henrici , was entrusted with it.

Franz Vogl lies in the Gersthofer Friedhof in an honorary grave .

Works (selection)

Ferdinand Raimund monument in Vienna's new building , Weghuberpark (1898)

• Grave monument for the composer Anton Rückauf , Vienna, Central Cemetery (32A, 12)
• Ferdinand Raimund Monument in Vienna's Weghuberpark
• Luther monument in Bielsko-Biała ( Bielitz , 1900)
• Bacchus procession on the gable of the Vienna Volkstheater (removed in 1938)

literature

• Renate Wagner-Rieger [Ed.]: The Ringstrasse. Image of an era. The expansion of the Inner City of Vienna under Emperor Franz Joseph. Volume 9/2, H. Böhlaus Nachf. 2010, ISBN 978-3-2050-8265-1 , p. 149 f.

Web links

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

• Franz Vogl in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna
• Raimund Monument and its history on viennatouristguide

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Tomb of the Gassauer family [1]
2. ↑ Building history of the high altar in Michaelerkirche ( Memento of the original from July 5, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.