Franz Xaver Layr

Franz Xaver Layr (also Lair or Layer ; born August 18, 1812 in Hötting , Tyrol; † June 9, 1875 in Baden , Lower Austria) was an Austrian engraver and painter .

Life

The farmer's son from Hötting (now part of Innsbruck ) showed an artistic talent early on. He learned carving from a nativity scene carver in St. Nikolaus , and later he received drawing lessons from a private teacher. He was sponsored by Wilten Abbey and, thanks to a grant from the Tyrolean state estates, studied for eight years at the copper engraving school of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna . In 1841 he went on a study trip to Florence , from 1853 to 1855 he again worked in Italy, where he mainly dealt with landscape paintings from the Campagna Romana . From 1855 he lived in Vienna and Baden and in 1861 became a member of the Vienna Künstlerhaus . Initially working as a copper engraver, from 1850 onwards he mainly devoted himself to painting. He created portraits, paintings, watercolors and frescoes in the style of the Nazarenes , often with religious motifs.

The Innsbruck district Höttinger Au was Layrstrasse named after him.

Works

In the cloister courtyard (after 1850)

Ceiling frescoes, St. Georgenberg pilgrimage church , 1863
Canvas painting of Saints Helena, Leopold and Petrus, Pfarrhof Baden, 1867
Altarpiece Last Supper, weekday chapel of the Othmarkirche , Mödling, 1874
Way of the Cross, Lambach Abbey
Copper engravings, paintings and drawings by Layr are kept in the Tyrolean State Museum , the Belvedere and the Albertina , among others .

literature

Constantin von Wurzbach : Layer, also Layr, Franz . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 14th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1865, pp. 233–235 ( digitized version ).
(Erich) Egg: Lair (Layr, Layer), Franz Xaver. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 4, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1969, p. 406.
Hans Hochenegg: Layr, Franz Xaver . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 22 : Krügner – Leitch . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1928, p. 487 .

Web links

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

Franz Xaver Lair in the Digital Belvedere

Individual evidence

^ City of Innsbruck, Department of Statistics and Reporting (ed.): Street names of the state capital Innsbruck. Innsbruck 2013, p. 46 ( PDF; 274 kB )
^ Parish St. Othmar - Mödling: weekday chapel

personal data
SURNAME	Layr, Franz Xaver
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Lair, Franz Xaver; Layer, Franz Xaver
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian engraver and painter
DATE OF BIRTH	August 18, 1812
PLACE OF BIRTH	Hötting
DATE OF DEATH	June 9, 1875
Place of death	Baden (Lower Austria)

[1] City of Innsbruck, Department of Statistics and Reporting (ed.): Street names of the state capital Innsbruck. Innsbruck 2013, p. 46 ( PDF; 274 kB )

[2] Parish St. Othmar - Mödling: weekday chapel