Franz Xaver Renn
Franz Xaver Renn , to differentiate himself from his sculptor son of the same name, also Franz Xaver Renn I (born October 16, 1784 in Imst ; † September 5, 1875 there ) was an Austrian sculptor .
Life
Renn came from a long-established Tyrolean family of sculptors. His father Josef Chrysogonus Renn (1750–1806) and grandfather Joseph Anton Renn (1715–1790) practiced the same handicrafts.
Franz Xaver Renn was the son of the sculptor Josef Chrysogonus Renn and his wife Katharina geb. Student. He received his first training in his father's workshop; from 1800 to 1805 he attended the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna , where he became a student of Franz Anton von Zauner and Johann Martin Fischer .
Returning to Imst in 1806, he took over his father's workshop and worked particularly as a sacred artist for altars, altar figures and church supplies. He developed his own school of wood carving, and several well-known artists received their training from him; so Josef Miller , Joseph Knabl , Josef Beyrer , Johann Piger and Hermann Klotz .
His sons Gottfried Renn (1818–1900), Josef Willhelm Renn (1820–1894) and Franz Xaver Renn II (1821–1842) also learned sculpture from him. Gottfried Renn was a well-known wood and stone sculptor in Speyer, then Bavaria .
In Imst, where he was born, a street is named after Franz Xaver Renn.
Works
- 1813 Figures on the high altar of the parish church in Häselgehr
- 1832 Figures and reliefs in the parish church of St. Josef in Biberwier
- 1843/1845 altar figures in the parish church of Sautens
- 1840 St. Michael, Chapel Seven Sorrows of Mary on Fire in Berwang
- 1850 Madonna on the crescent moon, Trinity Chapel in Gröben in Berwang
literature
- Friedrich Müller: The artists of all times and peoples, Volume 4, Page 357, 1870; Scan from the source to Franz Xaver and Gottfried Renn
- Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum: Die Tirolische Nation, 1790-1820, Innsbruck, 1982, page 438 excerpt from the source, with life data
- Gert Ammann: Klassizisten - Nazarener, Kunst im Oberland 1800–1850 , Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum Innsbruck, 1982, page 39; Excerpt from the source
- E. Egg: Renn, Franz X .. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 9, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1988, ISBN 3-7001-1483-4 , p. 79.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Eduard Widmoser: Tirol A to Z , Südtirol-Verlag, 1970, page 313; Excerpt from the source
- ↑ a b c d e Dehio Tirol 1980
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Renn, Franz Xaver |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Renn, Franz Xaver I. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 16, 1784 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Imst |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 5, 1875 |
| Place of death | Imst |