Franz Xaver Wirth

Franz Xaver Wirth (born July 21, 1907 in Aurolzmünster ; † September 1992 ) was an Austrian sculptor.

Life, training and work

After attending the elementary school in Andorf , the Schärding community school , he spent his apprenticeship with a local woodcarver and then became a student of sculpture at the Federal School for Woodworking in Hallstatt and worked on various carvings by Josef Furthner in Riedau during the holidays . He studied at the Vienna School of Applied Arts with Anton Hanak and became his close associate. In 1936 he became an employee of Josef Thorak and worked in Munich and Berlin . In 1949 he taught at the Hallstatt Wood School and ran the school for twelve years. After his retirement he returned to Andorf. Wirth was a member of the Innviertel artists' guild .

During a year-long stay in Ankara , he presented Anton Hanak u. a. Ataturk monument designed and started .
In 1936 he created a bronze bust of Arturo Toscanini in the small festival hall in Salzburg
After his return to Andorf he created the large mission cross at the war memorial on the outside of the parish church of Andorf and made crucifixes for many local households.
Organ case of the pilgrimage church Pöstlingberg
Organ case in the parish church of Linz
Hubertus chapel on Kirchberg with relief in Andorf