Hanns Gasser
Hanns Gasser , also Hans Gasser and baptized Johann (born October 2, 1817 in Eisentratten near Gmünd in Carinthia , † April 24, 1868 in Pest ), was an Austrian sculptor and painter .
Life
Hanns Gasser, son of the master carpenter Jakob Gasser, was the brother of Joseph Gasser von Valhorn . He began as a wood carver and exhibited for the first time in Klagenfurt in 1838 , but then went to Vienna, where he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts under Carl Gsellhofer . Gasser won several prizes at the academy. From 1842 to 1846 he lived in Munich , where he joined Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld and Wilhelm von Kaulbach , then Ludwig Schwanthaler . In 1848 Gasser took part in the revolutionary struggles in Vienna. From 1850 to 1851 he was a professor at the Vienna Academy. Gasser led an unsteady life and worked in numerous European cities throughout his life.
In 1875 Gassergasse was named in his honor in Vienna , as Gasser left numerous works on public buildings in Vienna. In addition, a class kkStB 151 steam locomotive was named after him. Hanns-Gasser-Platz is located in Villach .
So that Gasser, who was baptized Johann, was not confused with the artist of the same name Johann Gasser from Tyrol, he called himself Hanns.
power
Hanns Gasser was a very successful sculptor in his time, who created figures for churches, fountains or tombs, but also portrait busts and figures of saints. His painterly and graphic works are less important . Gasser worked in a classicistic - romantic style and, along with Anton Dominik Fernkorn, is one of the most important Austrian sculptors of that time. Among his most outstanding works include from sandstone made allegorical figure representations of military virtues on the facade of the Vienna Military History Museum . Under the round windows these are the female figures (from left to right) of strength, vigilance, piety and wisdom; Next to the three openings leading to the vestibule, the male figures depict bravery, fidelity to the flag, sacrifice and warlike intelligence.
Works
- The Blind Violinist (Vienna, Österreichische Galerie Belvedere ), 1844, oil on canvas
- 7 allegorical figures at the Carltheater in Vienna, 1847
- 12 putti, representing the months , in the Belvedere Park in Vienna, 1850–52
- Stucco ceiling, caryatids and reliefs in the council chamber of the Old Town Hall in Vienna, 1851–53
- Monument to Christoph Martin Wieland in Weimar , 1852–1857.
- 8 allegorical figures on the front of the Imperial and Royal Court Weapons Museum, now the Army History Museum in the Arsenal in Vienna, 1855
- 12 statues representing the nations of Austria on the facade of the former Austro-Hungarian Bank in Vienna, corner of Herrengasse – Strauchgasse, 1855
- Donauweibchenbrunnen in Vienna's city park , 1858
- Bronze Knight over the family vault Baron von Keizer stone on the SE side of the branch church hl. Ulrich in Krastowitz, Klagenfurt-Welzenegg , 1860
- Empress Elisabeth monument in Vienna's Westbahnhof , 1860
- Maria Theresa Monument in Wiener Neustadt , 1862
- Maria with the child at the high altar of the former orphanage church in Vienna, 1866
- Monument to Joseph von Sonnenfels , today Rathauspark in Vienna, 1867
- Sculptures on the two fountains next to the Vienna State Opera , 1868
literature
- Gasser Hanns. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1957, p. 406.
- White, Karl: Gasser, Hans . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 8, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1878, pp. 398-401.
- C. Wiesboeck: Hanns Gasser, Nekrolog, in: Archive for the drawing arts with a special relationship to the art of engraving and woodcutting and their history / in associations with artists and art lovers , 15 vol., P. 98ff
- Alice Strobl: The Imperial and Royal Arms Museum in the Arsenal. The building and its artistic decoration , in: Writings of the Army History Museum in Vienna , published by the management. Graz / Cologne, 1961
- The sculptor H. Gasser , exhibition catalog, Klagenfurt 1985
- M. Hinteregger: The memorial and the tomb at H. Gasser , diploma thesis, Vienna 1993.
- General Artist Lexicon Volume 50, 2006, page 51
- AW Wagner: Hans Gasser. A German artist life. In: Illustrirte Zeitung No. 1301 of June 6, 1868, p. 399 ff. (Fig. P. 396) and No. 1302 of June 13, 1868, p. 419 - with a list of numerous works
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Heinrich Hermann: Handbook of the history of the Duchy of Carinthia in association with the Austrian principalities . Volume 3, Klagenfurt 1860
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SURNAME | Gasser, Hanns |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian painter and sculptor |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 2, 1817 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Eisentratten near Gmünd, Carinthia |
DATE OF DEATH | April 24, 1868 |
Place of death | Plague (city) |