Hanns Gasser

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Hanns Gasser
HGM, facade central building with the figures of Gasser
Monument to Empress Elisabeth at Vienna's Westbahnhof
Bronze knight (1860) at the Baron-Keiserstein`s family crypt, Filialkirche Sankt Ulrich bei Krastowitz, Klagenfurt-Welzenegg
Monument to Christoph Martin Wieland in Weimar , unveiled in 1857.

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

literature

Web links

Commons : Hans Gasser  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Heinrich Hermann: Handbook of the history of the Duchy of Carinthia in association with the Austrian principalities . Volume 3, Klagenfurt 1860
personal data
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)