Hartmann widower

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Hartman Witwer (also Hartmann) (* 1774 in Imst , Tyrol ; † July 9, 1825 in Lemberg ) was an Austrian sculptor who worked in Lemberg.

Life

He came from a family of builders and sculptors. His father Joseph Anton (1751–1794) and his younger brothers Jakob and Johann Michael (1775–1811) were also sculptors. Widower studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna . He came to Lviv around 1800, probably with his brother Johann Michael. They founded a sculptor's workshop at 20 Lychakivska Street and were mainly concerned with the funerary sculptures at the Lychakiv Cemetery and the decoration of Lviv buildings. After the untimely death of his brother, Hartmann Witwer worked independently. In June 1818 he became a member of the Lviv bricklayer and stonemason guild. After 1820 he worked with Anton Schimser (1790–1836). He died as a result of a typhus epidemic.

Among his most important works are the four fountain figures at the corners of the Lviv market square (1810–1814). They represent mythological figures of the gods: Neptune , Diana, Amphitrite and Adonis.

The decoration of Lviv buildings (selection)

  • Fifteen reliefs with figures of ancient gods and putti craftsmen on the building of the Piller (later Piller-Neumann) lithography establishment (1804–1805). On the central attic there are sculptures of Mars (mythology) , Bellona and Athena . Next to it are the sculptures of Demeter and Apollon . Sculptures of Mercury and Gaia are visible over the corner of the building .
  • The decoration of the tenement house of Johann Hausner and Vinzena Wioland (1810–1811)
  • The decoration of the former Hotel "De Russie" in place of today's Hotel George (1811)
  • Two rows of reliefs on the facade of the Mathias Bauer House (after 1810)
  • Reliefs on the facade of Antonina Kowerwein's house (after 1810)
  • Chronos relief on the facade of the town house at 23 Armenian Street (after 1810)
  • Sculpture by Fortuna at the community center at Bäckerstraße 23 (1810–1814)

Tombs in the Lychakiv Cemetery (selection)

  • Tomb of Rosalie Wartanowicz (1800–1802)
  • Tomb Eva Podolska (1800–1802)
  • Tomb of Johann Heistruck (1801)
  • Ursula Głogowska Tomb (1803)
  • Tomb of Maria Anna Ponińska b. Kalinowska (1805)
  • Anerie Wagner tomb (1805)
  • Tomb of Josef Wenzel (1808)
  • G. Towarnicki tomb
  • Tomb of Josef Schabinger (1808)
  • G. Towarnicki tomb
    • Tombs together with Anton Schimser:
  • Johann Machan's tomb (1824)
  • Petronela Kulczycka Tomb (1820)
  • Tomb Sophie Siegel (1821)
  • Amelie Gołębska tomb (1825)

Tombs in other localities

gallery

  • Fountain figure Adonis

  • Diana fountain figure

  • Fountain figure Neptune

  • Amphitrite fountain figure

  • Julianne Świetlicz's tomb

  • Facade of the Piller lithography company

  • Facade detail

literature

Web links

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personal data
SURNAME Widower, Hartmann
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Widower, Hartman
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian sculptor in Lviv
DATE OF BIRTH 1774
PLACE OF BIRTH Imst
DATE OF DEATH July 9, 1825
Place of death Lviv