Heinrich Fuss
Heinrich Fuss (also: Fuß ; * July 7, 1845 in Guntramsdorf ; † December 10, 1913 in Innsbruck ) was an Austrian sculptor .
Life
The son of an impoverished mill owner attended the lower secondary school in Vienna and was supposed to embark on a commercial career. Due to his talent for drawing, however, his mother apprenticed him to a stonemason . Up to the age of 20 he worked in various workshops, then he studied with his savings at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna . After two years he interrupted his studies and worked for the court sculptor Lavigne and then in Budapest , where he carried out sculptures for public buildings. In 1869 he resumed studies at the Vienna Academy and was accepted into Carl Kundmann 's master school, which he graduated with honors. In 1878 he became a teacher of sculpture at the newly founded State Trade School in Innsbruck, where he taught until 1907. In 1880 he received the professional title of professor . In 1881 he married Marie Mayer from Innsbruck.
Fuss created monuments, tombs and numerous portrait busts. Both his romantic style and his predilection for allegories show him as a student of Kundmann. He took part in the competition for the Tegetthoff monument in Pola , which Carl Kundmann won. But Fuss' design was so well received that after long negotiations he was awarded the contract for the Tegetthoff monument in Marburg , which was unveiled in 1883 and represents his main work.
Works
- Reliefs of St. Eligius and Theophilos at the Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna , 1875
- Statues of loyalty and strength on the facade of the Vienna City Hall , 1878
- Tegethoff monument in Marburg , 1883
- Relief Pietà , Gassner tomb, Wilten cemetery , 1883
- Gable group music and dance , Stadtsäle Innsbruck, 1889 (not preserved)
- Statue of Emperor Franz Josef I in the courtroom of the Innsbruck Regional Court , around 1890
- Allegories of art , trade and science , Graz City Hall , 1891
- Installation of the Leopold Fountain , Innsbruck, 1893 (with Johann Wunibald Deininger )
literature
- Sculptor Prof. Heinrich Fuß. (On the occasion of the foot memorial exhibition in the Ferdinandeum.). In: Innsbrucker Nachrichten , April 3, 1914, pp. 1–3 (online at ANNO ).
- Fuss, Heinrich . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 12 : Fiori-Fyt . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1916, p. 607-608 ( Text Archive - Internet Archive ).
- Fuss, Heinrich. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1957, p. 384.
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Notes and individual references
- ↑ according to the birth register parish Guntramsdorf and Innsbrucker Nachrichten; according to ÖBL and Thieme-Becker: July 6th
- ↑ Heinrich Fuss. In: General Art Chronicle. Journal of Art, Applied Arts and Literature , November 22, 1884, pp. 938–940 (online at ANNO ).
- ^ Scheicher, Wiesauer: Laufbrunnen, Leopoldsbrunnen. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved August 8, 2019 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fuss, Heinrich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Foot, Heinrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 7, 1845 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Guntramsdorf |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 10, 1913 |
| Place of death | innsbruck |