Jakob Gschiel

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The board in Jakob-Gschiel-Gasse in Graz-Wetzelsdorf gives the place and date of birth of Jakob Gschiel.
Sandstone figure of St. Anthony v. Padua from 1880 by Jakob Gschiel in the St. Johannes aisle of the city ​​parish church of Graz .
The Pietà created by Jakob Gschiel in 1866 in the parish church of Hitzendorf.

Jakob Gschiel (born July 6, 1821 in Obersalberg, municipality of Pöllauberg , † January 15, 1908 in Graz ) was an Austrian sculptor .

Life

After his apprenticeship as a carver's assistant, he attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna for three years . After that he was a leading neo-Gothic artist in Graz and ran a workshop with several assistants and students, including Anton Aicher . He received many and well-known commissions, which, however, caused his critics to downgrade his work.

His more than 1000 works are almost always religious in nature. This led to the fact that his works are included in many Styrian churches. Gschiel's workshop was in Jakob-Lorber-Gasse, a small street between Egydigasse and Griesplatz. After his death the Jakob-Gschiel-Mueseum was established in the premises, which no longer exists today. The well-known Styrian artist Hans Brandstetter and his son Wilhelm Gösser also apprenticed to Gschiel in his workshop. In 1976 a street in Wetzelsdorf was named after the famous sculptor from Graz , the " Jakob-Gschiel-Gasse ".

Works (selection)

  • Sandstone figures of Saints Leopold, Joseph, John the Baptist and Maria Immaculata , Graz Cathedral
  • Crucifix , mausoleum
  • Lateral angel figures ; Carved figures of Saints Anna, Maria, Elisabeth, Cäcilia, King David ; Joseph Altar ; Altarpiece ; Crossway reliefs , Franciscan Church
  • Work on altars and pulpit ; Niche figures of Saints John the Baptist, Peter, Paul, Joseph, Cäcilia, Antonius of Padua ; Crossway reliefs ; King David ; Graz parish church
  • Sandstone figure of the Virgin Mary , former Dominican monastery
  • Façade figure Maria with child , Albrechtgasse 4
  • Part of the interior ; Crucifix ; Sandstone relief baptism of Christ i, Herz-Jesu-Kirche
  • Figures of saints in the sacristy, Leonhardkirche
  • Statue of Maria Immaculata , Church of the Sisters of Mercy
  • Sandstone figures of Saints Joseph and Florian , Mariagrüner Church
  • Statues of St. Joseph , the teaching Christ and Maria Immaculata on the pulpit roof, Marienkirche
  • Statues of Maria Immaculata and Maria with the Evangelist Johannes , School Sisters Church

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Birgit Scholz and Margarete Payer (project team): Jakob Gschiel . Literary and cultural history handbook of Styria in the 19th century online, Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz, Institute for German Studies, Graz 2010, accessed on 23 August 2020.
  2. ↑ Ilse Krumpöck: Die Bildwerke im Heeresgeschichtliches Museum , Vienna 2004, p. 15

literature

  • Gschiel Jakob. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 2, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1959, p. 97.
  • Karl A. Kubinzky, Astrid M. Wentner: Grazer street names. Origin and meaning . Leykam, Graz 1996, ISBN 3-7011-7336-2 , pp. 188 .
  • Horst Schweigert: DEHIO Graz . Schroll, Vienna 1979, ISBN 3-7031-0475-9 , p. 268 .
  • Gertrude Engeljehringer: Jakob Gschiel, a Styrian sculptor. Artist monograph and catalog of works. Dipl.-Arb., Karl-Franzens-University Graz, 1994.

Web links

Commons : Jakob Gschiel  - Collection of images, videos and audio files


personal data
SURNAME Gschiel, Jakob
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian sculptor and wood carver
DATE OF BIRTH July 6, 1821
PLACE OF BIRTH Obersalberg, Pöllauberg
DATE OF DEATH January 15, 1908
Place of death Graz