Jakob Rappel
Jakob Rappel (born July 27, 1877 in Schwaz ; † April 16, 1942 there ) was an Austrian goldsmith .
Life
Jakob Rappel was the son of the Bavarian goldsmith Jakob Philipp Rappel (1842–1923), who had founded a gold and silversmith's workshop for Christian art in Schwaz in 1875. In 1900 Rappel became the k. u. k. Court goldsmith appointed. With his workshop he created metalwork such as tabernacles , monstrances , candlesticks and other things for churches at home and abroad, but also works for private clients, including the heir to the throne Archduke Franz Ferdinand . His work was initially in the neo-Gothic style, later he turned to the Secession and the New Objectivity .
Rappel also made an outstanding contribution to trade and art in Schwaz. In 1931 he founded the Schwazer Heimatmuseum, which he also supported financially, and was chairman of the Tyrolean Heimatschutzverein. For many years he was director of the Sparkasse Schwaz .
Works
- Monstrance for the parish church of Wels , 1900
- Candlesticks and lamps, Lourdes Chapel, Roppen , around 1900
- Crown for the statue of Immaculate in the New Cathedral , Linz, 1903
- Monstrance for the parish church of Enns , 1909
- Tabernacle, Heiligenblut Parish Church , 1909
- Luster, Herz-Jesu-Kirche , Wels, around 1910
- Tabernacle, parish church Maria Himmelfahrt , Schwaz, 1911
- Tabernacle and candlestick, Pradl parish church , Innsbruck, around 1932
literature
- Erich Egg: Rappel, Jakob. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 8, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1983, ISBN 3-7001-0187-2 , p. 424.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jakob Rappel, goldsmith and silversmith in Schwaz, in sixties. In: Innsbrucker Nachrichten , July 26, 1937, p. 6 (online at ANNO ). According to ÖBL on July 28th.
- ↑ The new monstrance for the Wels parish church. In: Christliche Kunstblätter , year 1900, issue 9, pp. 105-106 (online at ANNO ).
- ↑ Praxmarer, Schmid-Pittl: Friedhofskapelle, Lourdeskapelle. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved May 2, 2020 .
- ↑ A gift from the Holy Father Leo XIII. for the St. Mary of the Conception Cathedral in Linz. In: Christliche Kunstblätter , year 1903, issue 2, pp. 13–15 (online at ANNO ).
- ↑ Today's metal art. In: Christliche Kunstblätter , issue 1/1910, p. 6 (online at ANNO ).
- ↑ Parish Wels-Herz Jesu: The history of our church
- ↑ Thomas Naupp: The neo-Gothic high altar. Memories of the cabinet maker and altar maker Ludwig Plattner from Stans (1880 - 1956). In: Heimatblätter - Schwazer Kulturzeitschrift , No. 48 (2002), pp. 11–16 ( PDF; 3.1 MB )
- ↑ Parish Pradl: Church tour - high altar
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Rappel, Jakob |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian goldsmith |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 27, 1877 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | black |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 16, 1942 |
| Place of death | black |