Johann Piger

Grave of Johann Pigers in Maxglan

Abraham's sacrifice: Abraham, the knife in his raised left hand , sculpture by Johann Piger

Johann Piger (born May 26, 1848 in Rietz im Oberinntal ; † July 20, 1932 in Salzburg ) was a Tyrolean sculptor who lived in the city of Salzburg for by far the greater part of his life .

Life

Johannes Piger was born the son of a country doctor in Rietz im Oberinntal and grew up in Prutz . He was first a student of Franz Xaver Renn in Imst , then also learned from Josef Miller in Innsbruck, from Johann Grissemann and Karl von Blaas in Vienna and from Joseph Knabl and Engelbert Kolp in Munich. From 1876 Piger was based in the city of Salzburg, where he lived for himself and his family on Bucklreuthstrassehad a villa built with a studio, and he furnished the facade with self-made figurative decorations. Piger's grave is located in the Maxglaner Friedhof in Salzburg, next to the entrance to the crypt of the Gothic church.
Funerary inscription:

SCULPTOR
JOHN Piger
26. 5. 1848 - 20. 7. 1932
MARIA Piger
2. 7. 1854 - 14. 4. 1918
PEOPLE'S SCHOOL DIRECTOR
MICHAEL KAISER
4. 11. 1876 - 30. 4. 1960
JOHANNA KAISER
GEB. PIGER
December 11, 1884 - May 16, 1946

Art historical work

In Salzburg, Piger was particularly supported by the St. Peter and Nonnberg Foundations, for which he repeatedly worked. Stylistically, he was close to the movement of the Nazarenes , who sought a synthesis of medieval-old German style elements with the depth of feeling of a Raphael and thus tried to formulate a new way of expressing religious content.

Picture gallery

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  Piger's house and studio in the Riedenburg , with facade decorations modeled by him.

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  Tondo : Christ with the crown of thorns , Bräustübl Salzburg Mülln , Augustinersaal.

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  Mönchsbergkreuz (Katschthalerkreuz) on the Karolinenhöhe in Salzburg

Works

• Wooden sculptures for the altars of the Herz-Jesu-Asylkirche in Riedenburg , Salzburg (1878–1879),
• Sculptural furnishings in the parish church of Radstadt (1881–1885),
• Nativity figures for the church in the Capuchin monastery in Salzburg (around 1880),
• Infant Jesus for the Pacher Madonna in the Franciscan Church Salzburg (1890),
• Sculptural decoration of the altars of the parish church Ramingstein (1892),
• Altar figures for the parish church of Uttendorf , (1893–1894),
• Altar of the cemetery chapel in Hallein (1895),
• Figures in the parish church of Salzburg-St. Andrä (around 1895, destroyed by aerial bombs in the air raids in 1944/45),
• Statues in the parish church of St. Johann im Pongau (1900),
• Figures in the altar in the parish church of Mariapfarr (1897),
• Wintersteller Monument Religion and Patriotic Love in Kirchdorf in Tirol (1901),
• Figures for the side altars of the Altenmarkt im Pongau parish church (1902),
• Altar equipment for the chapel on the Schmittenhöhe , Zell am See ,
• 20 monumental figures for the niches in the nave of the Collegiate Church Salzburg (1905–1912). Now removed from the niches and placed in the oratorios, not visible from below.
• Katschthaler-Kreuz (wayside cross) on the Mönchsberg next to the Karolinenhöhe Salzburg (inaugurated in 1920), damaged by vandalism (burned), then restored.
• Relief Holy Family for the parish church Königswiesen Upper Austria. (1906),
• Statuettes on the pulpit of the parish church Oberndorf near Salzburg (1908),
• Pieta for the parish church Pöndorf Upper Austria.,
• St. Egidius, Blasius and Ulrich in the church in Hatting in Tyrol,
• Maria Immaculata in the parish church in Schwaz in Tyrol.

literature

• Stefan Grüner: Sculptor Johann Piger (1848–1932) and his work in Salzburg . 1993
• Alphons main elder: Johannes Piger . In: Tiroler Almanach 1926 . P. 115 ff., Innsbruck 1926
• E. Egg:  Piger Johann. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 8, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1983, ISBN 3-7001-0187-2 , p. 72.

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