Johann Preleuthner

Johannes Preleuthner, lithograph by E. Swoboda

Statue of Andreas Hofer in the Feldherrenhalle of the Army History Museum .

Johann Preleuthner: Marble statue of Leopold VI. (Vienna, Rathauspark )

Johann Baptist Preleuthner , also Preleithner (born December 27, 1807 in Vienna , † August 4, 1897 Villa Harthof near Gloggnitz ) was an Austrian sculptor .

Life

Johann Preleuthner was initially a student of his stepfather Johann Nepomuk Schaller . In 1820 he studied at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts and then at the Munich Academy under Ludwig Schwanthaler . In 1848 he was elected a member of the Vienna Academy and in 1866 by Emperor Franz Joseph I confirmed it.

Among his works are the life-sized portrait statues of Andreas Hofer and Field Marshal Johann Graf Palffy for Feldherrenhalle of 1856 completed "kuk Hofwaffenmuseum" (now Museum of Military History ), which he created in 1869 and 1873rd Preleuthner also worked with Anton Dominik von Fernkorn at times .

In 1928 the Preleuthnersteig in Vienna- Hietzing was named after him.

Work (selection)

Preleuthner furnished numerous buildings from the Ringstrasse era in Vienna with his sculptures and reliefs.

• Marble statue of Leopold VI. for the Elisabeth Bridge
• Still pictures of Andreas Hofer (1873) and Johann V. Graf Pálffy (1869) in the Feldherrenhalle of the Army History Museum .
• Stone statues of the apostles Peter and Paul on the main facade of the Altlerchenfeld parish church
• High reliefs of ballet and opera on the main staircase of the Vienna State Opera
• Hermen atlases at the Palais Mayr von Melnhof, Operngasse 4
• 14 round reliefs on the rear facade of the Vienna State Opera
• Honorary cup of the state of Carniola for Josef Ettenreich

literature

• Constantin von Wurzbach : Preleuthner, Johann . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 23rd part. Imperial-Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1872, p. 259 f. ( Digitized version ).
• S. Krasa-Florian:  Preleuthner, Johann. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 8, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1983, ISBN 3-7001-0187-2 , p. 261.
• Felix Czeike: Historical Lexicon Vienna. Vol. 4. Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 1995, p.

Web links

Commons : Johann Preleuthner  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ See Johann Christoph Allmayer-Beck : Das Heeresgeschichtliche Museum Wien. The museum and its representative rooms . Kiesel Verlag, Salzburg 1981, ISBN 3-7023-0113-5 , p.?.
2. ↑ Ilse Krumpöck: Die Bildwerke im Heeresgeschichtliches Museum , Vienna 2004, p. 41.