Johann Rint

Family grave, St. Barbara cemetery , Linz

Johann Rint (born January 2, 1814 in Kukus , † January 5, 1900 in Linz ) was an Austrian sculptor and wood carver from Bohemia .

Live and act

Johann Rint learned to carve small nativity figures during a stay in the monastery. After Baron Mecséry had noticed him and ordered a mug with a hunting motif from him, further orders followed. Count Buquoy commissioned him to carve the furniture and doors of Rožmberk Castle .

In 1848 Johann Rint moved to Linz, where he created numerous wooden portraits, including the depiction “Entry of General Radetzky to Milan”. A scholarship enabled him to study in Munich from 1850. After returning to Linz, he created an altar for the church in Budweis and the interior for the royal crypt in Nezamyslice. Together with his son Josef Rint , he restored the Kefermarkt winged altar from 1852 . After he created an imperial cup for Empress Elisabeth from 1862–1864 , he was appointed court carver in 1865.

To commemorate the work of father and son Rint, the city of Linz named “Rintstrasse” in the Kleinmünchen district after them in 1954.

Works

• Ambras Castle Collection :
  • Radetzky's entry into Milan (1849)
  • Boxwood cup
• Untermais , St. Valentine's Church: relief (1850)
• Kremsmünster Abbey : Relief with a scene from the life of Tassilo
• Kefermarkt : Restoration of the Kefermarkt wing altar (1852–1855, together with his son Josef Rint )
• St. Florian Monastery :
  • 14 crossways reliefs (1861)
  • some small works of art for the antique collection
• O.ö. State Museum :
  • Relief "Interior of the Munich Boniface Basilica"
  • Mayor Drouot's pear wood frame
• Budweis : Main altar (between 1874 and 1880) for the Church of the Sacrifice of the Virgin Mary (Kostel Obětování Panny Marie) of the former Dominican monastery
• Nezamyslice : Interior of the Lamberg Princely Crypt
• Kaplitz : high altar, pulpit and baptismal font

literature

• Constantin von Wurzbach : Rint, Johann . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 9th part. Imperial and Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1863, pp. 166–170 ( digitized version ).
• Rint, Johann . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 28 : Ramsden-Rosa . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1934, p. 371-372 . (with wrong dates of life 1815–1876)
• Prokop Toman: Novy Slovník Československých Výtvarných Umělcu. Prague 1947, Volume 2, p. 364.
• Ulrich Schulte-Wülwer: The Nibelung Cups of Johann Rint. A contribution to the reception of Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld's Nibelungen frescoes. In: Communications from the Austrian Gallery 1974, pp. 73–91.
• B. Ulm:  Rint Johann. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 9, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1988, ISBN 3-7001-1483-4 , p. 170 f. (Direct links on p. 170 , p. 171 ). - (with information also about the son Joseph)

Web links

• Page no longer available , search in web archives: OÖN from November 29, 2007, Linzer street names series