Josef Bachlechner the Elder

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Josef Bachlechner the Elder (born October 28, 1871 in Bruneck , † October 17, 1923 in Hall in Tirol ) was an Austrian sculptor .

Life

The "Bachlechner House", Josef Bachlechner's apartment and workshop in Krippgasse in Hall

Josef Bachlechner was born as the son of a master tanner in Bruneck. After training as a carver in Val Gardena and attending the wood carving school in Bozen with Franz Haider , Bachlechner worked for the cabinet maker and altar maker Barth in Brixen and from 1888 for the sculptor Josef Diechtl (1852–1934) in Hall in Tyrol. He then studied in Rome and from 1896 at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich with Syrius Eberle .

Around 1910 he settled permanently in Hall, where he ran a large workshop with numerous employees and students. Peter Sellemond was one of his students . Bachlechner was friends with Sebastian Rieger , known as Reimmichl , who worked in Heiligkreuz near Hall . In 1916 he married Klara Dobin, the couple had three sons and two daughters. One of the sons, Josef Bachlechner the Younger , also became a well-known sculptor.

Bachlechner mainly created religious works in the neo-Gothic style, whereby he was influenced by the Beuron art school and based in particular on the carving style of Michael Pacher . He was best known for his nativity scenes .

Honors

In 1923, Bachlechner received from Pope Pius XI. awarded the Knight's Cross of the Order of Gregorius . In Bruneck, Hall and in the Innsbruck district of Höttinger Au streets were named after him. A primary school in his native Bruneck also bears his name.

Works

Crucifixion group, parish church Navis, 1912/13
Relief of the St. Mary's altar in the parish church of Salzburg-St. Andrä
  • Central figure of the crescent moon Madonna on the high altar of the parish church of Sankt Koloman near Hallein
  • Reliefs with scenes from the life of Joseph on the Joseph altar, reliefs of the cross in the parish church of St. Nikolaus in Innsbruck left side of the inside, there Sacred Heart Altar from 1906, altar construction with Ludwig Bachlechner
  • Gothic crucifix in the house chapel of the Sisters of Mercy in Innsbruck-Saggen
  • Neo-Gothic winged altar, side altar and pulpit with carved reliefs from 1900 to 1909 in the parish church of the Sacrifice of Mary in Hochgallmigg in Fliess
  • Processional figures of Maria Immaculata and Guardian Angel from 1910, reliefs from 1915–1920 on the high altar of the parish church of St. Bartholomäus zu Grafendorf in Gaimberg
  • Figure Maria vom Siege from 1911 on the high altar of the parish church of St. Leonhard and Lambert in Gerlos
  • Relief figures by Anderl von Rinn and Ursula Pöck, Museum Schloss Bruck, Lienz 1912
  • Two angels from the beginning of the 20th century in the forest chapel of the parish church of St. Nicholas in Hall in Tirol
  • Relief St. Anthony and angels making music, 1917 on the left side altar of the Franciscan Church in Hall in Tirol
  • Crucifix and wooden figure in the Thurnfeld Church of the Salesian convent in Hall in Tirol
  • Figures Maria with child , St. Barbara and Margarethe , 1903/04 on the right side altar of the parish church of St. Martin in Häselgehr
  • Relief Mary with Pope Leo XIII., Around 1900 in the right aisle of the parish church St. Martin in Innervillgraten
  • Figure Herz Jesu , around 1900 in a niche of the nave of the parish church Mariahilf in Hollbruck in Kartitsch
  • Neo-Gothic high altar, side altars and pulpit with reliefs and rich tracery carving, around 1900 in the parish church of St. James the Elder in Kauns
  • Figures of St. Katharina and Margarethe , St. John the Evangelist and John the Baptist , 1906, parish church of St. Ulrich in Kirchberg in Tirol
  • High altar around 1915, left side altar from 1924, right side altar from 1923, according to a design, in the parish church of St. Michael in Leisach
  • Half figure God the Father , statues St. John the Baptist and Anthony of Padua from 1909 in the hospital church of St. Spirit in Matrei am Brenner
  • Seven statues of saints in the parish church of the Assumption of Mary in Untermieming in Mieming
  • Relief of the Madonna from 1909 in the taxer's chapel in Mutters
  • Figures in the high altar and reliefs on the pulpit from 1909 in the parish church of St. Michael in Natters
  • Carved group of crosses from 1912 to 1913 in the apse niche of the parish church of St. Christoph in Navis
  • Figurine shrine with statue of Maria Immaculata from 1903 in the parish church of Obsteig
  • Nativity relief for the Christmas season from 1903 in the parish church of St. Josef in Schmirn
  • High altar reliefs from 1884 in the parish church of St. Ulrich in Tarrenz
  • Altar from the beginning of the 20th century in the house chapel of the school in Wattenberg, which was built from 1951 to 1953
  • High altar as winged altar in the style of the Neo-Renaissance from 1907 in the parish church of St. Johannes Evangelist in Wenns
  • Middle relief St. Sixtus and Oswald from 1900 on the baroque high altar from 1676 in the parish church of St. Sixtus in Niederau in Wildschönau

literature

Web links

Commons : Josef Bachlechner the Elder  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 01645 Josef Bachlechner in the register book 1884-1920 of the Academy of Fine Arts Munich
  2. ↑ Person page on haben.at
  3. ^ Hall in Tirol: The Bachlechner House ; Retrieved September 13, 2012.
personal data
SURNAME Bachlechner, Josef the Elder
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH October 28, 1871
PLACE OF BIRTH Brunico
DATE OF DEATH October 17, 1923
Place of death Hall in Tirol