Josef Mersa
Josef Mersa or Ujep Mersa (born October 18, 1871 in Colfosco in the Gadertal , † September 27, 1914 in Brixen , South Tyrol ) was a Tyrolean sculptor .
Josef Mersa learned to sculpt in Ortisei in Val Gardena and married Elisabeth Rifesser from the Rifesser da Stufan publishing family there. His most important work is the Rosary Madonna in the parish church of Ortisei in Val Gardena . At the Villa Rifesser Stufan in Ortisei, three half-length figures of the Tyrolean freedom fighters Andreas Hofer , Katharina Lanz , Joseph Speckbacher and Father Joachim Haspinger , carved by Josef Mersa, can be seen.
His son Franz (1909–1974) was a teacher at the art school in Bressanone for 24 years and trained numerous sculptors in his workshop in Bressanone.
bibliography
- Chiocchetti Nadia. Nosta Jent. Persones y personalités dla Ladinia. Union Generela di Ladins dles Dolomites. Fotolito Longo (no year). Texts in Ladin Dolomitan with summary in German and Italian. ISBN 88-901703-4-4 .
- Trapp Eugen. Art monuments of Ladinia. Val Badia. Val Gardena. Fassa Valley. Buchenstein. Ampezzo. Publisher: Istitut Cultural Ladin Micurà de Rü, San Martino in Badia / San Martin de Tor (BZ), 2003. ISBN 88-8171-044-7
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mersa, Josef |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mersa, Ujep |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 18, 1871 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Colfosco , Val Badia |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 27, 1914 |
| Place of death | Brixen , South Tyrol |