Josef Miller (sculptor)

Josef Kassian Miller (born May 20, 1809 in Pettneu am Arlberg , † February 1, 1882 in Innsbruck ) was an Austrian sculptor .

Life

The son of a farmer, who also worked as a carpenter and glazier, first learned his father's trades. After his talent in drawing and carving was recognized, he did an apprenticeship with the sculptor Franz Xaver Renn in Imst from 1831 and then worked as his assistant. In 1836 he moved to Munich with Joseph Knabl and studied at the Academy of Fine Arts with Joseph Otto Entres , Fidelis Schönlaub , Johann Petz and Konrad Eberhard .

Miller initially worked in Kaufbeuren and from 1852 in Hall in Tirol , where he had his studio alongside the painter Franz Hellweger . From 1855 he lived and worked in Innsbruck. He is regarded as an important sculptor of the early neo-Gothic in Tyrol and created religious figures, groups, altars and grave monuments.

Works

Lamentation of Christ , Riccabona tomb at Innsbruck Westfriedhof (1860)

High altar, parish church Strengen , 1851
Sculptures on the high altar, Silz parish church , around 1852/53
High altar statues Peter and Paul, parish church Bruneck , 1856
Marble group Lamentation of Christ , Riccabona tomb, Westfriedhof , Innsbruck, 1860
Crucifixion group, Meyer'sche grave, Westfriedhof Innsbruck, 1865
Herz-Jesu-Statue, former burial place of the Jesuits, Westfriedhof Innsbruck, 1873
Altar statues and stations of the cross, Mariahilfkirche , Munich
Friedhofskreuz, Friedhof Weer
Altar, chapel of Krippach Castle , Absam
Altar, chapel of Sigmundslust Castle , Vomp

literature

Hyacinth Holland : Miller, Joseph Cassian . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 21, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1885, p. 755 f.
Müller, Josef Cassian . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 25 : Moehring – Olivié . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1931, p. 239 .
Erich Egg: Miller, Josef Kassian (Lange). In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 6, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1975, ISBN 3-7001-0128-7 , p. 303.

Web links

Commons : Josef Miller - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ Monika Soffner: Silz parish church of St. Petrus and Paulus. Peda art guide No. 059/1992, Passau 1992, ISBN 3-927296--58-9
↑ ^a ^b ^c Heinrich Hammer: The palaces and civil buildings of Innsbruck. Art history guide through the buildings and monuments . Hölzel, Vienna 1923, p. 200–206 ( tugraz.at [PDF; 1.4 MB ]).
↑ wayside cross. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved April 10, 2018 .

personal data
SURNAME	Miller, Josef
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Miller, Josef Kassian (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH	May 20, 1809
PLACE OF BIRTH	Pettneu am Arlberg
DATE OF DEATH	February 1, 1882
Place of death	innsbruck

[1] Monika Soffner: Silz parish church of St. Petrus and Paulus. Peda art guide No. 059/1992, Passau 1992, ISBN 3-927296--58-9

[hammer-2] Heinrich Hammer: The palaces and civil buildings of Innsbruck. Art history guide through the buildings and monuments . Hölzel, Vienna 1923, p. 200–206 ( tugraz.at [PDF; 1.4 MB ]).

[3] wayside cross. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved April 10, 2018 .