Josef Pokorny

Josef Pokorny (born February 12, 1829 in Vienna ; † January 9, 1905 in Hinterbrühl , Lower Austria) was an Austrian sculptor and academy professor, he taught at the Technical University of Vienna . Among other things, he made sculptures for churches, for the University of Vienna and for the palace of Archduke Ludwig Viktor in Vienna.

Works

Ferstel monument in Vienna

• around 1859: Altars and furnishings in the parish church of St. Leonhard in Markt Piesting
• 1863–1866: Sculptural equipment at the Academic Gymnasium in Vienna, Beethovenplatz 1
• 1863–1869: Sculptural decoration at the Archduke Ludwig Viktor Palace in Vienna, Schwarzenbergplatz 1
• 1865: Architectural model for the construction of the Künstlerhaus in Vienna, Karlsplatz 5
• 1870–1871: Stucco decoration in the former Tietz house in Vienna, Schottenring 10
• 1871–1872: Building sculpture at the Henckel von Donnersmarck Palace in Vienna, Parkring 14
• around 1876: Minerva fountain on the connecting building between the Museum of Applied Arts and the University of Applied Arts
• 1874–1877: Main altar of the Schwarzenberg crypt chapel in Wittingau (Třeboň)
• around 1886: Sculpture work on the monument to Heinrich von Ferstel in the main building of the University of Vienna

Web links

• Entry via Palais Henckel-Donnersmarck to Burgen-Austria
• Picture and brief description of the Schwarzenberg crypt chapel in Wittingau

literature

• Constantin von Wurzbach : Pokorny, Joseph . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 23rd part. Imperial and Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1872, p. 48 f. ( Digitized version ).
• Died . In: The art. Monthly magazine for fine and applied arts . F. Bruckmann, Munich February 2, 1905, p. 284 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ): "In Vienna the sculptor Academy professor Joseph Pokorny, 75 years old"
• Pokorny, Josef . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 27 : Piermaria – Ramsdell . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1933, p. 199 .
• 100 years of the Künstlerhaus. Vienna 1961, p. 13.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Pokorny, Josef . In: Benezit (Ed.): Dictionary of Artists . doi : 10.1093 / benz / 9780199773787.article.B00143791 (English, beginning of article).
2. ↑ The Ferstel epitaph in the north atrium with the portrait bust of Viktor Tilgner (1886) in front of the large ballroom