Josef Waßler

Josef Waßler (born February 14, 1841 in Lana ; † July 23, 1908 in Meran ) was a picture carver and cabinet maker from Tyrol. He created 32 altars in neo-Gothic style , many of which are listed buildings.

Life

After compulsory school, Josef Waßler attended the Benedictine grammar school in Merano for two years , after which he learned drawing and carving for four years from Franz Xaver Pendl . From 1861 he worked as a journeyman in the Mayer'sche Hofkunstanstalt in Munich. At that time he was receiving lessons from Josef Knabl . At the beginning of the 1860s Waßler went to Cologne and worked under Peter Fuchs at Cologne Cathedral , where he learned how to work stone. In 1867 he settled in Lana, in 1876 he moved his workshop to Merano.

Waßler was a member of the Munich Association for Christian Art .

Works

Assistant figures at the high altar in the Teutonic Order in Lana , 1867
Figures on the high altar in Maria Himmelfahrt in Mölten , around 1867
Reliefs on the high altar in the parish church of Burgstall , 1870
Stations of the Cross in relief, prayer, choir and confessional chairs in the parish church of Niederlana , 1872–1888
High altar and both side altars in the parish church of Lagundo , 1874–1878
High altar in the Parish Church of Altrei , 1874
High altar in the parish church of Tessenberg , documented in 1874
High altar in the parish church of Gummer , 1876
High altar in St. Katharina Kaltern , 1878
High altar and both side altars in the parish church of Lichtenberg , 1878
High altar in the parish church of Klausen , 1879
Notburga altar in St. Valentin in Obermais , 1884/1885
Side altar in St. Vigilius in Obermais , 1884/1885

photos

Altar reliefs in the parish church of Burgstall 1870
Main altar of St. Hippolyt and Ehrhard in Lagundo, 1871
Altar St. Andreas in Klausen 1879

literature

Constantin von Wurzbach : Wassler, Joseph . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 53rd part. Imperial and Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1886, p. 142 f. ( Digitized version ).
J. Wassler, Josef Wassler in Bruno Pokorny: From Merans Werdezeit 1870–1900, Meran 1929, p. 189 ff. ( Digitized version ).
Maria Hölzl Stifter: Between neo-Gothic and Nazarene art , in: Der Schlern , Heft 3, 2015.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

↑ Pokorny p. 189 ff.
^ Association for Christian Art in Munich (ed.): Festgabe in memory of the 50th year. Anniversary. Lentner'sche Hofbuchhandlung, Munich 1910, p. 100.

personal data
SURNAME	Waßler, Josef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Picture carver and cabinet maker
DATE OF BIRTH	February 14, 1841
PLACE OF BIRTH	Lana
DATE OF DEATH	July 23, 1908
Place of death	Meran

[1] Pokorny p. 189 ff.

[2] Association for Christian Art in Munich (ed.): Festgabe in memory of the 50th year. Anniversary. Lentner'sche Hofbuchhandlung, Munich 1910, p. 100.