Josef Furthner

Josef Furthner (born February 5, 1890 in Zell an der Pram , † 1971 ) was an Austrian sculptor and carver .

Training and work

Furthner attended the Vienna School of Applied Arts . In 1923 he was a founding member of the Innviertel artists 'guild and a member of the artists ' association Künstlerhaus Wien .

Awards

• Professional title professor
• A street in Zell an der Pram was named after him.

Works

Tabernacle of the Marien Altar in the pilgrimage church Maria-Trost

• 1920 War memorial near the parish church of Peuerbach with the figural group Lamentation of Christ
• 1923 with Dominik Fantner: redesign of the high altar in the parish church of Nondorf an der Wild
• 1926 high altar of the parish church Süßenbach
• 1928 Sculpture made of artificial stone on the Trinity Column in Aspach
• 1932 New high altar in Altschwendt parish church
• 1935 Side altars in the parish church in Hausbrunn
• 1937 side altar St. Mary and the figure of the Heart of Jesus in the parish church of Aurolzmünster
• St. Severin, solid wood sculpture in the parish church of St. Severin, Linz
• 1949 with Hans Freilinger : Tabernacle of the Marian altar in the pilgrimage church Maria-Trost in Berg near Rohrbach
• 1957 war memorial in Aspach

Exhibitions

• Josef Furthner: 1890–1971, sculptor and picture carver. Exhibition at the State Education Center in Zell an der Pram in 1980
• Life and work of Prof. Josef Furthner. Exhibition in the wood and tool museum in Riedau 1999.

literature

• Ines Zarbl: The academic sculptor Prof. Josef Furthner 1890–1971. The public work. Thesis . University of Salzburg, 2001.
• Bibliography Josef Furthner in the forum OoeGeschichte.at
• Josef Fließer: Our local altar builder Joseph Furthner. In: Christian art sheets . 79, Linz 1938, pp. 3-9.
• Josef Furthner: At the Innviertel sculptor. A visit to Josef Furthner. In: home country. 1934, pp. 58-61.
• The sculptor Josef Furthner. In: Art in the People. 10, 1959, pp. 33-35.
• Amadeus Grohmann: Josef Furthner. The master of the wood carver. In: The Bastion. Österreichische Kulturzeitschrift 1, Issue 7, 1946, pp. 10-14.

Web links

Bibliography on Josef Furthner in the forum OoeGeschichte.at

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Furthner Josef, in: Web presence of the Belvedere
2. ↑ ^{a b} The art monuments of Austria. Dehio Lower Austria north of the Danube 1990 . List of artists, sculptor Josef Furt (h) ner, p. 1371.
3. ↑ Dreifaltigkeitssäule, in: Website of the municipality of Aspach
4. ↑ Ortschronik, in: Website of the community Hausbrunn
5. ↑ Parish Church St. Severin, Linz, in: Website of the Diocese of Linz ( Memento from January 14, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
6. ↑ War memorial, in: Website of the market town of Aspach
7. ↑ Josef Furthner's life's work. ( Memento from January 14, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) In: Church newspaper of the Diocese of Linz. August 31, 1999.