Karl Fürhapter

Karl Fürhapter (also Firhapter , called Blinder Karl ; born November 3, 1802 in Innervillgraten ; † June 3, 1883 ibid) was an Austrian carver .

Life

Crucifixion group on the choir wall of the parish church Innervillgraten (1852)

Karl Fürhapter was one of thirteen children of Georg Fürhapter, a farmer at the Unterkaftehof, and his wife Maria, geb. Niederhofer. He did an apprenticeship as a carpenter and then learned how to carve and paint a barrel , probably in Defereggen or Innichen . In Innervillgraten he ran a carpentry shop and was also active in handicrafts. Fürhapter lived in modest circumstances, he was never married and a sister ran the household for him. The passionate hunter lost an eye in a hunting accident after 1867. He died on June 3, 1883 of a lung infection and was buried in the cemetery in Innervillgraten.

Fürhapter carved heads of deer, roe deer and chamois, which were sold with antlers or horns on. He created crucifixes and figures of saints mainly from models in baroque forms with good artistic quality.

Works

• Relief English greeting , Jenewenz house, Innervillgraten, after 1820
• Processional figure of a hovering guardian angel based on the model of Johann Paterer , Innervillgraten parish church, around 1850
• Crucifixion group on the choir wall of the parish church Innervillgraten, 1852
• Statues of the weathermen Johannes and Paulus, Filialkirche Hl. Geist in Ried (Parish Anras ), after 1850
• Jenewenz-Wegkreuz, Innervillgraten

literature

• U. Marinelli:  Fürhapter, Karl . In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 . 2nd revised edition (online only).
• Heinrich L. Fürhapter: Karl Fürhapter, "our family artist"! In: Osttiroler Heimatblätter, number 12/2007, pp. 1–4 ( PDF; 931 kB )

Individual evidence

1. ^ Fingernail-Grüll, Wiesauer: Friedhofskreuz, Crucifixion group. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved March 29, 2020 . 
2. ↑ Wiesauer: Wegkreuz, Jenewenz. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved March 29, 2020 .