Ludwig Schaller (sculptor)

Ludwig Schaller (born October 13, 1804 in Vienna , † April 29, 1865 in Munich ) was an Austrian sculptor.

Life

Ludwig Schaller was born in Vienna in 1804 as the son of the history painter Anton Schaller (1773–1844) into a family of artists. His uncle Johann Nepomuk Schaller (1777–1842) was a sculptor, his older brother Eduard (1802–1848) was also a history painter .

Despite his early enthusiasm for art, Schaller was destined for the clergy. Therefore, at the age of 18, he entered the Vienna Piarist monastery . On the advice of some clergymen, he switched to the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts to practice drawing, modeling and wood sculpture, the latter with Joseph Käßmann (1784–1856). He also had further lessons in sculpture in his uncle's studio.

In 1828, Schaller and his friend Moritz von Schwind went to Munich to work for Johannes Leeb , Ernst Mayer and finally Ludwig Schwanthaler . Under Schwanthaler's direction, Schaller was able to contribute to the decoration of the Alte Pinakothek and the ballroom building of the Munich Residence.

The style of his work was determined by the classical training at the Vienna Academy as well as by the Nazarene influences of his uncle. Even the romantic style Schwanthaler was visible.

Works (selection)

Herder statue in front of the City Church of St. Peter and Paul (Herder Church) in Weimar

• Statue of the Grand Duke Ludwig in Darmstadt
• Herder statue for Weimar.
• For the Hall of Fame of King Ludwig I in Munich: the colossal busts of Veit Stoss , Hans Burckmair , Peter Canisius , Franz von Mercy , Joachim Sandrart , Hans Carl von Thüngen , Balthasar Neumann , Johann Christoph Gatterer and Lorenz von Westenrieder
• The statues of Prometheus and Phidias for the niches of the Glyptothek

literature

• Schaller, Ludwig. In: Georg Kaspar Nagler : Neues Allgemeine Künstler-Lexicon , Volume 15, Verlag von EA Fleischmann, Munich 1845, pp. 139–141 ( limited preview in the Google book search).
• Constantin von Wurzbach : Schaller, Ludwig . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 29th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1875, pp. 102–106 ( digitized version ).
• Hyacinth Holland :  Schaller, Ludwig . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 30, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1890, pp. 563-565.
• Schaller, Ludwig . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 29 : Rosa – Scheffauer . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1935, p. 576 .
• S. Krasa-Florian:  Schaller, Ludwig. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 10, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1994, ISBN 3-7001-2186-5 , p. 35.

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