Val Gardena Museum
The Ladin Museum Val Gardena - Museum de Gherdëina - in the Cësa di Ladins in the center of Ortisei in Val Gardena , South Tyrol , has existed since 1960 and houses collections on the cultural and natural history of the valley. The museum building Cësa di Ladins was built in 1953 by the Union di Ladins de Gherdëina also for the purpose of housing a museum for Val Gardena.
Building the museum
Entrance area
You can see the crucifix of Sëurasas by Vinzenz Peristi and Baptist Walpoth (1932), the crossways reliefs by Vinzenz Moroder (1921) and an oil painting by the painter Josef Moroder-Lusenberg (1846-1939) with a view of St. Ulrich around 1860, created in 1925.
1. Showroom
The first exhibition room is dedicated to the baroque beginnings of sacred art in Val Gardena. The original sculptures from St. Jacob's Church are on display . These are works by the local sculptor dynasty of the Vinaz , who dominated sacred art in Val Gardena between 1650 and 1800 . You can also see the original altarpiece from the St. Jacob's Church by Franz Sebald Unterberger (1751) from Cavalese . The older workshop of the Trebingen sculptor dynasty is documented with four valuable figures of saints (around 1700).
2. Showroom
The second exhibition room offers a foray into historical art in Val Gardena from 1650 to 1950 and shows in the first showcase religious small sculptures from the workshops of the baroque sculptors Trebinger (17th century) and Vinazer (17th / 18th century).
A selection of nativity figures, crucifixion groups , chandelier angels, candle holders, clock stands , picture frames , caricatures , allegorical figures, depictions of animals, etc. v. m. provides an insight into the folk carving of the 18th and 19th centuries. Manufactured at home, it was first sold across Europe by traveling traders and later via a complex business network. Including a Pietà by Jakob Sotriffer, founder of the first drawing school in Val Gardena in 1825.
The first half of the 20th century is represented by two collections of works by the sculptors Albino Pitscheider (1877–1962) and Luis Insam (1901–1950). The traditional costumes from the workshop of Josef Moroder-Lusenberg (around 1900), the Christmas cribs by Luis Anton Insam and the Christmas crib altar by his son Luis Insam as well as the Christmas crib by Vinzenz Peristi are noteworthy.
3. Showroom
The third exhibition room is reserved for the natural history area. A rich collection of local fossils , rocks and minerals provides an insight into the geological structure of the western Dolomites . Noteworthy among the fossils are charred plant remains ( Ortiseia ) from the layers of the Val Gardena Formation , gastropod prints, a fossilized fish (Archaeolepidotus leonardii Accordi), the more than 280 million year old skeleton of an ichthyosaur from the Buchensteiner layers of the Seceda as well as coral and ammonite finds from the Puez group . In addition to a cross-section of typical minerals from the Alpe di Siusi , this room also contains a valuable collection of minerals from other sites in the Alpine region (including rock crystal from the Ahrntal valley , geodes from Teis ). Furthermore, prepared forest animals (including an albino deer) and native birds, a butterfly collection and a historical herbarium give an insight into the diversity of the alpine fauna and flora.
2nd Floor
The early baroque Lenten veil from the St. Jacob's Church in Val Gardena (around 1620/30) is hung in the staircase , the only completely preserved testimony of its kind in South Tyrol.
The archaeological section shows the Stone Age finds from Plan de Frea on the Grödner Joch , which are among the most important traces of finds in the Val Gardena area (8000-5000 BC), as well as unique evidence from the Bronze Age such as the bronze dagger from the Balèst mountain (around 1300 BC). BC) and the Iron Age find complex of Col de Flam (400–15 BC, La Tène period ).
The unique collection of old Val Gardena wooden toys is one of the museum's particularly noteworthy treasures; Compiled by Johann Senoner-Vastlé in the pre-war period, this collection includes an extensive selection of toys that were made at home between 1750 and 1940, including the typical Val Gardena jointed doll in all sizes.
Furthermore, paintings and watercolors by Josef Moroder-Lusenberg , Luis Piazza and Peter Demetz-Fëur are shown.
Luis Trenker
A separate area is dedicated to the native Val Gardena alpinist, actor and director of the first mountain films , Luis Trenker (1892–1990). The Val Gardena Museum has kept his artistic estate since 2004 and shows documents from his filmmaking in a permanent exhibition.
Special exhibition
Bierjun 1490. The secret of a bedroom : Exhibition of a late medieval bedroom from the Bierjun farm with rare red chalk drawings of religious content from 1490.
Publications of the museum
- Matthias Frei, Georg Innerebner, Rudolf Moroder-Rudolfine, Christian Moroder, Edgar Moroder, Viktor Welponer: Val Gardena and its local museum. A talkative guide . Ortisei 1966.
- Viktor Welponer, Edgar Moroder, Reimo Lunz, Adolf Kostner, Johann Moroder, Rudolf Moroder-Rudolfine, Rita Stäblein. Photos: Robert Moroder and Luis Piazza : L Museum de Gherdëina - The Val Gardena Museum of Local History. Overview of Val Gardena's art, natural and prehistory (with Ladin and German contributions) 1985
- Rudolf Moroder-Rudolfine: Albino Pitscheider: Scultëur y Maester - sculptor and subject teacher - Scultore e insegnante d'arte . Artist monograph, ed. on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of death. 1987.
- Nicolò Rasmo : Gli scultori Vinazer. Origini dell'attività scultorea in Val Gardena . With an article on Giuseppe Antonio Vinazer by Juan Nicolau Castro, Toledo. Illustrations and catalog raisonné . 1989.
- Rita Stäblein, Robert Moroder: La vedla chiena de Gherdëina - Old Val Gardena wooden toys - Il Giocattolo in legno della Val Gardena . Trilingual edition 1994.
- Peter Neuendorff (translation from Old German): Cookbook by Anna Maria Sanoner and Felicita Unterplatzer . Photos: Robert Moroder 1995.
- Gert Ammann, Edgar Moroder, Ingrid Moroder-Runggaldier and Robert Moroder: Josef Moroder Lusenberg. 1846-1939 . Exhibition catalog, 1994.
- Ingrid Runggaldier-Moroder, Barbara Tomelleri and Robert Moroder: Leo Crepaz da Maidl . Exhibition catalog on the occasion of the artist's 90th birthday. 1998.
- Paulina Moroder and Rudolf Moroder-Rudolfine: Hans Sontheimer 1906–1981 . Catalog for the special exhibition (July 10 to October 13, 1999). St. Ulrich / Eppan 1999.
- Cristl Moroder, Rudolf Moroder-Rudolfine and Danila Serafini: Ludwig Moroder 1879–1953. Scultëur y maester. Sculptor and specialist teacher. Scultore e insegnante d'arte. N lecort di 50 ania dala mort. Commemorative writing for the 50th anniversary of death. Edizione commemorativa nel 50.mo anniversario della morte . 2003.
- Eva Gadner, Gert Amman, Peter Weiermair: Josef Moroder Lusenberg, Bera Sepl da Jumbierch , publisher Istitut Ladin Micura da Ru, Museum Gherdeina, South Tyrolean Cultural Institute 2009. ISBN 978-88-8171-085-0
- Barbara Lanz, Sonja Mitterer: Farm map Val Gardena . Museum Gherdëina, Ortisei in Val Gardena 2014. ISBN 978-88-909015-0-8
- Altar architecture from Val Gardena from 1700 to 1940. 2010.
Gifts
- 1967 Donation of the Mahlknecht family from Bolzano with minerals mainly from the Alpe di Siusi .
- 1972 Acquisition of the Giuani Senoner Vastlè collection from Val Gardena wood carving toys (1500 pieces).
- 1985 Albino Pitscheider collection with 125 wooden sculptures by the artist from Val Gardena.
- Legacy Tresl Gruber with drawings by the artist and antique wooden sculptures by the Vinazer family .
- Legacy Leo Crepaz (painting by the artist from Val Gardena).
- 2000 The company ANRI (wood carvings) donates the collection of the Val Gardena artist Luis Insam consisting of approx. 30 sculptures.
- Original drawings of projects for Val Gardena wooden altars from the 19th to 20th centuries Century.
- Luis Trenker's legacy (220 pieces).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Ferdinand Trenker: L "Archive zëntrel Luis Trenker" à giapà si sënta tl Museum de Gherdëina. Calënder de Gherdëina. Union di Ladins de Gherdëina Ortisei. Year 2005, pp. 1161–1163. ( Ladin )
Coordinates: 46 ° 34 ′ 26.2 " N , 11 ° 40 ′ 28.6" E