Peter Dorner
Peter Dorner (born February 17, 1857 in Monguelfo in the Puster Valley , † April 1, 1931 ) was a Tyrolean blacksmith . According to Thieme-Becker, he became known as the "snake smith of Welsberg".
Life and works
Peter Dorner, son of a blacksmith , was self-taught . His preferred subjects were snakes and balls of snakes based on living models; he also designed flowers, tendrils and wickerwork. The companies Gladenbeck in Berlin and Eschenbach in Munich spread his work in Germany. Dorner's artistic works were once worth an entry for Baedekers . In 1904 the press reported that Dorner was exhibiting his work for the first time outside of his home country, in Berlin: “There are works made of wrought iron , hammered, drawn, notched with pliers and all in all often more than a dozen times in the fire processed [...] these snakes are partly to be placed on the table as knickknacks or paperweights , partly to carry flower vases, ashtrays, etc.; The "snake kings" are the most artistic [...] The same ability to handle the bar iron on the anvil, and to bend and devour it in the most graceful way, is demonstrated by Dorner in his iron flowers and in the many (also in Paris ) well-known coat hooks [...] "
Web links
- Dorners death picture on sterbebilder.schwemberger.at
Individual evidence
- ^ Karl Baedeker: South Bavaria, Tyrol and Salzburg. BOD GmbH DE, 2013, ISBN 978-3-955-80717-7 , p. 464 ( limited preview in the Google book search)
- ↑ Illustrierte Schweizerische Handwerker-Zeitung 7, 20, 1904, p. 103; An article from the Frankfurter Zeitung is apparently cited here .
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| SURNAME | Dorner, Peter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Tyrolean blacksmith |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 17, 1857 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Monguelfo |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 1, 1931 |