Peter Sellemond

Peter Sellemond (born January 14, 1884 in Feldthurns , † November 16, 1942 in Hall in Tirol ) was an Austrian sculptor and carver .

Life

As the son of a mountain farmer in South Tyrol, Peter Sellemond was an apprentice to the cabinet maker and altar maker Josef Meraner in Klausen and passed his master craftsman examination in 1902 with Josef Bachlechner the Elder. Ä. in Hall in Tirol. From 1909 to 1911 he was a guest student at the State Trade School in Innsbruck , and in 1911 he took six months of painting lessons with Alfons Siber .

Sellemond took the entrance examination at the Art Academy in Munich in 1914 , but did military service due to the First World War . After the war Sellemond founded his own studio in Hall and was represented in exhibitions as a member of the Tyrolean Artists Association.

Works

1914–1918: War drawings with portraits in chalk, charcoal, red chalk, Indian ink and watercolor
War memorial at the parish church of Grän , 1925
Cross: Feldthurns parish church
Cross: St. Nicholas Church in Eggental
Crucifix: Parish Church Am Tabor (Leopoldstadt) in Vienna
Crucifix: Church Name of Jesus (Vienna)
Crucifix: Church of Maria Namen (Vienna)
Crucifix: Hetzendorf parish church in Vienna, previously purchased for the St. Elisabeth church in Vienna- Wieden
11 nativity figurines, glazed, signature on the plinth of the Marienfigur P. Sellemond , St. Martinus Church Olpe / Westphalia (parish archive St. Martinus Olpe)

literature

Maria Elisabeth Knoflach: The carver Peter Sellemond 1884–1942: his life and work with special consideration of the pompous paneling The Creation . Diploma thesis, University of Innsbruck, 1999.
Ellen Hastaba: Sellemond Peter. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 12, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2001–2005, ISBN 3-7001-3580-7 , p. 158.

Web links

Commons : Peter Sellemond - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ E. Hastaba: Selle Moon Peter. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 12, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2001–2005, ISBN 3-7001-3580-7 , p. 158.
↑ Fingernail-Grüll, Wiesauer: War memorial. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved April 28, 2020 .
^ Archdiocese of Vienna Church of Mary Name: Crucifix by Peter Sellemond: Exhibition object: World Exhibition Paris 1928.

personal data
SURNAME	Sellemond, Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH	January 14, 1884
PLACE OF BIRTH	Feldthurns
DATE OF DEATH	November 16, 1942
Place of death	Hall in Tirol

[1] E. Hastaba: Selle Moon Peter. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 12, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2001–2005, ISBN 3-7001-3580-7 , p. 158.

[2] Fingernail-Grüll, Wiesauer: War memorial. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved April 28, 2020 .

[3] Archdiocese of Vienna Church of Mary Name: Crucifix by Peter Sellemond: Exhibition object: World Exhibition Paris 1928.