Rochus Haas

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Rochus Haas (born August 14, 1837 in the Stainz region ; † April 22, 1903 in Vienna ) was an Austrian sculptor .

Life

Rochus Haas was born the tenth of eleven children of the married couple Alois Haas and Anna Haas, née Triebl. The family lived in Karbach 20, commonly known as Kreuzjagl in the municipality of Stainz near Straden in Styria. Even as a shepherd boy, Haas showed a talent for carving, apprenticed to a carver in Graz and went to Vienna in 1856 , but quickly broke off his studies at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna . A grant from the State of Styria enabled him to study for two years in Munich with Joseph Knabl at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich .

Works

High altar of the Hütteldorfer parish church (1881/82)
  • around 1863: Sandstone gnome in the Graz staircase, Stempfergasse 1
  • 1866: Way of the Cross of the Franciscan Church in Gleichenberg
  • 1881–1882: high altar, side altars and stations of the cross in Vienna, Hütteldorf
  • 1884–1890: high altar, tympanum picture, pulpit and way of the cross in the Dominican Church Friesach (Ktn.)
  • 1888: Immaculate statue and flanking figures in the monastery church of the school brothers, Vienna, Strebersdorf
  • 1892: Rosenkranzweg behind the parish church in Vienna, Weinhaus
  • 1894: Crucifixion group on Kalvarienberg, Kalvarienbergkirche in Vienna, Hernals
  • 1898: Pieta and several figures at the Marienkirche in Vienna, Hernals
  • 1901: Mission cross in the parish church of Vienna, Gersthof
  • 1902: Way of the Cross of the Breitensee parish church - models for zinc reliefs of the Stations of the Cross.

literature

  • Josef Wastler: Styrian Artist Lexicon . Graz 1883.
  • P. Raymund, M. Lang OP: The Dominican Church in Friesach . A contribution to the 1100th anniversary of the city of Friesach. Carinthia publishing house, Klagenfurt 1960.
  • Karl Engelmann, Kornelia Holzner-Tobisch, Ing.Herbert Schmid: The Kalvarienbergkirche in Vienna . History, art, spiritual meaning. Roman Catholic Parish office in Hernals, 2004.
  • Wolfgang J. Bandion: Stone witnesses of faith . Herold, Vienna 1989, ISBN 3-7008-0375-3 .
  • Gottfried Allmer, Norbert Müller: 800 years of the Straden parish . Straden, Graz, summer 1988.
  • Emanuel Paletz: Memories of the building of the new parish church for the Holy Apostle Andreas in Hüttledorf . 1882.

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personal data
SURNAME Haas, Rochus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH August 14, 1837
PLACE OF BIRTH Stainz region
DATE OF DEATH April 22, 1903
Place of death Vienna