Siegfried Maria Rüffler

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Siegfried Maria Rüffler (born August 6, 1898 in Teplitz , Bohemia , † March 31, 1965 in Linz ) was an Austrian sculptor .

Life

Siegfried Maria Rüffler was born in Bohemia as the son of the high school teacher Josef Rüffler. In 1913 the family moved to Wels in Upper Austria. He then moved to Vienna , where he studied sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts . Famous personalities such as the Archbishop of Vienna and Cardinal Friedrich Gustav Piffl ; the politician Andreas Thaler ; the future Federal President Adolf Schärf and Federal Chancellor Carl Vaugoin sat as models for the artist. He also portrayed the Bishop of Linz Johannes Maria Gföllner and a number of well-known doctors, such as Anton von Eiselsberg and Valentinzeileis .

During the Second World War , his studio was destroyed twice in air raids , whereupon he settled in Upper Austria . From 1946 to 1948 Rüffler taught at the Bundesgewerbeschule in Linz (today Linz Technical Center ) as an assistant teacher for modeling, technical drawing , color theory and the workshop. Subsequently, he became a teacher in the sculpture class.

Despite academic training and works in several Austrian museums and collections, Siegfried Maria Rüffler was not mentioned in the relevant artist encyclopedias.

Works (excerpt)

  • Portrait bust of Marie Jeritza, 1931, plaster
  • Portrait bust of Karl Vaugoin , 1927, hollow bronze casting, 32 × 25 × 60 cm, Heeresgeschichtliches Museum , Vienna
  • Portrait bust of Engelbert Dollfuss , 1933, plaster, Heeresgeschichtliches Museum, Vienna
  • Portrait bust of Friedrich Piffl , 1931, plaster, Heeresgeschichtliches Museum, Vienna

literature

  • Ilse Krumpöck: The sculptures in the Army History Museum. Vienna 2004, p. 145 f.
  • Renate Grasberger, Uwe Harten: Bruckner iconography. Part 1: Around 1854 to 1924. Musikwissenschaftlicher Verlag, Vienna 1990, ISBN 3-201-01519-9 , p. 232 ( excerpt )

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ilse Krumpöck: Die Bildwerke im Heeresgeschichtliches Museum , Vienna 2004, p. 146 f.
  2. ^ Austrian National Library: ANNO-Reichspost-19311022-5. In: anno.onb.ac.at. Retrieved April 18, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Rüffler, Siegfried Maria
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rüffler, Siegfried
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH August 6, 1898
PLACE OF BIRTH Teplitz
DATE OF DEATH March 31, 1965
Place of death Linz