Urban Klieber

Urban Klieber (born April 22, 1741 in Telfs , † March 25, 1803 in Innsbruck ) was an Austrian sculptor .

Life

Klieber first did an apprenticeship with the sculptor Johann Reindl in Stams Abbey , then went to Augsburg and then to Vienna, where he studied with Jakob Christoph Schletterer at the Imperial and Royal Academy . He then settled in Innsbruck and was appointed court sculptor. He created statues and altars made of wood and marble in the classical style for churches in the Innsbruck area. His son Josef Klieber learned from him and also worked as a sculptor.

Works

Hormayr's tomb

Statues of hll. Helena and Maria Magdalena, Sistrans parish church , around 1775
Hormayr's tomb, today at the Westfriedhof , Innsbruck, around 1780
Statues of the high altar and the side altars, pulpit, Mariahilfkirche , Innsbruck, around 1785/90
Altar in the Weiherburg castle chapel

Statue of St. Sebastian, dean parish church Telfs

Statue of Maria Immaculata, Marienbrunnen, Telfs (attributed)

Choir stalls, Wilten Collegiate Church , 1791

literature

Constantin von Wurzbach : Klieber, Urban . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 12th part. Imperial-Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1864, p. 96 f. ( Digitized version ).
Karl Weiß: Klieber, Urban . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 16, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1882, p. 183.

Web links

Commons : Urban Klieber - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Krinzinger, Schmid-Pittl: Laufbrunnen Maria Immaculata, Marienbrunnen. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved June 22, 2016 .
↑ according to older sources (Wurzbach, ADB) May 22, 1711
^ Catholic parish office of St. Gertraud in Sistrans (ed.): 550 years of St. Gertraud in Sistrans: Worth knowing and seeing. Sistrans 2007, p. 6 ( digitized version )
^ Office of the Tyrolean provincial government, cultural department (ed.): Culture reports from Tyrol 2009. 61. Monument report. Innsbruck 2009, pp. 47-48 ( PDF; 7.8 MB )

personal data
SURNAME	Klieber, Urban
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH	April 22, 1741
PLACE OF BIRTH	Telfs
DATE OF DEATH	March 25, 1803
Place of death	innsbruck

[tkk-1] Krinzinger, Schmid-Pittl: Laufbrunnen Maria Immaculata, Marienbrunnen. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved June 22, 2016 .

[2] rding to older sources (Wurzbach, ADB) May 22, 1711

[3] Catholic parish office of St. Gertraud in Sistrans (ed.): 550 years of St. Gertraud in Sistrans: Worth knowing and seeing. Sistrans 2007, p. 6 ( digitized version )

[4] Office of the Tyrolean provincial government, cultural department (ed.): Culture reports from Tyrol 2009. 61. Monument report. Innsbruck 2009, pp. 47-48 ( PDF; 7.8 MB )