Virgil Rainer
Virgil Rainer (born November 27, 1871 in Matrei in Osttirol , † October 24, 1948 in Innsbruck ) was an Austrian sculptor .
Education and life
Virgil Rainer was born as a farmer's son on the Messnerhof in the Ganz fraction of the municipality of Matrei in East Tyrol. He attended the State Trade School in Innsbruck until 1894 , and later the Royal School of Applied Arts in Munich . From 1903 to 1910 he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna with Hans Bitterlich and Edmund Hellmer . In 1912 he opened a studio in Vienna and later in Berlin . When the First World War broke out in 1914, he returned to Tyrol and served with the Kaiserjäger . In the economically unfavorable period after World War I, he went to America and lived in Chicago and Milwaukee from 1921 to 1925 . There he created, among many other works, one of his most monumental works, the statue of Christopher Columbus for the University of Chicago . From 1926 until his death he was based in Innsbruck. Rainer mainly created large- scale religious sculptures in a naturalistic style influenced by the Secession .
Works (selection)
- Memorial to the freedom fighters Panzl and Wallner in front of the Matrei cemetery in East Tyrol , 1909
- Freedom Fighters Monument in St. Veit in Defereggen, 1909
- Klemens Maria Hofbauer Monument in Vienna, 1913
- Reliefs risen, Christ Salvator and coat of arms on the Kaiserjäger monument, Tummelplatz Innsbruck, 1918
- First World War memorial, Heiterwang , around 1920
- Artificial stone relief of St. Georg, war memorial in Schmirn , 1925
- War memorial in Landeck, 1930
- Limestone relief Madonna and Child, high altar of the Pradl parish church , Innsbruck, 1931 (removed in 1955)
- Relief St. Christophorus at the house at Leopoldstrasse 31, Innsbruck, 1932
literature
- Erich Egg: Rainer, Virgil. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 8, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1983, ISBN 3-7001-0187-2 , p. 398.
- Klaus Steiner: Virgil Rainer. From farmer's son to academic sculptor . Self-published, Matrei 1991.
Web links
- Entry about Virgil Rainer in the Austria-Forum (biography)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Fingernagel-Grüll, Wiesauer: Monument to the four imperial regiments, Kaiserjäger monument. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved January 13, 2020 .
- ^ Fingernail-Grüll, Schmid-Pittl: War memorial, First World War. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved April 23, 2019 .
- ^ I. Dollinger, Wiesauer: Niche shrine, war memorial chapel. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved April 23, 2019 .
- ↑ Wiesauer: War memorial for the two world wars. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved April 23, 2019 .
- ^ Helmuth Öhler: Margaretes braids in Pradl. In: Contacts. Parish gazette of the Pradl parish , No. 188, May 2013 ( PDF; 711 kB )
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SURNAME | Rainer, Virgil |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian sculptor |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 27, 1871 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Matrei in East Tyrol |
DATE OF DEATH | October 24, 1948 |
Place of death | innsbruck |