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Franz Tavella
Franz Tavella (La Val, 10 October 1844 – Brixen, 12 December 1931) was a Ladin language, Ladin master wood sculptor active in the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Kingdom of Italy. Biography Franz Tavella was the son of Marianna Spisser and Filipp Tavella, who was a renowned wood sculptor as well. Franz during his youth worked under his father as a regular carpenter. At a later time he moved to Val Gardena, where the founder of the school of art of Urtijëi in Val Gardena, Ferdinand Demetz, noticed his artistic talent and decided to take him as a pupil teaching him the art wood carving. After a few years Tavarella moved to Vienna, where for two years he attended the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Academy of Fine Arts, his main mentor was Professor König. In 1895 in Innsbruck he was given an award for his statue representing Saint Anne and the holy virgin Mary, mother of Jesus, Mary, which is now kept in the church of Livinallongo del Col di Lana, Pieve di Livinallongo. In 1897 he ...
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Tavella Workshop
Tavella is an Italian people, Italian family surname. The Tavella surname originated from Neapolitan language, Neapolitan or Old Italian tavella ‘board’, ‘plank’, ‘slab’ (from Latin tabella), presumably a nickname for someone who was tall and thin, or perhaps a metonymic occupational name for a woodworker. People with the surname include: * Aylon Darwin Tavella (born 1992), Brazilian footballer * Carlo Antonio Tavella, Italian painter * Dominick Tavella, American sound engineer * Julia Ann (born 1969), adult film actress, born Julia Tavella * Franz Tavella (La Val, 10 October 1844 – Bressanone, 12 December 1931) was an Austrian master wood sculptor. External links

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Paris
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. Since the 17th century, Paris has been one of the world's major centres of finance, diplomacy, commerce, fashion, gastronomy, and science. For its leading role in the arts and sciences, as well as its very early system of street lighting, in the 19th century it became known as "the City of Light". Like London, prior to the Second World War, it was also sometimes called the capital of the world. The City of Paris is the centre of the Île-de-France region, or Paris Region, with an estimated population of 12,262,544 in 2019, or about 19% of the population of France, making the region France's primate city. The Paris Region had a GDP of €739 billion ($743 billion) in 2019, which is the highest in Europe. According to the Economis ...
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Kollmann (Barbian)
Kollmann is a German occupational surname, which means "coal miner" or "coal seller", from the Middle High German ''Kol'' "coal" and ''Mann'' "man".''Dictionary of American Family Names''"Kohlmann Family History" Oxford University Press, 2013. Retrieved on 20 January 2016. Alternative spellings include Köllmann, Kollman and Kolmann. The name may refer to: *Arthur Kollmann (1858–1941) German medical researcher *Augustus Frederic Christopher Kollmann (1756–1829), German composer *Christina Kollmann (born 1988), Austrian cyclist *Gabriele Köllmann (born 1960), German slalom canoeist *Jeffrey Kollman (born 1968), American musician *Julius Kollmann (1834–1918), German scientist *Nancy Kollmann (born 1950), American historian *Peter Kollman (1944–2001), American chemist *Petr Kolmann (born 1988), Czech ice hockey player *Roland Kollmann Roland Kollmann (born 8 October 1976) is an Austrian former professional footballer who played as a striker. He played for Grazer AK unti ...
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Saint Joseph
Joseph (; el, Ἰωσήφ, translit=Ioséph) was a 1st-century Jewish man of Nazareth who, according to the canonical Gospels, was married to Mary, the mother of Jesus, and was the legal father of Jesus. The Gospels also name some brothers of Jesus who may have been: (1) the sons of Mary, the mother of Jesus, and Joseph; (2) sons of Mary, the wife of Clopas and sister of Mary the mother of Jesus; or (3) sons of Joseph by a former marriage. Joseph is venerated as Saint Joseph in the Catholic Church, Orthodox Church, Oriental Orthodox Church and Anglicanism. His feast day is observed by some Lutherans. In Catholic traditions, Joseph is regarded as the patron saint of workers and is associated with various feast days. The month of March is dedicated to Saint Joseph. Pope Pius IX declared him to be both the patron and the protector of the Catholic Church, in addition to his patronages of the sick and of a happy death, due to the belief that he died in the presence of Jesus ...
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Klausen, South Tyrol
Klausen (; it, Chiusa ; Ladin: ''Tluses'' or ''Tlüses'') is a ''comune'' (municipality) in South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about northeast of the city of Bolzano. Geography As of 30 November 2010, it had a population of 5,144 and an area of .All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat. Klausen borders the following municipalities: Feldthurns, Lajen, Sarntal, Vahrn, Villanders and Villnöß. Frazioni The municipality of Klausen contains the ''frazioni'' (subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Gufidaun (Gudon), Latzfons (Lazfons), and Verdings (Verdignes). History Klausen is first mentioned in 1027, in a document issued by emperor Conrad II, as ''Clausa sub Sabiona sita'', meaning chasm below the Säben Abbey. Coat-of-arms The emblem represents an argent dexter key on gules. The emblem was used as a seal from 1448, known from 1397 and granted in 1540 by Cardinal ''Bernhard von Cles'', Bishop of Brixen. Society Linguistic distributi ...
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Valentin Gallmetzer
Valentin Gallmetzer (February 9, 1870, Obereggen, Deutschnofen – January 16, 1958, Klausen) was a Tyrolean gothic revival sculptor, a pupil of Franz Tavella. In 1901 he entered the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich. Many of his works decorate churches in South Tyrol. For many years he had been the Burgomaster of Klausen. Works * 1908: Altar of the sacred heart of Jesus. Bolzano Bolzano ( or ; german: Bozen, (formerly ); bar, Bozn; lld, Balsan or ) is the capital city of the province of South Tyrol in northern Italy. With a population of 108,245, Bolzano is also by far the largest city in South Tyrol and the third ..., Abbey of Muri-Gries. * 1910: Statues of the Virgin Mary and of Saint John. Marlengo, Pfarrkirche. * 1917: Statue of Saint Martin. Nova Ponente. Literature *Hölzl Stifter, Maria; Heiss, Hans; Dorfmann, Walther: Valentin Gallmetzer. Kunstmonografie. Athesia, Bozen, 2008. {{DEFAULTSORT:Gallmetzer, Valentin 1870 births 1958 deaths People from Deut ...
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Ludwig Moroder
Ludwig Moroder "Lenert" ( Ortisei, 7 November 1879 – Ortisei, 10 August 1953) was an Italian sculptor and teacher. He was also known as:''Ludwig Moroder dl Meune'' or ''Lodovico Moroder''. Biography He was born in Ortisei, which at the time was a famous tourist destination in Val Gardena, his family was renowned in the small town as its members were appointed to be lifelong sacristans in the local church. His father used to carve wooden Crosses but he passed before he could pass the skill onto his son. Ludwig learnt to carve wood from Professor Franz Haider, Josef Moroder-Lusenberg and Franz Tavella. He worked in the Moroder family workshop as well in Lenert's house in Ortisei, he was also promoted to the role of technical director in the atelier of the Moroder brothers in Offenburg in Baden-Württemberg Germany. Between 1900 and 1914 he sculpted several altars requested by churches for the Moroder Brothers workshop, these altars were characterised by Neo-Gothic styled statue ...
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Rudolf Moroder-Lenèrt
Rudolf Moroder-Lenèrt (26 January 1877 in Urtijëi, County of Tyrol – 22 December 1914 in Radlow, Galicia) was an Austrian sculptor specializing in religious art, who was a member of the Moroder family of South Tyrol, which was notable for the many artists of repute they produced. Life Rudolph was the son of Franz Moroder-Lenèrt, a leading politician of the region, and of Marianna Moroder-Lusenberg, the sister of the noted sculptor Josef Moroder-Lusenberg. During a period of military service in the Austro-Hungarian Army in Vienna, he recognized that his true interest was in being an artist. He began his training in the craft under Anton Runggaldier (known as "Tone da Passua") and then became an assistant in the studio of Franz Tavella. In 1902 Moroder opened his own studio in Lenèrt House, home of the firm, Moroder Brothers, where his brother-in-law, Ludwig Moroder, also worked. His own works ranged across a number of religious themes, and were mostly created for t ...
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Johann Baptist Moroder
Johann Baptist Moroder (Urtijëi, 20 February 1870 - Urtijëi, 24 May 1932) was an Austrian sculptor. He mainly focused on sculptures of bigger sizes representing Christian sacred figures; nowadays his works are mainly spread in the Italian region of Alto Adige. Biography He was the first born child of painter Josef Moroder-Lusenberg and his first wife Annamaria Sanoner-Mauritz, he was born in Hof Lusenberg-Jumbierch in Ortisei. At the age of 14 he began learning wood sculpting in his father's workshop in Jumbierch. From 1886 to 1888 he worked in Franz Tavella's workshop in Ortisei alongside his cousin, Rudolf Moroder-Lenert, and Ludwig Moroder. In 1887 he was taken as a pupil by professor Franz Haider: the director of the school of art of Ortisei. In 1895 he married Katharina Bernardi de Ianesc who bore 11 of his children. Between 1910 and 1918 he taught design and modelling in the school of art of Ortisei. Works *1896 Monument dedicated to his father Josef Moroder Lusenbe ...
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