Theodor Friedl (13 February 1842 – 5 September 1900) was an Austrian sculptor.

Biography

Friedl was born on 13 February 1842 in

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, Austrian Empire. He studied at the

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under

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. Among his first major commissions was a program of architectural sculpture for the 1877

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, a collaboration with the Danish-Austrian Neoclassical architect

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. The program included a

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, six full-figure statues, and a series of frieze panels around the cornice line. The same year Friedl had also begun a long-term working relationship with Viennese architects

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for theaters across Europe, transmitting variations of the Viennese Neoclassical

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Style to

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, etc. Friedl died on 5 September 1900 in Warth, Austria-Hungary. He was buried with honors at the

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, with a portrait relief on his

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by sculptor Leopold Kosig.

Work

Friedl's major work includes: *

, for architect

, 1877 * two finial Pegasus statues for the Stadttheater Augsburg, for

, 1877 (removed) * ''Cupid and Psyche'', marble,

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, 1882 * exterior and interior work at the

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, 1882, for Fellner & Helmer, 1882 * interior and exterior work, Municipal Theatre of

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, for Fellner & Helmer, 1886 * pediment sculpture and all other facade sculpture, State Opera, Prague, for Fellner & Helmer and other architects, 1888 *

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, for Fellner & Helmer, 1892 * freestanding Horse Tamer statue,

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, 1893 * reliefs on the

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, for architect Franz Neumann, 1893 * ceiling reliefs in the Dutch Hall and Italian Hall, in the

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, Vienna, for Fellner & Helmer, 1895 (razed)

References

External links

Friedl's biographical entry
in the Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon 1815–1950 (German language) {{DEFAULTSORT:Friedl, Theodor 1842 births 1900 deaths Sculptors from Vienna Academy of Fine Arts Vienna alumni Austrian sculptors Austrian male sculptors Architectural sculptors 19th-century Austrian sculptors Sculptors from Austria-Hungary