Franz Tavella ( La Val, 10 October 1844 – Brixen, 12 December 1931) was a Ladin master wood sculptor active in the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Kingdom of Italy.
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. [1] After a few years Tavarella moved to Vienna, where for two years he attended the Academy of Fine Arts, his main mentor was Professor König. [2]
In 1895 in Innsbruck he was given an award for his statue representing Saint Anne and the holy virgin Mary, which is now kept in the church of Pieve di Livinallongo. In 1897 he was given an award in Bolzano and in 1900 in Paris at the world exposition for his Pietà, nowadays kept in the chapel of the public cemetery of Brixen.
In his workshop in Ortisei he tutored many renowned sculptors including Johann Baptist Moroder-Lusenberg, Rudolf Moroder, Ludwig Moroder from Urtijëi and Valentin Gallmetzer from Klausen.
In 1905 Tavella moved to Brixen, where he died in poverty and sickness. [3]
he sculpted a wooden statue of Saint Magdalen for the Ca'de Bezzi Family.
Franz Tavella ( La Val, 10 October 1844 – Brixen, 12 December 1931) was a Ladin master wood sculptor active in the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Kingdom of Italy.
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. [1] After a few years Tavarella moved to Vienna, where for two years he attended the Academy of Fine Arts, his main mentor was Professor König. [2]
In 1895 in Innsbruck he was given an award for his statue representing Saint Anne and the holy virgin Mary, which is now kept in the church of Pieve di Livinallongo. In 1897 he was given an award in Bolzano and in 1900 in Paris at the world exposition for his Pietà, nowadays kept in the chapel of the public cemetery of Brixen.
In his workshop in Ortisei he tutored many renowned sculptors including Johann Baptist Moroder-Lusenberg, Rudolf Moroder, Ludwig Moroder from Urtijëi and Valentin Gallmetzer from Klausen.
In 1905 Tavella moved to Brixen, where he died in poverty and sickness. [3]
he sculpted a wooden statue of Saint Magdalen for the Ca'de Bezzi Family.