Hans Brandstetter
Illustration — Styria by Hans Brandstetter; it decorated Graz's main bridge, but since the bridge's reconstruction resides in the city park Hans Brandstetter (23 January 1854 – 4 January 1925) was an Austrian sculptor.
Hans Brandstetter
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- Born
- 1854 · Hitzendorf.
- Died
- 1925 · Graz.
- Nationality
- Austria
- Occupation
- sculptor · exlibrist
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Illustration — Styria by Hans Brandstetter; it decorated Graz's main bridge, but since the bridge's reconstruction resides in the city park Hans Brandstetter (23 January 1854 – 4 January 1925) was an Austrian sculptor.
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Brandstetter was born in Hitzendorf. He was a pupil of Edmund von Hellmer at the Academy of Arts, Vienna. His first works, "The Flight of Lot from Sodom," “The Flute-Player," and "Plato," were honored with the prize given by the Academy. Among his later productions, the following are especially noteworthy: “The Forest Lily,” a bronze statue (City Park, Graz), “Prometheus,” and “The Return of the Prodigal.” He died, aged 70, in Graz.
Leopold Bude (photographer), Hans Brandstetter (1854-1925), sculptor, c. 1875–1888, Vienna Museum Inv.-No. 49343/11, CC0 (https: sammlung.wienmuseum.at/objekt/417096/)
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- 1.ANNO mbz 16 08 1885 1 Die Lehrjahre eines Bildners aus der Steiermark.
- 2.1–2.
- 3.1–2.
- 4.ANNO gpt 08 10 1870 10 Verzeichniß der auf der Grazer Ausstellung mit Medaillen und ehrenvollen Anerkennungen ausgezeichneten Aussteller.
- 5.17–18.
- 6.Grazer Tagblatt. Franz Goldhann. Morgen-Ausgabe, Nr. 5/1914 (XXIV. Jahrgang). 1 f.
- 7.Sterbebuch Graz-Herz Jesu, tom. III, fol. 166 (Faksimile), abgerufen am 11. Jänner 2026.
- 8.Ernst Decsey (Red.): Der Waldschulmeister-Brunnen in Kapfenberg. (Abweichend: Festschrift zur Enthüllung des Walschulmeister-Brunnens in Kapfenberg). Leykam, Graz 1908, OBV.
- 9.Hans-Brandstetter-Gasse.
- 10.Hans Brandstetter Jahr anlässlich 150. Geburtstag. hitzendorf.gv.at.
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