Wilhelm Frass
Wilhelm Frass (29 May 1886 – 1 November 1968) was an Austrian sculptor. His work was part of the sculpture event in the art competition at the 1936 Summer Olympics. Frass was one of the teachers of prominent Ukrainian–Canadian sculptor Leo Mol. • Illustration — Statue of a lady carrying fruits by Frass, Vienna
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Wilhelm Frass
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- Name
- Wilhelm Frass
- Occupation
- Sculptor
- Born
- 29 May 1886
- Birthplace
- Sankt Pölten, Austria-Hungary
- Died
- 1 November 1968
- Place of death
- Vienna, Austria
- Nationality
- Austria
- Honours
- Austrian Decoration for Science and Art
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Wilhelm Frass (29 May 1886 – 1 November 1968) is described as a sculptor and medallist in the authority records of the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek and the Getty Union List of Artist Names.
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Wilhelm Frass was born in Sankt Pölten (29 May 1886) and died in Vienna (1 November 1968).
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• Name — Wilhelm Frass • Occupation — Sculptor • Born — 29 May 1886 • Birthplace — Sankt Pölten, Austria-Hungary • Died — 1 November 1968 • Place of death — Vienna, Austria
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1886
Wilhelm Frass born at St. Pölten.
1968
Wilhelm Frass died at Vienna.
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St. Pölten.
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- 1.Stephan Koja, Hella Márkus (Hrsg.): Kunst des 20. Jahrhunderts. Band 1: A-F von Kunst des 20. Jahrhunderts. Bestandskatalog der Österreichischen Galerie des 20. Jahrhunderts. Brandstätter, Wien 1993, ISBN 3-85447-454-7, S. 248
- 2.Wolfgang Kos (Hrsg.): Kampf um die Stadt. Politik, Kunst und Alltag um 1930 (= Sonderausstellung des Wien Museums, Band 361), Czernin, Wien 2010, ISBN 978-3-7076-0317-0, S. 241; „Aufgeflogen nach 75 Jahren“, www.sueddeutsche.de, 19. Juli 2012.
- 3.Bundesarchiv R 9361-IX KARTEI/9451639
- 4.Olga Stieglitz, Gerhard Zeillinger, Hildegunde Suete-Willer: Der Bildhauer Richard Kauffungen (1854–1942). Zwischen Ringstraße, Künstlerhaus und Frauenkunstschule. Peter Lang, Frankfurt am Main 2008, ISBN 978-3-631-52203-5, S. 177.
- 5.Frass, Wilhelm. In: Theodor Kellenter: Die Gottbegnadeten : Hitlers Liste unersetzbarer Künstler. Kiel: Arndt, 2020, ISBN 978-3-88741-290-6, S. 102
- 6.Peter Diem. Das äußere Burgtor als österreichisches Heldendenkmal. peter-diem.at.
- 7.Wien Geschichte Wiki Wilhelm Frass Wilhelm Frass
- 8.Heldendenkmal: Huldigungsschreiben in der Krypta entdeckt auf Vienna-Online vom 19. Juli 2012.
- 9.Präsentation des Ergebnisses der Untersuchungen in der Wiener Krypta auf Bundesministerium für Landesverteidigung und Sport vom 19. Juli 2012, abgerufen am 19. Juli 2012.
- 10.Nationalsozialistische Jubelschrift aus Heldendenkmal an Museum übergeben auf derstandard.at, abgerufen am 10. Juli 2013
- 11.aus konservatorischen Gründen können die originalen Schriftstücke nicht ausgestellt werden, sondern werden im Depot des Heeresgeschichtlichen Museum verwahrt, vgl.: auf science.apa.at, abgerufen am 9. Juli 2013
- 12.„Heldendenkmal“: Fundstücke an Museum übergeben auf wien.orf.at, abgerufen am 9. Juli 2013
- 13.im Verzeichnis der künstlerischen, wissenschaftlichen und kulturpolitischen Nachlässe in Österreich.
- 14.„Statues Hither & Thither“
- 15.„Statues Hither & Thither“
- 16.Ausstellungskatalog, Stadtmuseum, St. Pölten 1963.
- 17.Manuel Lucca: „Wilhelm Frass – Der Jüngling“ Standort: Freinberg in Linz YouTube, veröffentlicht 24. Oktober 2011, abgerufen am 25. Mai 2018. – Video (2:53)
- 18.Wolfgang Brauneis, Raphael Gross (Hrsg.): Die Liste der „Gottbegnadeten“. Künstler des Nationalsozialismus in der Bundesrepublik. Prestel, München u. a. ISBN 978-3-7913-7922-7, S. 173.
- 19.Commons: Säule des Frohsinns
- 20.Umgestaltung der Krypta am Wiener Burgtor ORF Wien, 17. Juni 2012
- 21.„Statues Hither & Thither“ vanderkrogt.net, René & Peter van der Krogt. – Bilder (2016), Text hinten: Aus Seltenen Erden und Metallen schuf sein forschender Geist das Gasglühlicht, die elektrische Osmiumlampe, das funkensprühende Cereisen
- 22.Wolfgang Brauneis, Raphael Gross (Hrsg.): Die Liste der „Gottbegnadeten“. Künstler des Nationalsozialismus in der Bundesrepublik. Prestel, München u. a. ISBN 978-3-7913-7922-7, S. 184.
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Wilhelm Frass is recorded as having received Austrian Decoration for Science and Art.
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