Franz Xaver Messerschmidt

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Franz Xaver Messerschmidt was an 18th-century German-Austrian sculptor renowned for his highly expressive "character heads," which are considered masterpieces of psychological portraiture in European art.

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Franz Xaver Messerschmidt canonical 4

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instanceOf Austrian sculptor ⓘ
German sculptor ⓘ
person ⓘ
sculptor ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1783 ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1760 ⓘ
artisticSubject facial expression ⓘ
human head ⓘ
birthDate 1736-02-06 ⓘ
birthPlace Duchy of Württemberg ⓘ
Wiesensteig ⓘ
causeOfDeath stomach illness (reported) ⓘ
citizenship Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
deathDate 1783-08-19 ⓘ
deathPlace Bratislava ⓘ
Kingdom of Hungary ⓘ
Pressburg ⓘ
linked to: Pozsony
educatedAt Academy of Fine Arts Vienna ⓘ
employer Academy of Fine Arts Vienna ⓘ
familyName Messerschmidt ⓘ
fieldOfWork sculpture ⓘ
genre busts ⓘ
portrait sculpture ⓘ
givenName Franz Xaver ⓘ
hasCollectionAt Belvedere Museum, Vienna ⓘ
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna ⓘ
Louvre Museum ⓘ
Metropolitan Museum of Art ⓘ
Victoria and Albert Museum ⓘ
hasWorkCharacteristic exaggerated grimaces ⓘ
highly polished metal and stone surfaces ⓘ
intense psychological realism ⓘ
systematic exploration of muscle tension in the face ⓘ
influenced 19th-century psychological portraiture ⓘ
modern expressionist sculpture ⓘ
influencedBy Baroque sculpture tradition ⓘ
Georg Raphael Donner ⓘ
knownFor highly expressive facial expressions in sculpture ⓘ
psychological portraiture ⓘ
series of character heads ⓘ
movement Baroque ⓘ
Neoclassicism ⓘ
Rococo ⓘ
name Franz Xaver Messerschmidt ⓘ
nationality Austrian ⓘ
German ⓘ
notableWork Kopfstücke (character heads) ⓘ
character heads ⓘ
occupation sculptor ⓘ
positionHeld assistant professor of sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna ⓘ
relative Johann Baptist Straub ⓘ
Philipp Jakob Straub ⓘ
usedMaterial alabaster ⓘ
lead ⓘ
marble ⓘ
metal ⓘ
stone ⓘ
tin ⓘ
workLocation Pressburg ⓘ
linked to: Pozsony

Vienna ⓘ

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Franz Xaver → sharesGivenNameWith → Franz Xaver Messerschmidt ⓘ
Belvedere → notableArtistInCollection → Franz Xaver Messerschmidt ⓘ
Franz Xaver Messerschmidt → name → Franz Xaver Messerschmidt ⓘ