!!!Adlhart, Jakob

Adlhart, Jakob, b. Munich (Germany), April 1, 1898, 
d. Hallein (Salzburg), Aug. 12, 1985, sculptor. Trained in his 
father's workshop in the Groedner Tal valley (South Tyrol), then from 
1918 in Hallein; from 1921-1923 studied under A.  Hanak at the Vienna 
School of Arts and Crafts. Created mainly wooden sculptures for church 
interiors in Salzburg, Upper Austria and Southern Germany; initially 
his work showed historical tendencies, later expressionist 
characteristics which A. combined with the alpine wood carving 
tradition. At the peak of his career in the 1920s and 1930s, A. 
created his monumental works of St. Peter's Church in Salzburg 
(crucifix, 1925) and for the Salzburg Festival building (marble 
Thespian mask above the main entrance, 1926, stone reliefs with 
guardian spirits wearing masks, figured decoration of the steps 
leading up the Moenchsberg, 1936/37).

!Literature
A. Hahnl, Der Bildhauer J. A., 1980 (with work 
index); F. Achleitner, Oe. Architekten im 20. Jh., vol. 1, 
1980.



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