!!!Lobisser, Switbert Leo

b. Tiffen (Carinthia), March 23, 1878, 
d. Klagenfurt (Carinthia), Oct. 1, 1943, Benedictine monk, painter, 
sculptor and wood cutter. From 1899 to 1932 member of the Benedictine 
convent of St. Paul (Carinthia), studied from 1904 to 1908 at the 
Vienna Academy of Fine Arts, then taught drawing at the collegiate 
grammar school and was local forest superintendent. From 1917 created 
monumental wall paintings and frescoes as well as wood cuts. After 
leaving the convent lived as a freelance artist.

!Works
Frescoes in Klagenfurt, Moellbruecke, Spittal an der Drau (all 
in Carinthia), Bad Gastein (Province of Salzburg). Illustrations for 
poetry. - Das L.-Buch, 1940 (autobiography).

!Literature
H. Egger, S. L., 1944; A: Baeumer, S. L. 1878-1943, 
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