!!!Schokotnigg, Marx

Schokotnigg, Marx, baptized at Gornij Grad, Slovenia (then Oberburg), 
April 15, 1661, buried at St. Peter near Graz (Styria), Sept. 24, 
1731, baroque sculptor; father of Josef  Schokotnigg. Studied in Rome 
for 9 years, settled in Graz in 1692.

!Works
Statues on the balustrades of Admont monastery, sculptures in 
Graz Cathedral; pulpit in the Andraekirche, altar sculptures in the 
Franciscan Church, Leonhardkirche, in the old Ursulinenkirche and in 
the mausoleum of Ferdinand II (all in Graz); in the churches of 
Mariatrost, St. Marein near Graz, St. Andrae im Sausal, Poellau, 
Poellauberg and Votsberg; Lady column of Murau (all in Styria).

!Literature
R. List, Kunst und Kuenstler der Stmk., vol.3, 1974.


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