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Graz
Steiermark

Volksgarten

Karl Morré

Klagenfurt 1832 - Graz 1897
Austrian folk poet and playwright
(Wikipedia)

Hans Brandstetter
1907

Description

Bronze bust of Morre on a pedestal with on the sides statues of two figures from his novel s'Nullerl (1884): Null-Anerl (an old man with a stick) and Gabi (a woman hanging a leaf wreath around the pedestal). At the foot a snail is cloimbing on the pedestal.

Graz - Karl Morré

Inscription(s)

KARL MORRE
1832-1897

dem
dichter und volksmanne
errichtet
von seinen zeitgenossen
im jahre 1907.

Signature

h. brandstetter 1907.

Sculptor

Hans Brandstetter (Michlbach, Gemeinde Hitzendorf, Steiermark, 1854 - Graz 1925), Austrian sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Wikipedia, Liste der denkmalgeschützten Objekte in Graz/Lend.

Locatie (N 47°4'24" - E 15°25'41") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: atst099; Photograph: 6 September 2016
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