Friedrich (Rico) Moroder

Friedrich Moroder, also known as Rico (born 21 March 1880, Ortisei in Val Gardena; died 24 January 1937) was a South Tyrolean sculptor.^[1]

Friedrich Moroder Jumbierch and Maria Moroder Scurciá in traditional Tyrolean outfits

Biography

He was the first born son of the painter Josef Moroder Lusenberg and the Felizita Unterplatzer in Ortisei in Val Gardena. He learned how to sculpt in his father's workshop. His two sons, Viktor and Bruno, were also trained as sculptors in his workshop in Ortisei. During the First World War he was sent to Galicia to the Russian front, like many Tyrolean firefighters.^[2] His sculpting style was mainly focused on the creation of sacred art and church equipment. Moroder married Runggaldier Genoveva on 11 October 1904.^[3]

Gallery

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  Grabstein he worked with Josef Moroder-Lusenberg on
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  Relief Friedrich Rico Moroder 1917
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  Relief Friedrich Rico Moroder 1918 Ritter Dürer detail
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  Relief Friedrich Rico Moroder 1918 Ritter Dürer
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  Woodcarved reliquary of Saint Anthony by Moroder in the parish church of Urtijëi
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  Reliquary of the Virgin by Moroder in the parish church of Urtijëi.

References

1. The Moroder, an old Ladinian family from Val Gardena Dolomites from the 14th to the 20th century. A contribution to the Tyrolean family research. Committee for the printing of the Moroder-Stammbuch, Ortisei in Val Gardena 1980.
2. Mathias Frei Die Bildersammlung aus dem Bozner Batzenhäusl. Kuratorium Schloss Prösels. Brixen 1999
3. Cirillo Dell’Antonio: Artisti ladini 1580–1939. Cristiano Trebinger, Melchiore Vinazer, Domenico Moling, Valentino Rovisi, Domenico Mahlknecht, G. Battista Pettena, Ferdinando Demetz, G. Battista Chiocchetti, Francesco Tavella, G. Moroder-Lusenberg, Giuseppe Iellico, Rodolfo Moroder. Trento. Ed. della Scuola D'Arte. 1951. (in Italian)