Sculptors from Hallein

Johann Georg Mohr

• He was born in 1656 in Radstadtand he died in 1726 in Hallein

• He built up his own Workshop in Hallein

• later he became an important Baroque-sculptor of the southern part of Salzburg

Works

• In 1712 he made a sculpture of God and Holy Sebastian.Both of them stand in a church near Hallein, called Puch.

• Now all his works are shown in the Baroque Museum in Salzburg

Bernhard Prähauser

• He was born in 1921 in Hallein-now he is 94 years old

• He also taught at the HTL-Hallein-in the school for stone and wood sculpture

• He works with marble,wood, and natural stone

Works

• Religious motifs and themes dominate his work

• His most famous work is „Zillis“

• The Old Catholic church of Christ in Salzburg is equipped with sculptures by Bernhard Prähauser

Creche - Figures