Paul Strudel or Paul Strudl (c. 1648 – 20 November 1708) was an

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, and

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, ennobled as Baron von Strudel and Vochburg. "Landesmuseum Niederösterreich - Geschichte/Personen - Paul Strudel" (history), ''Landesmuseum Niederösterreich'' (lower Austria), 2006, Geschichte.Landesmuseum.net:
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As a sculptor in the

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, Paul Strudel worked creating statues with his younger brother,

Peter Strudel Peter Strudel or Peter Strudl (ca. 1660 – 4 October 1714) was an Austrian sculptor and painter. His work forms the transition of Austria to the high baroque style. Strudel was born in Cles, Trentino. Between 1676 (when he was 16 years old) and ...

Life

In 1648, Paul Strudel was born, as would be his younger brothers, Peter and Dominik, in

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in the ''

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'' in the

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, where his father Jakob worked as a sculptor. Paul learned with his father and with

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. In 1684, he came to Vienna, where he made three statues for the Prince of

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; his high remuneration caused the envy of his German colleagues at that time. Paul Strudel came in 1686 to the

court in

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and obtained employment as a Court painter. Mostly he co-operated with his brother

. His work marks the transition of Austria to the high

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; however, Strudel captured the style of

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. The most important works of Paul Strudel are the large statues from white marble for the ancestor gallery of the

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s. In 1696, he received the statuary order from

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Leopold I, on the condition to deliver, every three years, two figures. Up to his death, he had delivered 16 figures: the remaining 15 (of the total 31) statues were created by his younger brother. Strudel was responsible for overseeing the design and construction of Vienna's

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from 1686 until its completion in 1693. He was also commissioned by the prince of

, Prince-Bishop Karl Eusebius von Liechtenstein, to create some monumental statues for his

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n palaces in

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and

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. Due to changing tastes in art during the early eighteenth century, it was not possible for the Hofburg Court Architect

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( :de:Giovanni Pietro Tencalla) to introduce Paul Strudel (or his brother Peter) as his successor. The German building master

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from

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was preferred over the Strudel brothers. At the age of approximately 60 years, Paul Strudel died on 20 November 1708 in Vienna.

Works

* 1699 – Statues of the

rulers in the dome area of the Imperial Library, ''

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''. * 1700 – Statues of the

rulers in

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- describes buildings with statues by Paul Strudel.

Notes

References

* Vest, Manfred: ''The Strudel Brothers: Court artist and founder of the Viennese academy of arts'',

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: Tyrolia, 1993, . {{DEFAULTSORT:Strudel, Paul 17th-century Austrian painters Austrian male painters 18th-century Austrian painters 18th-century Austrian male artists Austrian sculptors Austrian male sculptors Barons of Austria 1708 deaths Year of birth uncertain 1648 births