Waidbruck the entrance to the Valley under the majestic Trostburg a Wolkenstein castle.
A romantic view in an etching by I.G. Martini 1836
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Waidbruck the entrance to the Valley under the majestic Trostburg a Wolkenstein castle. A romantic view in an etching by I.G. Martini 1836 |
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The hunters castle of Wolkenstein by Seelos "Schlossruine Wolkenstein.Verlag u. Eigentum v. Franz Unterberger in Innsbruck.Gottf. Seelos gez. u. lith. - Farbendruck v. Reiffenstein& Roesch in Wien" |
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This is castel Fischburg a hunting castel 16th century build by the Wolkenstein Family and now owned by barone Franchetti from Venice. You pass it by on the skiing slope from Ciampinei. "Ansicht von St. Chritina und dem Schlosse Fischburg im Thale Groeden. In Oel gem. v.Ioh. Mosmair, und zu haben in dessen Cur.Handlg. in Botzen - Auf Stein gezeichnet von Ioh. Mart. Benz." |
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Beautiful view of Ortisei and Seceda from the Pinei pass as lonely travellers could admire it at those times entering to the Urtijei bowl. "Grödner Thal. (:Botzner Kreis in Tyrol:) Ant:Hansch del. - K.k. ausschl:priv:Chromolithographie von Alois Leycum in Wien. - Jos. Zahradniezek lith."
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The "Dursan" creek, an old maybe celtic name for Val Gardena. "Nach einem Aquarell von Hermann Krabbes. Choromotypographie von Fisher &Wittig in Leipzig" |
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St. Ulrich - Urtijei and Seceda 1840 Eberle engraver after a drawing by August Podesta, painted by J. Moroder Lusenberg |
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St. Ulrich Urtijei 1856 in a splendid lithograph after a drawing by Johann Burgauner commissioned by J.B. Purger. One of the most affluent merchants in town, builder of the street to Waidbruck - Ponte Gardena, he asked the artist to omit the drawing of two barns in front of his houses to make them appear more elegant. Josef Moroder Lusenberg completed the view of St. Ulrich by adding the two barns on an other copy of this litho. Johann Burgauner (1912-1891) was director of the local art school and is known for his altarpieces and portraits of wealthy Val Gardena merchants. |
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Selva -Wolkenstein in 1863 published by Gilbert and Churchill : the Dolomite mountains. |
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The Langkofel in 1863 published by Gilbert and Churchill : the Dolomite mountains |
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The discovery of the Dolomites and their peaks - on the Fermeda Am Grat des Fermedathurms in den Dolomiten - Nach einem Aquarell von Ernst Platz 1896 |
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Sleds in Wolkenstein -Selva 1882 (detail) "Das Schlittenrennen im Grödner Thal (Tyrol). Nach einer Skizze von A. Härting" |
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A pleasing detail showing how delicate a woodcut can be. |
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Beautifully carved sleds in winter and on holidays people of Val Gardena used to ride on. |
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Also at those times there where days set for leisure and recreation |
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The beginnin of winter sports in the background the Murfreit towers detail After a photograph by Emil Terschack. Emil Terschak lived and worked in his Photo-laboratory in our house Rusina until 1900 when he moved to Cortina d'Ampezzo. "Der Rodelsport in Gröden (Südtirol): Fahrt vom Grödner Joch ins Thal. Nach photogr. Aufnahmen von Emil Terschak gezeichnet von Ernst Platz" |
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A story at Christmas in Gröden |
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An English engraving with a view of the Plattkofel - Sassplatt |
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An other superb woodcut by Richard Puetner 1880 ca. "Die Seisser Alp mit dem Langkofl. Originalzeichnung von R. Puetter" |
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The beauty of engravings and...computers is the clearness of the drawing and the artists skill in his trace evidenced by hi magnification |
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Lithographs were not as detailed as steel or woodcuts but very smooth. This one is by Gustav Seelos (1831 - 1911) a railway engineer. "Der Platt - und der Langkofel (Ansicht von der Seiser - Alpe.) gez. v. Gust. Seelos - Lith Anstalt v. J.B. Kiene Bozen " |
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by R. Schuster from Hörmann, Wanderungen durch Tirol und Vorarlberg - Kröner Stuttgard 1878 |
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The back side of the Langkofel group "Die Grohmannspitze in den Tiroler Dolomiten, von Sueden aus gesehen. Nach der Natur gezeichnet von E.T. Compton" |
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"The Blattkogel, from the Sellajoch" The Innerkofler and the Dent de Mezdi in the Langkofel Group |
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"Sentinel Crags of Pisada" Peaks from the Gardena Pass towards the Val Setus |
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A storm over the hunters castle of Wolkenstein |
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Two artists meet: an open air painter and a crucifix dealer (Kunstgenossen. Originalzeichnung von Conrad Beckmann 1878 |
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The wealthy merchants from Val Gardena in their rich costumes 1880 |
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This is an early aquarelle painted at age 14 from his home by Joseph Moroder Lusenberg |
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Idyllic Ortisei in 1881 in a woodcut by Richard Puettner |
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The magnificent Langkofel in its stately way was considered from the climbers in the last century the most beautiful Dolomite peak...and it still is. Detail of the centuries old houses in Sankt Jakob, in Ladin language: Sacun |
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Panorama view from the Resciesa mountain 2278 m - Julius Ritter v. Siegl Munich 1887
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Wolkenstein - Selva in a romantic Silvester night |
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From Bildermappen fürs deutsche Haus - Hochland Stiftungsverlag Potsdam ca 1915 by Josephine Sturm
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Ortisei (Dolomiten) Coverpage of a booklet by Karl Felix Wolff , G. Ferrari, Bolzano (1935?). During fashism Ladin or German names were strictly forbidden |
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Oil painting by F. Lenhart Meran |
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La Val Gardena - G. Pellini 1939 |
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Ortisei 1938 |
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