Franz Ludwig Wind (born November 14, 1719 – August 25, 1789) was a
Swiss sculptor and wood carver.
Life
Zunfthaus zur Meisen in Zürich mit Dekorationen von Franz Ludwig Wind
Franz Ludwig Wind was born on November 14, 1719 in
Kaiserstuhl, Switzerland. His father was Anton Wind from Reutte in
Tyrol. Between 1735 and 1741 he probably completed as apprenticeship as a sculptor in Tyrol.[1]
On August 21, 1749, he applied for the citizenship of his home village of Kaiserstuhl. In 1755, Wind made two urns for the garden wall and ten grimaces for the windows of the Meisen guild house in
Zürich.
His main work was the decorative elements and grimaces of the Marschallhof in Kaiserstuhl from 1764, which were knocked off in the 19th century.
In 1773 he designed the façade of the provost's office in
Zurzach. The portal of Schloss Schwarzwasserstelz from 1776 is also attributed to Wind.[2]
Works
1752: Nepomuk statue on the Rhine bridge in
Kaiserstuhl
1756–1757: Pulpit and cheeks in the parish church of Kaiserstuhl
1755: Ten grimaces and two urns at the Meisen guild house in Zürich
1765: The staircase balustrade decorated in relief in the Haus zur Linde and the architectural sculpture of the Mayenfisch[3]
1767-1768: facade decorations at the orphanage in Zürich
1772: relief of the coat of arms on the town hall and the customs house portal in Kaiserstuhl
^Alois Wind: Franz Ludwig Wind Bildhauer in Kaiserstuhl, Argovia 33, 1909, p. 73ff.
^Peter Felder: Barockplastik der Schweiz. 1988, p. 311 ff.
Sources
Alois Wind: Bildhauer Franz Ludwig Wind von Kaiserstuhl. In: Argovia, Jahresschrift der Historischen Gesellschaft des Kantons Aargau, Jahrgang 33, 1909, pp. 75–85.
Bildhauer Franz Ludwig Wind von Kaiserstuhl
Peter Felder: Barockplastik der Schweiz. In: Beiträge zur Kunstgeschichte der Schweiz. Band 6, Gesellschaft für Schweizerische Kunstgeschichte (Hrsg.). Bern 1988, ISBN 3-909158-06-4, p. 311 ff.