Albino Pitscheider
Year of birth
1877
Year of death
1962
Place
Sëlva
Form
People
Medium
Sculpture
Albino Pitscheider was a sculptor from Val Gardena who, amongst other things, began sculpting with Josef Moroder Lusenberg. From 1910 to 1949, he taught at the Selva Art School. During the First World War, he worked in the prosthesis department in Vienna. He carved numerous sculptures depicting war motifs that are currently exhibited at the Heeresgeschichtliches Museum of Vienna. Albino Pitscheider was also one of the founders of Museum de Gherdëina.
