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3 unusual facts about Josef Moroder-Lusenberg


Josef Moroder-Lusenberg

The Museum of Val Gardena in Urtijëi exhibits more than 30 of his oil paintings and watercolours.

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Josef Theodor Moroder, named the Lusenberger (28 May 1846 in Urtijëi – 16 February 1939 in Urtijëi) was a painter and sculptor, the most prominent artist of the Moroder family from the Grödenthal in South Tyrol now the Val Gardena in Italy.

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From his numerous sketch books we can see how precisely he observed nature, landscape and specially the Tyrolean and alpine lifestyle in Val Gardena.


Rudolf Moroder-Lenèrt

Rudolph was the son of Franz Moroder-Lenèrt, a leading politician of the region, and of Marianna Moroder-Lusenberg, the sister of the noted sculptor Josef Moroder-Lusenberg.


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