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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.

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.

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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