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The new special exhibition Of local mountains and grave markers the painter collector and archaeologist Ignaz Spttl in the Krahuletz Museum in Eggenburg is dedicated to an unknown pioneer of archaeological research.Ignaz Spttl who lived from 1836 to 1892 was one of the first to explore Lower Austria archaeologically and develop a wide range of collecting activities. In addition he documented historical objects from grave crosses made of wrought iron to local mountains and burial mounds to the mysterious earth stables in pictures. The watercolors and drawings have in turn become contemporary documents. The Krahuletz Museum owns over 100 of them around a third of which will be on display in the special show. The pictures of the local mountains are also compared to todays photographs and show the changes in the landscape and the documentary value of Spttls works.The opening will take place on Saturday May 21 2022 at 6 p.m. in front of the Krahuletz Museum in Eggenburg by Provincial Councilor Mag. Ludwig Schleritzko and is an event as part of the Lower Austrian Museum Spring. The special exhibition can be seen until the end of November 2022. It was created in close cooperation with the Lower Austrian State Library in St. Plten which owns more of Spttls pictures and where it will be shown in 2023. An extensive exhibition catalog will be published to accompany Spttls life and work.The museum is open Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday Sunday and public holidays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.Ignaz Spttl had a wide range of interests but was probably a difficult person. Financially independent he occupied himself with collecting researching and painting. The medieval local mountains in the Weinviertel i.e. castles made of earth walls and wood Iron Age burial mounds tumuli barrows and earth stables underground passages mainly in the loess whose exact function is still unclear today had particularly impressed him and were drawn repeatedly. He showed his interest in folklore and art history in wrought-iron grave crosses and house signs which he also captured in pictures because he suspected they would be lost. Botany and minerals fascinated him he painted small monuments and maintained an extremely valuable coin collection. He gave lectures on his areas of interestSpttls paintings were first presented in 1902 at the opening of the Krahuletz Museum. They came to the museum through Eugen Frischauf one of the founders of the Krahuletz Society who had probably bought them from Spttls estate at auction.
