Franz Melnitzky

His application to the Academy of Fine Arts was rejected, but he was able to take private lessons from Josef Klieber.

He also created four allegorical figures directly above the entrance to what is now the Hotel Imperial, representing wisdom, honor, justice and strength.

For the new building of the Musikvereins, he created a front panel depicting Orpheus in the Underworld and, for the Roman Baths [de] in Praterstern, he provided the entrance portal.

He created another series of allegorical figures for the Nordwestbahnhof, on the departure side, symbolizing cities served by the Austrian Northwestern Railway.

He also made several statues for the high altar at the Pfarrkirche St. Othmar unter den Weißgerbern [de] in the Landstraße district.