Gustel Stein

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Gustel Stein (born January 14, 1922 in Sankt Goarshausen , † February 18, 2010 ) was a artist. He created numerous concrete and leaded glass windows , wall paintings and mosaics for churches and public buildings all over Germany, especially in Mainz and the surrounding area. His work includes religious, profane and abstract large and small format works. Since 1952 he has designed works of art in more than 70 churches and other public places and private rooms in the Rheingau, on the Nahe, in Rheinhessen and Central Hesse.

Life

Gustel Stein was born in 1922 as the son of a master painter. After his school education he completed a manual training in his father's company until 1940. From 1941 to 1945 he did military service. From 1947 to 1952 he attended the Landeskunstschule Mainz and was a master student with Peter Paul Etz for two semesters . This was followed by trips to France, Italy and Spain. From 1950 to around 1980 he turned to glass painting and from around 1957 to painting. Between 1960 and 1968 he was given a teaching position at the University Institute for Art and Crafts Education at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz . Stein worked in particular with emulsion paint, synthetic resin, sand plaster, acrylic paints and varnishes. In 2008 Stein donated 104 works on paper and paintings to the Mainz State Museum , including still lifes, landscapes, nudes, drafts for glass windows and non-representational works. The Landesmuseum 2013 showed a representative cross-section of it under the title Gustel Stein (1922–2010). Works on paper .

Works in public space

Stained glass window

Glass mosaic

Mural

  • Angler - Gardener - Farmer, Huttenstrasse 8, Mainz-Finthen , 1955
  • The Bremen Town Musicians, Huttenstrasse 21 / corner “Am Weisel”, Mainz-Finthen , 1955

Solo and group exhibitions

  • "Modern Christian Art on the Middle Rhine", Mainz, 1952
  • Haus am Dom , Mainz and participation in an exhibition in Paris, 1953
  • “Art and Church in Our Time”, Frankfurt, 1956
  • "Form and Color", Koblenz, 1957
  • Exhibition in Genoa / Bordighera, 1958
  • Haus am Dom, Mainz: Travel Pictures (1953–1958), 1959
  • "Free Mainz artist group - painting and sculpture", Mainz 1971
  • Art Association Eisenturm , Mainz, 1983
  • Gabor Sajthy, Mainz, 1992
  • Academy of Sciences and Literature , Mainz, 1999
  • Haus am Dom, Kunstverein Eisenturm and Mainz City Hall , exhibition trilogy, Mainz, 2006
  • Cathedral and Diocesan Museum (Mainz) , 2009

Awards

Gustel Stein's work was honored in 2007 with the Gaab plate from the city of Mainz.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Homepage Landesmuseum Mainz. Retrieved December 8, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Susanne Armbruster: Sense of the positive: Obituary for the death of the artist Gustel Stein . General newspaper Mainz. February 23, 2010. Retrieved February 28, 2010.
  3. ↑ Pastoral area Oestrich-Winkel . Catholic churches in Oestrich-Winkel. Archived from the original on January 17, 2011. Retrieved on February 28, 2010.
  4. ↑ Dense and haunting picture of his diverse art. (No longer available online.) In: Episcopal Press Office. December 4, 2009, formerly in the original ; Retrieved February 28, 2010 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.weltjugendtag.bistummainz.de
  5. ↑ Atrium with a view of the glass wall. (No longer available online.) In: Carl-Zuckmayer-Realschule, Nierstein. Archived from the original on April 24, 2010 ; Retrieved February 28, 2010 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.realschule-nierstein.de
  6. ↑ Church window. In: Evangelical Church Harxheim / Gau-Bischofsheim. Retrieved December 8, 2019 .
  7. ^ Suzanne Beeh-Lustenberger: Heinz Hindorf and Gustel Stein. Colored glazing in the west choir of St. Katharinen ; in: Servatius / Steitz / Weber: St. Katharinen in Oppenheim, Alzey 1989
  8. ↑ Martin Held: The Katharinenkirche in Oppenheim (pdf; 228 kB) Katharinenkirche in Oppenheim. Retrieved February 28, 2010.
  9. ↑ Maximilian Jäger: Lifetime Achievement in Glass . General newspaper Mainz. December 5, 2009. Retrieved February 28, 2010.
  10. ↑ Uwe Gast: Gustel Stein's choir windows in the Protestant church in Mainz-Finthen , 2005
  11. ↑ the Mainz painter Gustel Stein . In: Exhibition by the Mainz painter Gustel Stein with glass painting projects, paintings and studies from 1945–2005 . Ministry for Education, Science, Youth and Culture Rhineland-Palatinate. December 5, 2009. Retrieved February 28, 2010.
  12. ↑ Uwe Gast: The Mainz painter Gustel Stein. Glass painting projects, paintings and studies from the years 1945–2005 , an exhibition in three locations: Haus am Dom, Mainz City Hall, Eisenturm Art Association, Mainz, 4. – 30. March 2006, o. O. 2006
  13. ^ Exhibition "Gustel Stein - Glass Picture Artist and Painter" in the Mainz Cathedral Museum . In: Retrospective “Gustel Stein - Glass Picture Artist and Painter” . Press office of the Diocese of Mainz . December 4, 2009. Retrieved February 28, 2010.
  14. ↑ Gaab-Teller to Gustel Stein on the occasion of his 85th birthday in recognition of his artistic work . State capital Mainz press office. March 6, 2007. Retrieved February 28, 2010.

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personal data
SURNAME Stein, Gustel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German artist
DATE OF BIRTH January 14, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH Sankt Goarshausen
DATE OF DEATH February 18, 2010