Albert Rauch (painter)
Albert Rauch (born December 12, 1908 in Schlins , † March 27, 1970 in Feldkirch ) was an Austrian art teacher , painter and mayor.
Life
Albert Rauch attended grammar school in Mehrerau and, after graduating from high school, studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna under Karl Sterrer and at the University of Vienna . After taking the teaching examination for art education and mathematics in 1936, he taught briefly in Innsbruck and at the Jesuit college Stella Matutina. From 1942 he did military service and then worked as an art teacher at the Feldkirch grammar school in 1945 . Because of a hearing impairment, he had to quit work in 1963. A year later he took over the post of mayor of the community of Schlins, which he held until 1970.
As a painter he worked with oil and pencil as well as with wax crayons, charcoal pencil and watercolors. Again and again he dealt with religious topics and created a. a. Drafts for glass pictures for church rooms, which were executed by the Tyrolean glass painting company in Innsbruck.
Works (selection)
- 1952 Nenzing parish church , fresco Mauritius and Agatha
- 1952 Fatima Chapel (Langen near Bregenz) , drafts for the stained glass,
- 1959 Raggal parish church , fresco Christ as the sower
- 1962 Parish church of Schlins figure Maria with child
- 1968 Fontanella parish church , designs for stained glass in the choir, Sebastian on the left, Martin on the right
- posthumously according to his design in 1982 new morgue at the cemetery in Schlins, in it concrete glass windows and a crucifix
Exhibitions
- 2008 Palais Liechtenstein in Feldkirch
- 2008 Rohnerhaus in Lauterach
literature
- Albert Rauch. 1908-1970. Catalog of the 1984 exhibition at Palais Liechtenstein in Feldkirch, Max Weiler : Albert Rauch , Eugen Andergassen : My friend Albert Rauch , Helmut Swozilek : A frame for the work of Albert Rauch , illustrations, directory of glass windows, glaze paintings on ceramics, sgraffiti, sculptures, exhibition and bibliography, Paula Rauch family (ed.), Schlins 1984.
- Fine arts in Vorarlberg. 1945-2005. Biographical lexicon. Published by the Vorarlberger Landesmuseum and the Kunsthaus Bregenz. Bucher-Verlag, Hohenems 2006, ISBN 978-3-902525-36-9 .
- Karlheinz Pichler (Ed.): Albert Rauch. Mountain valley village man. Bucher Verlag, Hohenems 2008, ISBN 978-3-902679-08-6 .
Web links
- Albert Rauch at Leuchtende-bilder.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Obituary in the annual report for the 1969-70 school year of the Bundesgymnasium Feldkirch ( Memento from December 3, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), pp. 12-13 (PDF; 5.2 MB)
- ↑ a b Hronek: In Memoriam Albert Rauch vol.at, December 15, 2008
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rauch, Albert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian art educator, painter and mayor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 12, 1908 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Schlins |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 27, 1970 |
| Place of death | Feldkirch |