Albert Wider
Albert Wider (born March 28, 1910 in Widnau , entitled to live there; † March 9, 1985 in Widnau) was a Swiss sculptor , painter , draftsman and illustrator .
Life
Albert Wider was born in 1910 on Bärenstrasse in Widnau as the son of the sticker and smallholder Josef Wider and Katharina Sieber. He attended primary and secondary school in Widnau. From 1925 to 1929, Wider completed his apprenticeship as a stone sculptor with Johann and Josef Köppel in Widnau. After a semester of study at the Louis School in Munich (1928/1829) he worked as a stone sculptor in Zurich and Solothurn .
On his wanderings, Wider found support in society and the teachings of the social reformer Adolf Kolping . After a stay in Morocco , Wider attended the École Nationale Supérieur des Baux-Arts and the Académie de la Grande Chaumière in Paris . After a one-year break in August Suter's sculpture studio , where he devoted himself to anatomy, he spent three years studying with Karl Baur in Munich from 1936 to 1939 .
Back in the Rhine Valley , Wider ran his own studio on Bärenstrasse in Widnau from 1943. He found a patron and mentor of his art in the Widnau clergyman Gebhard Ammann . After World War II, Wider spent a year in Rome where he studied ancient and renaissance art .
In 1957, Wider founded the Association of Mission Architects (BMA) and was its secretary. He also worked in the Association for the Uganda Martyrs Shrines (AFUMS) in the same function. His commitment to the interests of the church has been honored with awards and prizes. Wider reached its climax in 1965 with the consecration of the Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Buchs, whose sculptural jewelry he designed.
Works (selection)
Guided and encouraged by his mentor, Pastor Gebhard Ammann, Albert Wider dedicated his entire life to sacred art .
- Widnau , Catholic Church of St. Joseph, various sculptures on the facade
- Widnau, Brother Klaus Chapel, overall design
- Eichenwies , parish church Brother Klaus, crucifixion group and tabernacle
- Dielsdorf ZH, St. Paulus Church , three-dimensional furnishings
- Taitung, Taiwan, altar, crucifix and stations of the cross in the chapel of the craft school
- Buchs SG, Herz Jesu-Kirche , various works
- Meiningen (Vorarlberg) , Monument to the Fallen The Dying Warrior
- Göfis (Vorarlberg), cemetery sculpture The Crucified
- Niederuzwil , sculpture foal
- Ludwigsburg (Baden-Wuerttemberg), sculpture goat
- Altstetten (Zurich), Holy Cross Church , various works
- Book Minnesänger Konrad von Altstätten , graphic design
literature
- Johannes Huber: Rheintaler Heads - Historical-biographical portraits from five centuries . Ed .: Association for the History of the Rhine Valley. Rheintaler Druckerei und Verlag, Berneck 2004, ISBN 3-03300265-X , Albert Wider (1910–1985), pp. 380-384 .
- Otto Frei, Dr. Benedikt Fehr, Hans Fehr: Widnau - past and present . Ed .: Political community Widnau, local community Widnau. Rheintaler Druckerei und Verlag AG, Heerbrugg 1982, p. 258 ff .
Web links
- Publications by and about Albert Wider in the Helveticat catalog of the Swiss National Library
- Cons, Albert. In: Sikart
- Alber Wider website
- Chapel of the Taitung Crafts School, Altar and Stations of the Cross. On the Bethlehem Mission Society website
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cons, Albert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss visual artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 28, 1910 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Widnau |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 9, 1985 |
| Place of death | Widnau |