Alfred Bader (sculptor)
Alfred Bader (born July 6, 1931 , † March 6, 2010 ) was a German academic sculptor . 1950–1956 he studied sculpture as a master student of Josef Henselmann at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich .
Life and works
After graduating, Bader worked freelance in Munich. In 1978 he got a job as a specialist teacher at the state vocational school for wood sculptors in Oberammergau . Six years later, in 1984, he was appointed head of this school. He held the position of headmaster until his retirement in 1996. He then worked in his studio until shortly before his death. His work includes a wide range of sculptural means of expression. His preferred working material was wood. He had already passed the journeyman's examination at the carving school in Berchtesgaden before studying at the academy . But Alfred Bader also worked with other materials: He created sculptures in terracotta or as cast concrete. He also often worked in stone. The relief Im Stall am Fischbrunnen on Munich's Marienplatz was created during his student days . These reliefs on the fish fountain were designed in 1954 by students of the Henselmann class. A stone stele that Alfred Bader designed with writing is in the Old Botanical Garden in Munich. In terms of sculpture, he liked to do portraits, which he made in different materials. His portraits were shown in the “Great Art Exhibition” in Munich's Haus der Kunst.
Another genre that found his interest for Alfred Bader was Christian art. One of his main works is the redesign of the chancel in the parish church of St. Emmeram in Geisenhausen in Upper Bavaria. In collaboration with the sculptor Gudrun E. Olbert, all parts of the church's chancel were redesigned: In the apse there is a group of crosses with the tabernacle at the base . There are also four altar candlesticks, an east candlestick, cafeteria and ambo. The cross group - almost life-size - is made of wood that has been given a light color. It stands on a base made of Jura marble. The canteen and ambo are also made from the same Jura marble. The tabernacle and candlestick are made of bronze. In the front of the altar table the reliquary (St. Ulrich and St. Gervasius) was visible behind a glass pane with a bronze frame. Overall, a successful ensemble that also in the television series bells of BR has been appreciated. In 1993 his work "Der Mönch" (relief, concrete casting, 60 × 115 cm) was selected for the exhibition "Witnesses and Testimonies of Faith". This exhibition was the result of a competition, advertised by the diocese of Regensburg, on the anniversary of the thousandth anniversary of the death of Bishop Wolfgang.
Alfred Bader created other works of Christian art, some of which are in public and mostly in private hands. A Madonna by Bader stands in the house chapel of the rheumatism clinic in Oberammergau (Rheumazentrum Oberammergau). Further areas of his artistic work are drawing and watercolor. If in the drawing area people are his main subject, in the area of watercolors it is primarily landscape and nature.
His love for nature plays the main role in all of his work and thinking. As a former extreme mountaineer, he was particularly fond of the mountains. But on numerous study trips he also came to appreciate many other countries. In addition to the Alps, the Norwegian landscape has become a focus of his watercolors.
His open eye for the small beauties in nature and his enthusiasm for the grandiose panoramas is reflected in the details of the watercolors. There are small plants that stick out from the rubble, there are quiet lakes in the clear light of the north and people who almost disappear into the vastness of the landscape - all in skillful artistic expression without ever slipping into a kitschy representation.
Another talent of Alfred Bader was photography. His eye for the special in nature and his artistic understanding of image design in terms of structure and color have made him a very good photographer. In the era of analog photography, he received several awards for his recordings. B. The silver slide from the Süddeutsche Zeitung . Bader's photos were shown in various photo exhibitions.
Individual evidence
- ↑ www.bildhauerschule.de
- ^ "Fountain in Munich", author: Otto Josef Bistritzki, Verlag Georg, 1974, ISBN 3-7667-0303-X .
- ↑ The Holy Wolfgang is the patron of the diocese of the diocese of Regensburg. The exhibition in the Diözesanmuseum Regensburg lasted from October 30, 1993 to January 9, 1994. A catalog was published (Alfred Bader, in: Witnesses and Evidence of Faith - Contemporary Religious Art for the Year of Wolfgang 1994, ISBN 3-7954-1060-6 , Verlag Schnell and Steiner, Regensburg, pp. 14/15).
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| SURNAME | Bader, Alfred |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German academic sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 6, 1931 |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 6, 2010 |