Alois Bergmann-Franken

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Alois Bergmann-Franken (born March 27, 1897 as Alois Bergmann in Glattbach ; † March 16, 1965 ibid) was an academically trained German painter.

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Alois Bergmann completed an apprenticeship in the lithography department of the Aschaffenburg colored paper factory from 1913 to 1916 and then attended the Mainz School of Applied Arts . From 1921 to 1927 he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich . In 1924 he received the State Prize of the Academy and was a master student (with his own studio) with Professors Carl Johann Becker-Gundahl , Franz Klemmer and Max Doerner , he received scholarships and study visits to Italy and Paris.

In 1928 he married Friedel Siegmund, who gave him four children. In 1931 he added the addition of francs to his name.

In the 1930s he began to be known in the Franconian area through his artistic work in the churches. He mastered the fresco technique , encaustic painting , tempera painting and oil painting .

By 1965 he had created over 40 depictions of the Way of the Cross in painting and mosaic, many frescoes and mosaics in churches in Lower Franconia, oil paintings, watercolors, concrete glass windows, woodcuts and sculptures of the Madonna.

His work in the Diocese of Würzburg has not yet been adequately researched. The churches in Greßthal , Mainbernheim and Sennfeld show a great architectural similarity in the interior, but this similarity cannot be denied through the works of Bergmann-Franken. The frescoes characterize the aforementioned church rooms in a very unique way.

His work includes thousands of works; some fell victim to the zeitgeist and were painted over (Glattbach Church, Church in Großwelzheim). The depiction of Saint Martin at the old hospital in Aschaffenburg was destroyed by the demolition of the building.

On the initiative of grandson Bernd Bergmann, a special exhibition was held in 2009 in the town hall of his home community. At the presentation of the Kunstverein Glattbach on the 44th anniversary of the artist's death, not only the work of the painter was documented, but also its importance in the present; Most of the exhibits were from private collections.

In 1954 he became a board member of the Turnverein 1895 Glattbach eV .

Alois Bergmann-Franken died on March 16, 1965 while working on a mosaic in the Glattbach school and was buried in the cemetery of his hometown.

The community of Glattbach dedicated a street to him. With a length of around 290 meters, it connects the streets Hohlacker / Weihersgrund with the street Am Stutz. The public transport stops in Weitzkaut, Hohlacker and Weihersgrund are in the immediate vicinity. The Alois-Bergmann-Franken-Straße has a local transport connection to the bus (line 9 AVG)

Works by Alois Bergmann-Franken (previously known)

  • Aschaffenburg Beckerstraße 2, mosaic with Aschaffenburg architectural motifs, young woman, lute player and the writer Julius Maria Becker
  • Aschaffenburg Bertastr. 3 Christophoros (sgraffito)
  • Aschaffenburg Bohlenweg 14, Four Seasons
  • Aschaffenburg Brentanostraße 23,   sgraffito work : woman and dancing children, shearing shepherds with flocks, farmers harvesting grain, death on a horse with the consequences of the war ruins and death and in between under a winged hourglass the verse “You walk quietly the safe path o Mother Earth in the Light! ”From Friedrich Hölderlin's ode“ The Peace ”and the year 1949, including the advertising leaflet“ Malermeister Franz Staudt ”
  • Aschaffenburg, Dalbergstr. 16, St. George with the dragon (shell limestone relief)
  • Aschaffenburg Dalbergstrasse, Gustaf-Adolf, entry into Aschaffenburg, Dalberg medallion
  • Aschaffenburg Dinglerstr. 38, family scene above the entrance door (Scraffoto: three children dancing round circles, mother with child in her arms, farmer sowing)
  • Aschaffenburg Fischergasse 22, Angler (mosaic)
  • Aschaffenburg Goethestrasse 35, fisherman with a net (single-colored paint on structured plastered surfaces)
  • Aschaffenburg Kihnstrasse, portrait of the founder of the Spessart Association Dr. med. Karl Kihn (mosaic chipped and painted over)
  • Aschaffenburg Löherstraße 51, Hotel Wilder Mann, Wilder Mann and Fish (mosaics)
  • Aschaffenburg Ludwigstrasse 17, (mosaic)
  • Aschaffenburg Metzgergasse 7, Theaterklause (sgraffito)
  • Aschaffenburg Untere Fischergasse 5, sand scoop (sgraffito) 1956
  • Aschaffenburg Weißenburger Str. 52, abstract motifs in four parapet fields with a box of the former Gesele print shop (mosaic)
  • Aschaffenburg Wermbachstrasse / Lamprechtstrasse, St. Martin on the facade of the old city hospital (demolished)
  • Aschaffenburg, Wittelsbacherring 11, man in antique robe with lyre and grapevine (painted dark on light paint)
  • Aschaffenburg Ziegelbergstraße 9, architect in front of a job-related motif (mosaic)
  • Embankment , parish church St. Michael Painting in neo-Gothic style 1927 (destroyed by bombs in 1944)
  • Ev dam. Paul Church - in honor of the victims of war (mosaic) 1956
  • Damm Schillerschule, Schulstr. 39, sundial with figures (sgraffito), named by the artist "Time is rushing"
  • Unfortunately, Leinreiterstraße 3, Leinreiterzug of ships up the Main (mosaic)
  • Schweinheim , Stations of the Cross on the Erbig
  • Strietwald , Madonna and Joseph sculpture in the parish church of St. Konrad
  • Obernau , Christ's Resurrection Sgraffito in the old cemetery chapel
  • Egenhausen in Markt Werneck , ceiling frescos in the parish church
  • Glattbach , Way of the Cross in the neo-Gothic parish church of the Assumption of Mary (painted over)
  • Greßthal , altarpieces and stations of the cross in the parish church of St. Bartholomäus
  • Großwelzheim , altar fresco and Way of the Cross in the parish church (both no longer available)
  • Haibach Ritter Reiner von Heydebach, mural in the meeting room of the town hall (1950)
  • Haibach mosaic deer executed on the facade of the restaurant Zum Hirschen by Thomas Först based on a design by Alois Bergmann-Franken
  • Leidersbach , pictures on the side altars in the parish church
  • Mainberg , Stations of the Cross in the Kuratiekirche St. Michael (1932)
  • Mainbernheim , fresco on the high altar and St. Mary's altar in the Catholic parish church of St. John the Baptist
  • Michelbach (Alzenau) , fresco on the choir arch in the Catholic parish church of St. Laurentius (1932)
  • Neunkirchen - Richelbach , frescoes in the apse of the Bilhildiskirche
  • Sennfeld , altar frescoes and stations of the cross in the parish church of St. Elisabeth (1932)
  • Vasbühl , altarpiece: Madonna with peasant couple in the background the village of Vasbühl (1939)
  • Wasserless , altar fresco in the Kuratiekirche
  • Weibersbrunn Facade of the rectory in Hauptstrasse: mosaic Holy Family

Oil paintings / woodcuts / watercolors

  • Götz von Berlichingen's farmers in front of Aschaffenburg 1525 from 1942
  • Old Spessart mill, oil on wood
  • At the Aschaff near Aschaffenburg, oil on wood
  • Broom maker, oil on panel
  • Vorspessart near Hain / Laufach, oil on wood
  • Don Quixote in conversation with Sancho Panza
  • Peasant couple sitting in the hay, woodcut (1939)
  • The old castle, watercolor (around 1950, based on a sketch by Veit Hirschvogel around 1540, Bamberg State Library)

Illustrations

  • To “Brothers Grimm fairy tales. Selection ", Paul Pattloch Verlag Aschaffenburg 1949 (US Zone Control License No. US - E 114)
  • On the children's book “Godehard and Bruno's journey in a wonderful way” (1944), which he dedicated to his son Bruno. The rhyming texts come from Alois Müller from Aschaffenburg. The story describes the cycle of water from heaven to earth.

Exhibitions

  • Badischer Kunstverein with Käthe Kollwitz, Theodor Schindler a. a.
  • North Bavarian Art Exhibition Nuremberg,
  • Aschaffenburg City Museum,
  • New Residence Bamberg,
  • as well as participation in exhibitions in Würzburg, Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Regensburg, Berlin, Pforzheim and Salzburg,
  • Public contracts in particular for churches in Lower Franconia, Farbwerke Hoechst, Nassauische Heimstätte Frankfurt / Main, City of Hanau and private collections.

Web links

Commons : Alois Bergmann-Franken  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Main-Echo of November 13, 2009
  2. ^ Alois Bergmann-Franken - special show from November 6, 2009 to February 7, 2010 - Kunstverein Glattbach ( Memento from April 19, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ History of the Turnverein 1895 Glattbach eV
  4. ^ [1] Alois-Bergmann-Franken-Strasse
  5. ↑ Parish Gressthal - St. Bartholomäus ( memento of July 24, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) on the website of the Diocese of Würzburg
  6. ↑ Excerpt from Main-Echo from June 8, 2002 at Spessart Online ( Memento from July 6, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
  7. ↑ Weibersbrunn: Will the mosaic be preserved?
  8. ↑ artnet.de: Oil painting: Götz von Berlichingen's farmers in front of Aschaffenburg 1525
  9. ↑ Galerie Capriola - Works by Alois Bergmann-Franken
  10. ↑ kunstreich Bergmann ( Memento from May 7, 2014 in the web archive archive.today )
personal data
SURNAME Bergmann-Franken, Alois
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bergmann, Alois (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter
DATE OF BIRTH March 27, 1897
PLACE OF BIRTH Glattbach
DATE OF DEATH March 16, 1965
Place of death Glattbach