Alois Wünsche-Mitterecker

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Alois Wünsche-Mitterecker (born November 28, 1903 in Gleisdorf , † December 13, 1975 in Eichstätt ) was an Austrian painter and sculptor .

biography

Wish-Mitterecker studied with Gebhard Fugel at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich . His main work is the unfinished figure field memorial near Eichstätt, which he began in 1958 and on which he worked until his death.

In 1936 he received the Albrecht Dürer Prize . In 1938 frescoes in Salzburg-Itzling that he had created in the mid-twenties were knocked off with reference to the artist's psychological imbalance. His permissive imagery met with rejection from the National Socialists .

Wish Mitterecker was already a member of the Sturmabteilung (SA) in 1933 and then of the SS Wiking Division . He also worked as a press illustrator in France and Eastern Europe. He was taken prisoner of war, from which he was released at Christmas 1947. He was the father of Raimund Wünsche .

Exhibitions

Works

Alois Wünsche-Mitterecker created a monumental mural for the counter hall of the (then) new reception building of the Würzburg main station in 1954 . It shows a dominant steam locomotive , the interior of which is partially shown as in a technical drawing. The locomotive is surrounded by several figures of workers who can be seen working in the railway and heavy industry . The criticism of the work of art was vehement: the local press spoke of “grimacing” and “mockery” and was bothered by modern art . The German Federal Railroad therefore had the picture removed again in 1958 - allegedly because plates had come off due to vibrations in the rail traffic. The mural has been in the Nuremberg Transport Museum since 1973 , where it was installed in the foyer of the lecture hall. There is less space here than in Würzburg. The locomotive is shown in full, but only part of the figures that used to surround it. Color changes have also been made and the picture fills all the walls of the room instead of - as it used to be in Würzburg - taking up a large area.

literature

  • Alois Wünsche-Mitterecker (1903-1975) - an artist in Eichstätt . Kunstverlag Fink, Lindenberg 2007, ISBN 978-3-89870-455-7 .
  • Myriam Wagner: Battlefield Monument. On Alois Wünsche-MItterecker's memorial (1958-1975) , 2 volumes: 1st text, 2nd illustrations. Ars et Unitas, Neuried 2008, ISBN 978-3-936117-32-5 . Exhibition catalog.

Web links

Commons : Alois Wünsche-Mitterecker  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Wilhelm Rüdiger (Ed.): Young art in the German Empire. i. A. of the Reich Governor & Reich Leader Baldur von Schirach . Exhibition February - March 1943 in the Künstlerhaus Vienna. Ehrlich & Schmidt, Vienna 1943, short biography p. 55
  2. ↑ Quoted from the label in the Nuremberg Transport Museum .
  3. ^ Labeling in the Nuremberg Transport Museum.
personal data
SURNAME Wish Mitterecker, Alois
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter and sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH November 28, 1903
PLACE OF BIRTH Gleisdorf , Styria , Austria
DATE OF DEATH December 13, 1975
Place of death Eichstatt