Andreas Weissenbach

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Andreas Weissenbach (also Weißenbach ; born September 9, 1925 in Imst ) is an Austrian painter .

Life

Andreas Weissenbach grew up in Imst and Ehrwald , completed an apprenticeship as a painter and attended Toni Kirchmayr's painting and drawing school in Innsbruck . During World War II he was drafted into military service in 1943 and fell into Yugoslavia in captivity , from which he returned only 1948th From 1949 to 1954 he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna with Herbert Boeckl and in the graphics class of Christian Ludwig Martin and received several awards, including the Füger Prize. After completing his studies, Weissenbach returned to Imst and soon received his first public contracts for facade design. From 1967 he was a professor in the arts and crafts department of the HTL Innsbruck and taught freehand drawing, anatomy and painting. Since 1958 he has been a member of the Tyrolean artist community .

Weissenbach's work mainly includes landscape pictures , but also still lifes , views of places, self-portraits, mythological scenes and carnival pictures in a wide variety of techniques such as watercolor , oil , tempera , ink , reed pen drawing or various printing techniques . He executed the facade designs in the form of mosaics , sgraffiti , secco or fresco painting . Weissenbach is also active in the Imster Fasnacht and has carved and captured larvae .

Works in public space

Wall painting Good Shepherd at Widum Stanz (1960)
  • Wall painting Last Judgment , Michaelskapelle, Imst cemetery, 1956
  • Fresco Pietà , war memorial Mils near Imst , 1956
  • Wall painting Good Shepherd , Widum Stanz near Landeck , 1960
  • Mosaics Mary with the Child , Christ the Good Shepherd , St. Christophorus , St. Josef , wayside shrine at Kapf, Arzl im Pitztal , 1961
  • Mosaik Imster Schemenlaufen at the old cinema, Imst, 1962 (after the building was demolished inside the office building erected instead)
  • Sgraffito with motifs of mail delivery and postal services, Hotel Post, Imst, 1965
  • Altar mosaic Archangel Michael , Church to the hll. Engeln, Imst- Brennbichl , around 1967
  • Wall painting peasant family , agricultural state educational institute, former riding villa, Imst, around 1970
  • Mosaic of God the Father in the portal tympanum, Johanneskirche , Imst, 1976–1979

literature

Web links

Commons : Andreas Weißenbach  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Tyrolean artists: Weissenbach Andreas
  2. ↑ Praxmarer, Schmid-Pittl: Friedhofskapelle, Michaelskapelle, war memorial chapel. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved November 8, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Praxmarer, Wiesauer: Niche shrine, war memorial for the fallen of both world wars. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved November 9, 2019 .
  4. ^ Streng, Schmid-Pittl: Rectory Stanz. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved November 9, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Schumacher, Schmid-Pittl: Bildsäule, wayside shrine in the Stitz, wayside shrine at the cape. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved November 9, 2019 .
  6. ↑ New place for Imster mosaics. Tyrolean daily newspaper from January 5, 2018
  7. ^ Praxmarer, Schmid-Pittl: Hotel Post, former Goldener Adler inn, former Sprengenstein residence. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved November 9, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Ursula Koslowsky-Pechloff: Imst, Tirol. Peda-Kunstführer No. 023.1 / 91, Passau 1991, ISBN 3-927296-25-2 , p. 30
  9. ↑ Praxmarer, Schmid-Pittl: Agricultural State School, former Reitervilla. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved November 9, 2019 .
  10. ↑ Praxmarer, Wiesauer: Filialkirche hl. Johannes, Johanneskirche. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved November 9, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Weissenbach, Andreas
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Weissenbach, Andreas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian painter
DATE OF BIRTH September 9, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH Imst