Benno Haan

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Brother Benno Haan OSB (* 1631 in Copenhagen ; † November 6, 1720 in Admont ) was an art sticker.

Brother Benno Haan, Dalmatik des Weihnachtsornates (1680), needle painting and relief embroidery, Admont Abbey

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Brother Benno Haan was born in Copenhagen in 1631. In 1656 he made his religious profession as a lay brother in the Admont Benedictine Abbey. Until his death in 1720, Brother Benno Haan worked as an art ticker for his abbot in Admont Abbey . Some of the clients can be identified by means of applied heraldic cartouches and portraits.

From the "Admonter Embroidery Workshop" founded by him, sacred textile works of art ( paraments ) of world renown emerged. In an extensive life's work, the “outstanding master in the art of embroidery” (mentioned in the Admont Book of the Dead) created magnificent needlework for liturgical use, including several pontifical ornaments and the ornamentation on the wall hangings (1698–1726) in the presbytery of the Admont collegiate church .

The top quality embroidery is characterized by the artful embroidery technique, the combination of silk, gold and silver embroidery, and by scenic and figural motifs executed in fine "needle painting" with spectrally shaded flat stitches.

In the embroidery of Brother Benno Haan, a multifaceted Baroque world opens up with religious and artistic expression. "Thoughts" explain emblematic spiritual content including natural elements . As symbols they convey theological messages and make the glorification of God in the sense of the Benedictine Rule (chap. 57, 9) tangible:

"UT IN OMNIBUS GLORIFICETUR DEUS" - "So that God may be glorified in everything".

In the museum of the Admont Abbey, an annually changing selection from the rich inventory of these fragile textiles is presented to the public under the best possible museum and conservation conditions.

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