Blasius Gerg

Blasius Gerg (born January 16, 1927 in Lenggries ; † May 17, 2007 in Haslach ) was a German academic sculptor from the Munich School .

In 1966 he received a sponsorship award in the field of fine arts from the City of Munich and was a member of the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts . He was friends with the Lower Bavarian sculptor Karl Reidel .

Most recently he lived in Glonn in Upper Bavaria and was buried in the forest cemetery there.

The good shepherd. Stone sculpture in the courtyard of the cloister of Eichstätter Dom

Works

For the courtyard of the cloister of Eichstätter Cathedral, the burial place of the Eichstätter cathedral chapter , he created the stone sculpture "The Good Shepherd" from shell limestone in 1961.
In the parish church of St. Augustin in Ingolstadt there has been a way of the cross cast in iron by him since 1962 , which has a 15th station as a special feature, which is dedicated to the resurrection .
In 1965 a Madonna and Child he had created was set up in St. Hildegard in Munich-Pasing .

In 1966 he designed altars, tabernacles , altar cross, baptismal font , holy water basin , Apostle crosses , candlesticks, tower cross and a statue of the Virgin Mary for the parish church of St. Karl Borromäus in Munich-Fürstenried .

A column fountain designed by him has stood in Munich- Maxvorstadt (Heßstrasse 21, inner courtyard) since 1967 .

In 1968/69 he created the interior of the Catholic parish church Heilig Geist in Oberjoch .

The people's altar in Ingolstadt Minster was created by him in 1970.

An altar by him has stood in St. Bonifaz, Munich, since 1974.

1975 Altar, ambo, baptismal font and tabernacle of St. Monika in Neuperlach.

In 1976 he created the celebration altar and the ambo of the parish church of St. Jakob in Dachau .

From 1978 in the Catholic parish of the Incarnation of Christ in Nuremberg-Langwasser : Main and chapel altars, altar and apostle candlesticks, Easter candlesticks, holy water basin, baptismal font, sacrificial table, altar wall cross.

In 1989 he designed the bishop's chair for the Regensburg Cathedral, which is now in the Ulrichskirche.

In 1992 he delivered a new main or celebration altar and ambo from Solnhofen Jura for the Catholic parish church of St. Emmeram in Wemding and the people's altar, the ambo and sedilia for the pilgrimage church on the Habsberg in Upper Palatinate .

In 1995 he created a tombstone for his neighbor, the composer Günter Bialas in the Glonn forest cemetery.

Other works by him are:

St. Severin in Garching near Munich : main altar, ambo, sediles, sacrament altar with the wall pane and baptismal font
New Munich Trade Fair Center (U2 terminus): sundial that funnel-shaped guides sunlight down from the surface
St. Josef in Memmingen : War memorial chapel
Parish church of the Holy Family in Eichstätt : altar island made of Jura marble , tabernacle, altar and apostle candlesticks made of bronze
St. Christophorus in Neukeferloh : chancel
Christophorus stele in the chapel of Munich Airport
St. Ulrich and Afra in Augsburg , altar and tabernacle in the lower church
Ortisei in Kaufbeuren : altar and ambo
Catholic parish church St. Maria in Gunzenhausen : high altar
Passionsweg in? with stations made of steel, which lead over gray cast iron plates with the inset dates from 1933 to 1945 to a gallows-like frame
Parish church St. Willibald in Ingolstadt- Oberhaunstadt : Altar island
Parish church St. Ulrich in Dillingen : Drafts for the division of the room, for the altar, the tabernacle, the Easter candlestick, the baptismal bowl, the priest's seat, the altar and apostle candlesticks and the pews
Catholic Academy in Bavaria in Munich- Schwabing , Mandlstrasse : Exterior wall design "From chaos to order"

literature

Ernst Maria Lang: That's it. That's it? Memories , 2004, p. 474
Christ in der Gegenwart , vol. 58 (2006), p. 251
Eichstätter Kurier from May 22, 2007
Gerg, Blasius . In: Supreme Building Authority Munich (Hrsg.): Bildwerk Bauwerk Artwork - 30 years of art and state building in Bavaria . Bruckmann, Munich 1990, ISBN 3-7654-2308-4 , p. 154, 158-159, 196, 206 .

Individual evidence

↑ Hans Schertl: Blasius Gerg - sculptor. kirchenundkapellen.de, accessed on July 16, 2015 .
↑ St. Willibalsbote Eichstätt of July 15, 1962, p. 11.

Web links

Commons : Blasius Gerg - Collection of images, videos and audio files

personal data
SURNAME	Gerg, Blasius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH	January 16, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH	Lenggries
DATE OF DEATH	May 17, 2007
Place of death	Haslach

[1] Hans Schertl: Blasius Gerg - sculptor. kirchenundkapellen.de, accessed on July 16, 2015 .

[2] St. Willibalsbote Eichstätt of July 15, 1962, p. 11.