Carl Hermann (artist)
Carl Hermann (born October 28, 1918 Wolfgruben Wies in southern Styria ; † November 11, 1986 in Gmünd Grillenstein , Lower Austria ) was an Austrian sculptor , creative artist and author, founder of the north-south long-distance hiking trail 05 and primarily responsible for the establishment of the nature park Blockheide-Gmünd .
Life
After it turned out that Carl Hermann was color-blind to pastel shades, he began an apprenticeship as a carpenter, but broke it off. Nevertheless, he got to know the craft and material thoroughly.
He pursued his original wish to be active as an artist and entered the Wilhelm Gösser sculpture class in Graz in autumn 1940 . There he met the painter Switbert Lobisser . Later an exchange with Josef Thorak in Munich took him . Carl Hermann was arrested for his work in a resistance group and sentenced to death. Finally, in the last days of the Second World War, he managed to escape to freedom.
Since 1945 he lived in Gmünd and worked there as a freelance sculptor. In the years that followed, Hermann concentrated on sculptural works that often found their place in public spaces, including the twelve-meter artificial stone sculpture of the “Sower” and the granite relief “The Seven Swabians” in Waidhofen an der Thaya. Furthermore, the figure “The Viewer” in Gmünd, the “Madonna with Child” in Groissenbrunn and “Saint Paul” on the wine level.
Later, reverse glass and glass window work as well as stone mosaics were added.
Hermann dealt with the interplay between nature and culture in symbiosis with humans. As the founder of the oldest Austrian long-distance hiking trail, the north-south long-distance hiking trail 05, he was one of the fathers of the long-distance hiking movement . As a local nature conservationist, he was also primarily responsible for the establishment of the Blockheide-Gmünd Nature Park; He created the brand with the granite sculpture "Heidemännlein".
His artistic work is expressive. The examination of the figural reduction of the motif moves Carl Hermann into the foreground. Constructive objectivity and geometric forms are spatially connected to one another.
He died on November 11, 1986 at the age of 68 in Gmünd, Lower Austria. His artistic estate and the Carl Hermann House went into private ownership. The Alpine Club Weitwanderer of the Austrian Alpine Club has an unstaffed mountain chalet in the Grazer Bergland, which (since the end of 2015 closed) after him Carl Hermann shelter at 1,420 m above sea level. A. named.
The artist's final resting place is in the Paulus Chapel he designed on the Weinebene .
Works
- The journey is the goal - north-south long-distance hiking trail . Leopold Stocker Verlag, Graz 1977. ISBN 3-7020-0272-3 .
- Mariazeller Ways 06 . Styria Verlag, Graz 1982. ISBN 3-222-11344-0 . (Together with Franz Gasparics.)
- North-south long-distance hiking trail 05 . Styria Verlag, Graz 1998. ISBN 3-222-12571-6 . (5th, revised new edition, together with Fritz Käfer and Eduard Dattler).
Web links
- Literature by and about Carl Hermann in the catalog of the German National Library
- Official website for Carl Hermann
- Photos of sculptural works by Hermann
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hermann, Carl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian sculptor and co-founder of the long-distance hiking movement |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 28, 1918 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wolf pits Wies |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 11, 1986 |
| Place of death | Gmünd Grillenstein , Lower Austria |