Eddy from Ferrari Kellerhof
Eddy von Ferrari Kellerhof (born August 2, 1923 in Brixen , South Tyrol , † January 20, 2000 in Verona ) was a South Tyrolean artist, academic painter and graphic artist .
Life
After graduating from high school in 1943, von Ferrari completed an apprenticeship with the sculptor Franz Mersa in Bressanone . In 1944 he was called up for military service and served as a medic until the end of the war. From 1945 to 1949 he studied at the Accademia di belle arti di Venezia with Guido Cadorin, Giuseppe Galletti (painting) and Giovanni Giuliani (graphics). A longer study trip to Paris followed. From 1952 he was an art and drawing teacher at the Realgymnasium Brixen and remained so until 1980. In 1955 he moved from Ferrari to Bozen and worked as a freelance artist. In 1957 he married Christine von Call. In 1960 daughter Franziska, also a painter and restorer, and in 1962 son Christian were born.
Artistic creation
Ferrari's work includes landscape painting , still life , portraiture , sacred art in oil, tempera , watercolor painting , pastel painting and graphic art. The pictures from this first phase (1950–1954) show a strong bond with the materiality of color. The dominant oil paintings on a colored, structured painting surface convey with the “deep” tonal values of the pasty brushstrokes a basic mood characterized by striking light-dark effects in the sense of a reality-related expressionism . From 1955 to 1959 this was followed by a change in style to magical realism . In numerous still lifes and compositions inspired by literary models, Ferrari brings out essential elements of a lyrical surrealism related to Pittura metafisica . From 1960 he found his way back to the dynamic color of Venetian painting . The initially gloomy, dissonant color scale gradually gives way to clay painting, especially in the numerous landscapes in oil, the watercolor and pastel sketches from the Alpine and Mediterranean regions. The imagery , which lies between the impressionistic cult of light and expressionistic formal elements, preserves the impulsive brushwork, but experiences a mood permeated by atmospheric-transparent light effects through the cultivated interplay of light and shadow of the visibly lightened palette - without crossing the threshold to abstraction . A special feature of Ferrari's mature landscape impressions are also architectural elements, mostly houses and farmsteads as white spots in the middle of nature, not defined objects, but means of composition for a balance within the picture structure.
Works in museums and public buildings
- 1950 Lases parish church: altarpiece
- 1952 Le Laste / Trentino, Marienkirche: Altarpiece
- 1952 Livorno, Sig. Tristi
- 1953 Brixen, Walthersaal: composer Vinzenz Goller , portrait
- 1970 Innsbruck, Tiroler Kaiserjägermuseum Bergisel : Kaiserjäger Franz Runge, portrait
- 1983 Diocesan Museum Bressanone : Bishop Joseph Gargitter , portrait
- Eppan, Moos-Schulthaus Residence , W. Amonn Foundation: Ecce Homo
- Milan, Sig. Brunetti
- Venice, Peggy Guggenheim Foundation
- Zurich, Sig. Kern-Bulach
The majority of his works are privately owned in Italy, Switzerland, Austria and France.
Exhibitions
- 1950, 1951, 1956: Galerie Prichsna Brixen
- 1957: Trento, Galleria Specchi
- 1958: Venice, Gall.Bevilacqua la Massa
- 1959 to 1986: often the Dominican Gallery in Bozen
- 1962: Ortisei (Val Gardena), Circolo Artistico
- 1963: Innsbruck, Tyrolean art pavilion
- 1982: Meran, Galerie Pobitzer
- 1987: Athesia
- 1991: Kaltern, Sparkasse gallery.
- 1993: Prisma Gallery, Bozen
Honourings and prices
- Premio Michetti, Francavilla a Mare (1953)
- Silver Lamb of the City of Brixen (1958)
- Gold medal Tomaso Campanella, Rome (1972)
- Member of the Accademia Tiberina in Rome (1973)
- Silver Medal of UNESCO, Paris (1977)
- Silver Medal Europe Autumn Salon (1977)
- Oscar "Leonardo da Vinci", Milan (1978)
- Vicille Charité, Marseille (1978)
- Biennale Europe, Bamberg (1978)
- III. Exhibition "Ars Sacra" on the occasion of the visit of Pope John Paul II, Kraków (1979)
- Cup Critique Monegasque, Monte Carlo (1979)
- Cup - Europe Autumn Salon, Malta (1980)
- Cup of the Presidenza del CEIC, Strasbourg (1980)
- International Euro Color Prize, Seville (1981)
- Cup III. European Autumn Salon, Paris (1981)
- Prize of the City of Bonn (1983)
- Jury Prize of the Berlin City Hall, Berlin (1984)
literature
- 1954 – M. Comina, Ateliers dell'Alto Adige, Bolzano
- 1955 – Fuchs, painter (20th century) 1, Vo2
- 1967 – Carlo Galasso, Il Cristallo 10, pp. 229-234
- 1968 – Mario dall'Àglio, La Vernice, anno VII no. 10-12, Venice
- 1982 – Eva Kreuzer-Eccel, Aufbruch, Bozen
- 1982 – Ines Pedoth, EF Life Colors
- 1985 – M. Comina, Ateliers dell'Alto Adige, Bolzano
- 2003 – KG Saur Verlag, general artist lexicon . Volume 38. Munich / Leipzig 2003
Films about Eddy from Ferrari
- 1994 Documentary, RAI broadcaster Bolzano
- 1998 Documentary, RAI broadcaster Bolzano
Individual evidence
- ^ Mathias Frei, In Memoriam Eddy, exhibition catalog 2010, A.Weger Brixen
- ^ Franziska von Ferrari Kellerhof, Ceschi, Bozen; Christian von Ferrari Kellerhof, Kaltern
Web links
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ferrari Kellerhof, Eddy von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ferrari-Kellerhof, Eddy |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian artist, painter and graphic artist (South Tyrol) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 2, 1923 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brixen , South Tyrol |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 20, 2000 |
| Place of death | Verona |