Erich Keber

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Erich Keber (born September 16, 1926 in Meran ; † January 17, 2016 in Innsbruck ) was an Austrian sculptor .

Life

Erich Keber was born in Meran and came to Innsbruck in 1939. There he attended from 1942 to 1946 the higher state trade school , sculpture department, with Hans Pontiller and Walter Kuen . From 1948 to 1952 he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna with Franz Santifaller . From 1955 he lived and worked as a freelance sculptor in Innsbruck. He created figurative and abstract sculptures out of stone and bronze, many of them in public spaces.

In 1976 he initiated a cultural exchange with Slovenia for graphics and sculpture with exhibitions in Innsbruck, Schwaz , Krainburg and Laibach . In 1981 he initiated the Tyrolean stone sculptor symposium , which initially took place at the Grillhof near Vill , later in the courtyard of the Siegmair School in Pradl  and particularly encouraged younger artists. Many of the resulting sculptures were set up in the outdoor area of ​​the Siegmair School in a publicly accessible sculpture park.

Awards

Works

Statue of St. Johannes Nepomuk in Längenfeld (1969)
  • Marble statue of St. Jakobus at the Mühlauer Bridge , Innsbruck, 1957
  • Cast stone sculptures sea ​​lion and crocodile , drinking fountain with bronze gargoyle, fountain sculpture two caves , Tivoli swimming pool, Innsbruck, 1960/61
  • Monument to Albin Egger-Lienz , Längenfeld , 1966
  • Wayside shrine with marble sculpture St. Johannes Nepomuk, Längenfeld, 1969
  • Stone relief of Mary and Child , Nösslach Chapel, Längenfeld, 1974
  • Stone monument Clean Waters - Clean Environment , Seefeld , 1975
  • Artificial stone sculpture Stadtengel , Grenobler Bridge , Innsbruck, 1980
  • Reliefs of the stations of the cross, Pfarrerbichl-Kreuzweg, Seefeld, around 2000
  • Wegkreuz Tirol , Martinsbühel near Zirl , around 2000
  • Granite sculptures Guardian Angel , Kaskade I and Urform , Rennweg , Innsbruck, 2001–2006
  • Stone sculpture Yoke of Time , Klocker Foundation Collection

literature

  • Christoph Bertsch (Ed.): Art in Tyrol, 20th century: significantly expanded and revised inventory catalog of the collection of the Institute for Art History at the University of Innsbruck including documentation of legacies and bequests in two volumes. Institute for Art History at the University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck 1997, p. 336 ( digitized version )
  • Prof. Erich Keber: Granite sculptures for the 80s. In: Innsbruck informs, November 2006, service supplement, p. II ( digitized version )

Web links

Commons : Erich Keber  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Death Prof. Erich Keber , Aspetos
  2. ↑ City of Innsbruck: Prize of the state capital Innsbruck for artistic creation (PDF; 197 kB)
  3. ↑ City of Innsbruck: Decoration of Honor for Art and Culture  (PDF; 306 kB)
  4. ↑ Wiesauer: statue with sculpture hl. James, James shrine. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved August 4, 2016 .
  5. ↑ Helmuth Oehler: Figures in the swimming pool. In: Innsbruck informs, issue no. 5, May 2011, pp. 59–62 ( digitized version )
  6. ↑ Schumacher, Wiesauer: Stone monument Egger Lienz. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved August 4, 2016 .
  7. ↑ Schumacher, Wiesauer: wayside shrine with sculpture St. Johannes Nepomuk. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved August 4, 2016 .
  8. ↑ Franckenstein, Wiesauer: chapel shrine, Nösslach chapel, driver's chapel. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved August 4, 2016 .
  9. ^ Franckenstein, Wiesauer: Monument clean waters - clean environment. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved August 4, 2016 .
  10. ↑ Angel at the bridge. In: Innsbrucker Stadtnachrichten, No. 12, December 1980, p. 2 ( digitized version )
  11. ^ Parish Seefeld: The Pfarrerbichl-Kreuzweg to Seefeld in Tirol
  12. ^ Frick, Schmid-Pittl: statue, wayside cross Tirol. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved August 4, 2016 .
  13. ↑ Klockerstiftung: Erich Keber
personal data
SURNAME Keber, Erich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH September 16, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH Meran
DATE OF DEATH 17th January 2016
Place of death innsbruck