Ernst Nepo

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Ernst Nepo (actually Ernst Nepomucky ; born October 17, 1895 in Dauba , † August 26, 1971 in Innsbruck ) was an Austrian painter . He is considered the most important representative of the New Objectivity in Tyrol .

Life

Mosaic Pietà on the grave of the Maurer family at Innsbruck's Westfriedhof (1938)

After attending the arts and crafts school in Teplitz from 1909 to 1913, Nepo studied at the Vienna arts and crafts school with Alfred Roller , Adolf Böhm and Oskar Strnad, among others . During World War I he did military service with the Tyrolean Kaiserjäger in Galicia and on the southern front.

From 1918 he lived in Mühlau (since 1938 a district of Innsbruck), where he quickly integrated himself into Innsbruck's cultural life and formed the “Mühlauer Kreis” with Rudolf Lehnert , Herbert Gurschner and Alphons Schnegg . In 1925 he founded the artist group “Die Waage” with Wilhelm Nicolaus Prachensky , Leo Sebastian Humer , Hans Andre , Franz Santifaller and others. In 1927 he was accepted into the Vienna Secession  . From 1933 to 1937 Nepo worked as a set designer at the city ​​theater , at the Exl stage in Innsbruck and for the Passion Play in Thiersee .

Nepo became an illegal member of the NSDAP as early as the mid-1930s . In 1938/39 and 1941/43 he was regional director of the Reich Chamber of Fine Arts in Tyrol before handing this position over to Max von Esterle . From 1939 to 1944 he served in the war. After 1945 he received numerous public commissions for monumental wall paintings and portraits. In the 1950s he stayed frequently in South Tyrol and lived in Tscherms in 1951/53 ; He was unable to continue his artistic activity since 1960 for health reasons.

Initially influenced by Giovanni Segantini and Egon Schiele and committed to Expressionism , Nepo increasingly turned to New Objectivity from the mid-1920s. Although he did not stay with it for long, he is today counted among the most important representatives of the New Objectivity in Tyrol. He was best known for his portraits.

Works

  • Façade fresco on the rectory of the Christ Church , Innsbruck, 1925
  • Wall paintings and stained glass windows, branch church Herz Jesu in Kreith, 1926
  • West window, Landeck parish church , 1929
  • Frescoes in the Theresienkirche on the Hungerburg, 1935
  • Façade paintings, Palluahaus, Innsbruck, 1937
  • Portrait of Adolf Hitler , 1938 (title page of the Innsbrucker Nachrichten of April 6, 1938)
  • Facade paintings, Hotel Achenseehof, Achenkirch , 1938/39, 1951, 1957 (torn down in 2003)

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. Volume 2, Innsbruck 1997, pp. 472–477 ( urn: nbn: at: at-ubi: 2-7291 )

Web links

Commons : Ernst Nepo  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Susanne Gurschler: Fire and Flame . In: ECHO 09/2012. ( online at echoonline.at)
  2. ↑ Gert Walden: The world views of the painter Ernst Nepo. In: Der Standard from January 24, 2001 ( online at derstandard.at)
  3. ↑ Felmayer, Wiesauer: Evangelical rectory. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved August 20, 2017 .
  4. ↑ R. Dollinger, Wiesauer: Affiliate Church Herz Jesu in Kreith, Herz-Jesu-Kirche. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved August 20, 2017 .
  5. ↑ Pümpel, Wiesauer: Parish Church of Our Lady of the Assumption. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved August 20, 2017 .
  6. ↑ Carl Kraus , Hannes Obermair (ed.): Myths of dictatorships. Art in Fascism and National Socialism - Miti delle dittature. Art nel fascismo e nazionalsocialismo . South Tyrolean State Museum for Cultural and State History Castle Tyrol, Dorf Tirol 2019, ISBN 978-88-95523-16-3 , p. 77 .
  7. ^ Baumann, Wiesauer: Hotel Achenseehof. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved August 20, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Nepo, Ernst
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Nepomucky, Ernst (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian painter of the New Objectivity
DATE OF BIRTH October 17, 1895
PLACE OF BIRTH Dauba
DATE OF DEATH August 26, 1971
Place of death innsbruck