Ernst Steinacker

Ernst Steinacker (born November 6, 1919 in Wemding , † March 2, 2008 in Spielberg ) was a German sculptor .

Life

Ernst Steinacker was born in Wemding in what is now the Swabian district of Donau-Ries . His ancestors were farmers. In 1933 he completed an apprenticeship as a stone sculptor . In 1936 he attended the School of Applied Arts (Holz) in Munich . From 1939 to 1945 he participated in the war in the east. From 1948 to 1953 he attended the State Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart (together with Hajek and Jürgen Weber ). From 1953 he created his own works in bronze, stone and wood. From 1975 onwards he designed angels, which should ideally stand on a hill and over fields of wheat, "near heaven". From 1999 to 2000 the painting cycle Joy of Resurrection was created in Heidenheim Monastery . He also designed the cathedral portals in Augsburg and Trier and, in 2003, the new bronze portal for the Protestant monastery church in Auhausen .

Steinacker lived with his family near Gnotzheim ( Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen district ) at Spielberg Castle , which he - starting at the age of 64 - renovated and converted into a museum and cultural center over five years of work. His studio was also located here. Some of his sculptures stand around the castle. A son with a family lives in the castle and looks after the paternal inheritance.
Steinacker was a jury member in the Neue Münchner Künstlergenossenschaft and in the Haus der Kunst in Munich . He was also a member of the German Society of Christian Art .

Important works (selection)

• Displaced persons monument (anniversary park Bad Homburg)
• Altar of grace by Maria Brünnlein , Wemding
• Girls fountain, Augsburg
• Bronze relief in Mülheim an der Ruhr
• Bronze relief in the St. Ulrich House, Augsburg
• large bronze head at the Altmühlsee
• large stone ship, Danube bridge Dillingen
• great David, Windsbach
• Jacob's statue in St. Jakob, Oettingen
• Jacob's statue at the Jacob's Church in Rothenburg
• Jacob's statue in St. Jakob, Gunzenhausen
• Three angels Trier Cathedral , cloister, bronze
• West portal of the monastery church of Auhausen in bronze
• Bronze statue of the pastor Baist in Westheim
• Twelve apostles on the outer wall of the Apostle Church in Neuburg an der Donau
• Franziskusbrunnen (Francis blesses the animals) in the Franciscan convent Maria Stern, Augsburg

gallery

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  Ernst Steinacker's resting place in the cemetery in Wemding

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  "Himmelpforte" sculpture in Wemding

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  Statue in front of the Raiffeisen- / Volksbank in Wemding

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  Statue of St. Walburga in Wolframs-Eschenbach

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  Statues of women in the Frickhinger facilities in Nördlingen

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  Stele in memory of Johann Wilhelm Klein in Alerheim

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  Twelve apostles at the Apostle Church in Neuburg an der Donau

• Kurpark Oberstdorf
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  "Woman in the pond"

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  "Standing girl"

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  "Dancer"

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  "Flute player"

• Spielberg Castle
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Awards

• 1964 Prix ​​de Sculpture Monaco
• 1966 Prize of the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts , Munich
• 1967 Swabian Art Prize
• 1972 Art Prize of the Diocese of Augsburg
• 1990 Federal Cross of Merit
• 1997 Wolfram von Eschenbach Prize
• 1999 Rieser Culture Prize

literature

• Steinacker, Ernst . 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. 272-273 .
• Ernst Steinacker: The sky is open. Open the unknown . Rothenburg osT 1993.
• Ernst Steinacker: Spielberg Castle. A landmark of Altmühlfranken . Nördlingen, 3rd edition. 1996.
• Ernst Steinacker, Hans Roser : Carrying God in your heart. Monasteries and saints of our homeland. Gnotzheim, 1999.
• Ernst Steinacker, Edith Eberle-Dobiasch: Spielberg Castle. Wenng, Dinkelsbühl 2002, ISBN 3-9802394-5-4 .
• Ernst Steinacker: Ernst and Ingrid: Golden Wedding Ernst and Ingrid Steinacker . Gunzenhausen 2007.

Web links

Commons : Ernst Steinacker  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Literature by and about Ernst Steinacker in the catalog of the German National Library
• Website of the Ernst Steinacker Collection

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.schlossspielberg.de/geschichte/geschichte_index.html
2. ↑ Donauwörther Zeitung of August 21, 2016