Franz Bucar (painter)

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Franz Bucar (born January 21, 1925 ; † April 6, 2014 ) was an Austrian civil servant , popular educator , family and local researcher , club official, calligrapher and restorer of paintings and rural estates.

Live and act

Bucar lived and worked in Vöcklabruck. He was married and the father of four sons. His last job was as the official director of the AMS Kirchdorf an der Krems . In addition, he can refer to extensive artistic work and many years of voluntary work in the field of folk art and culture . He belonged to the Innviertel artists' guild and the Hausruckviertel art group.

His works include many certificates and writings for people to be honored, among the latter many who have made a name for themselves in popular culture. He was a founding member of the Auracher Prangerschützen , for which he designed the flag and coat of arms. He was also the founding chairman and honorary chairman of the Hausruckviertel art group. He was a board member at the Stehrerhof open-air museum .

He was a member of Upper Austria. Working group for small and field monument research and was responsible for more than 300 restorations of small monuments throughout Upper Austria, which he redesigned with pictures. Associated with this was the illustration of a number of related publications.

Bucar was the publisher of newsletters that were sent twice a year to more than 600 subscribers at home and abroad and were shaped by his graphics. Shortly before his death, he worked on the Upper Austrian small monument database, for which he created the majority of the drawings.

Works (selection)

Monument next to Höhenstraße 1 in Vöcklabruck (1991)
  • Plague column in Atzbach (4 pictures, 1990)
  • Small monuments in Gampern: wayside cross at Kernstockhaus (1989), Marienbild in Haunolding (1990), votive image in Piesdorf (1991)
  • Frescoes of the listed Catholic parish church St. Alexius in Aurach am Hongar
  • Restoration of the listed Schimpl Chapel in Aurach am Hongar

Exhibitions (selection)

  • Vöcklabruck in pictures (2008)
  • Works by Franz Bucar, Hausruckviertler Kunstkreis, Vöcklabruck, 2012

Publications

  • The Küfnerhäusl with its house chapel in Gmunden , in: Working group for small and land history research in the Upper Austrian Forum Folk Culture, bulletin, 15th year, small monuments, Linz, 2002, sheet 1, p. 7f.
  • Small and field monuments: Signs of popular piety - preservation and care , in: Working group for small and field monument research in the Upper Austrian forum for folk culture, bulletin, 15th year, small monuments, Linz, 2002, sheet 1, p. 6f.
  • Franz Bucar - Watercolors - Drawings - Prints - Writings (2013)

Awards

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Franz Bucar , Parte, in: Web presence of the Hausruckviertler Kunstkreis
  2. ^ Alfred Jungwirth: Artist and restorer Franz Bucar will be missing. in: Bezirksrundschau Vöcklabruck from April 29, 2014
  3. ↑ Alfred Herrmüller: A master of the art of fine writing, in: Oberösterreichische Nachrichten of April 24, 2014
  4. ↑ Plague column in Atzbach, in: Tiscover website queried on January 2, 2015
  5. ↑ Small monuments in Gampern, in: Atterwiki.at website queried on January 2, 2015
  6. ↑ Federal award for honorary ring bearer Franz Bucar, in: Aurach aktuell, 4/2011, queried on January 2, 2015
  7. ↑ Federal award for honorary ring bearer Franz Bucar, in: Aurach aktuell, 4/2011, queried on January 2, 2015
  8. ^ City honors Franz Bucar, in: Oberösterreichische Nachrichten of November 17, 2008
  9. ^ Heimathausverein celebrates with an exhibition, in: Oberösterreichische Nachrichten of September 21, 2012
personal data
SURNAME Bucar, Franz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian civil servant, popular educator, family and local history researcher, club functionary, calligrapher and restorer of paintings and rural estates
DATE OF BIRTH January 21, 1925
DATE OF DEATH April 6, 2014