Franz Mörscher

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Franz Mörscher (born November 7, 1931 in Bundenbach ; † July 14, 2018 in Neunkirchen (Saar) ) was a German sculptor, mosaic artist, painter, photographer and non-fiction author. Alongside the sculptor Hubert Nietsch, he was the second artist to erect a monument to the miner's cow in Germany from 1993 to 1995 .

The managing director of the World Heritage Site Völklinger Hütte and art historian Meinrad Maria Grewenig is quoted from his laudation for Franz Mörscher given in December 2013 in Neunkirchen (Saar) with the following sentences:

“You can deal with Mörscher's books several times until the end of your life. In Mörscher's book "Finistère - The pitfalls of aesthetic judgment in the world of images", this recurring debate is central. Between photos of rocky landscapes, coasts, boats and the people of the French department of Finistère, there are often short, concise sentences that open up a new world for the reader. "

- Meinrad Maria Grewenig

Life

In 1936 Mörscher moved with his family to Neunkirchen (Saar) and has worked from Bad Bayersoien since 1998 .

Professional background

During his studies from 1951 with Boris Kleint, among others, in the subjects of painting and sculpture, he got to know the photographer Otto Steinert and also turned to photography at the School of Art and Crafts in Saarbrücken, combined with scholarships for study visits to Paris, Salzburg and Milan worked as a freelance artist since 1956.

Works and drafts

painting

  • 1963–1969: Oil painting on canvas from the series "Search for the image of man from the inside out"

Equipment of secular buildings

  • 1963: Stadtbad at Mantes-La-Ville-Platz 6 in Neunkirchen, built from 1955 to 1961 according to plans by Josef Wilhelm Stockhausen and furnished with the "Poseidon mosaic" and tile pictures by Franz Schnei and Karl-Heinz Grünewald . In 2010 the bathroom was torn down and the mosaic and the tile pictures were removed as a "wall panel" and stored at a cost of approx.

Equipment of sacred buildings

  • 1958–1962: baptismal font made of aluminum bronze and baptismal cover made of copper in the parish church Maria vom Frieden in Homburg-Erbach

Sculptures and sculptures in public space

  • 1986–1988: Bronze sculpture "Bürger" in front of the community center in Neunkirchen on Werner-Scherer-Platz
  • 1993–1995: A "miner's cow with two kids" stands at the town hall of Dudweiler , made from 1993 to 1995 based on designs by the artist Franz Mörscher.
  • 2003–2004: Bergmannskuh in a revision by the artist from 2003/04

Exhibitions

Between 1978 and 2014 Franz Mörscher exhibited at the Städtische Galerie Neunkirchen, Rathausgalerie Neunkirchen, Ministry of Culture Saarbrücken , Directorate Otto Wolff and at the Musikhochschule in Saarbrücken and from 1967 to 1982 participated in numerous exhibitions such as the Glaskasten Sculpture Museum in Marl.

Publications

  • Buildings and their life in Utopia. 2013, ISBN 978-3-00-041561-6 .
  • Finistère - The pitfalls of aesthetic judgment in the world of images. 2013, ISBN 978-3-00-043990-2 .
  • The Völklinger Hütte. Photographed in 2000 by Franz Mörscher and edited by him with Meinrad M. Grenewig and Beter Backes. 2008, ISBN 978-3-89857-238-5 .
  • The Völklinger Hütte. 2001, ISBN 3-935293-09-7 .
  • Images from the ironworks. 1988, ISBN 3-923755-16-3 .
  • 8 Saarland artists show artistic photography. 11. Exhibition in the house of the representative of the Saarland. Eckstein & Jahn, Neunkirchen 1978.
  • Artistic photography. published by the Saarland Ministry of Culture in Saarbrücken with contributions by Franz Mörscher and Monika von Boch . 1977.
  • Documentation main cemetery - the beauty and atmosphere of the old cemetery. Neunkircher Hefte 4, photographs by Franz Mörscher. 1977 DNB 871510774 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ On the death of Franz Mörscher. In: sr-mediathek.de. July 18, 2018, accessed July 19, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Thinking about architecture and life. , accessed February 8, 2014.
  3. ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original dated February 22, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Individual monument), accessed on February 8, 2014.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.saarland.de
  4. ↑ The sea god on a fish hook. , accessed February 8, 2014.
  5. ↑ The citizens dance a dance. , accessed February 8, 2014.
  6. ↑ Illustration at the Institute for Current Art in Saarland
  7. ^ Photographs by Franz Mörscher ( memento from July 24, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on July 18, 2014.
  8. ^ Institute for current art in Saarland: Boch, Monika von. Artist and work. Retrieved December 21, 2018 .
  9. ^ Neunkircher Hefte , accessed on July 18, 2014.

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personal data
SURNAME Mörscher, Franz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter, sculptor, mosaic artist, photographer and non-fiction author
DATE OF BIRTH November 7, 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH Bundenbach
DATE OF DEATH July 14, 2018
Place of death Neunkirchen (Saar)