Franz Nagel (painter)
Franz Nagel (born September 1, 1907 in Günzburg ; † March 22, 1976 at Tegernsee ) was a German painter and graphic artist.
Life
Nagel graduated from high school in Günzburg and then studied theology in Gurk from 1926 to 1929 . This was followed by architecture studies at the Technical University of Munich until 1931 and training as a painter and graphic artist at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich until 1939 . Nagel lived as a freelance artist until 1940, when he was drafted into military service. After the Second World War he returned to Munich, where he was appointed professor for painting and graphics at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich in 1947. He was its President from 1960 to 1963 and was a member of the Presidential College from 1969 to 1971. He held his professorship until 1975.
His students included Albrecht von Hancke , Franz Hitzler , Rudolf Büder , Hubert Diestler , Bruno Gutknecht , Franz Meier , Mahirwan Mamtani , Johannes Menth , Heimo Berkic , Immolata Meyen , Wilhelm Eger , Engelbert Hilbich , Georg Schönberger , Josef Ivo Schaible SDS, Edeltraut Braun von Stransky , Franz Grau , Ernst Eichinger , Ugo Dossi and Walter Zimmermann .
In 1957 Franz Nagel took part in the special exhibition for the 7th annual exhibition of the German Association of Artists in Berlin .
Honors
- 1973: Cross of Merit 1st Class of the Federal Republic of Germany
Works (selection)
- Glass painting of the choir as well as complete redesign and frescos of the parish church Maria Immaculata in Dürrwangen (1936/37)
- Glass painting Christ on the cross in the house chapel of the St. Josefsheim in Partenkirchen
- Choir windows made of glass and concrete in the St. Pius X monastery church of the St. Scholastika Neustift monastery .
- Resurrection picture in the Church of the Resurrection of Christ in Pirk near Weiden.
- Last Supper in the sacristy in the seminary in Augsburg
- Painting of the church and the altar painting of the St. Max Church in Augsburg
- Monumental fresco altarpiece in the St. Konrad Church in Linz- Froschberg
- Altarpiece "The Throne and the Lamb", ceiling painting "Endzeit" in the Josefskirche in Schweinfurt - Oberndorf (1955)
- Apse image The heavenly Jerusalem in the parish church of St. Wolfgang in Landshut (1957)
- Stained glass window in the parish church of St. Ulrich in Starnberg-Söcking (1958)
- Frescoes of the Catholic Parish Church in Kirchenlaibach (1962/63)
- Altar wall The apocalyptic lamb in the Martinskapelle of the Kardinal-Döpfner-Haus in Freising (1965)
- Ceiling painting Würzburg Cathedral (1965)
- Face of Christ as an altar wall painting in the weekday chapel in St. Pius (Augsburg) (1966)
- Triptych of salvation in the Church of the Transfiguration of Christ in Schongau (1968)
- Wall painting cycle Evolution of the Spiritual Mission and Last Supper in the parish church of the Holy Spirit in Günzburg (1973)
literature
- Diocese of Augsburg (ed.), The monumental painter Franz Nagel 1907–1976. Catalog for the memorial exhibition for Professor Franz Nagel on Ash Wednesday for Artists in Augsburg, Augsburg Printing and Publishing House, Augsburg 1979.
Web links
- Literature by and about Franz Nagel in the catalog of the German National Library
- biography
Individual evidence
- ↑ kuenstlerbund.de: 7th exhibition Berlin / Participants: Nagel, Franz ( Memento from July 31, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on September 10, 2015)
- ↑ Announcement of awards of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. In: Federal Gazette . Vol. 25, No. 111, June 16, 1973.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Nagel, Franz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter and graphic artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 1, 1907 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gunzburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 22, 1976 |