Franz Pauli

Franz Pauli (born July 6, 1927 in Gleiwitz , Upper Silesia , † February 11, 1970 in Cologne ) was a German freelance artist .

Life

Franz Pauli was the son of Günther Pauli (1898–1947) and his wife Charlotte born. Everywhere (1892-1986). His father was a technical manager at the Gleiwitz industrial school in the classes for decorative crafts. As part of his artistic activity, he was involved in various exhibitions. Franz Pauli attended elementary school in Gleiwitz-Richtersdorf and continued his education at the grammar school in Gleiwitz. The family followed political developments with great unease. As a former lodge member of the Freemasons and as a committed social democrat, the father feared for his teaching post. While the father was interned after the Red Army marched in at the end of January 1945 and deported to Stalino, Franz Pauli spent the following months seriously injured in the hospital. In September 1945 mother and son left Gleiwitz for the west and found shelter first in Paderborn and later in Paderborn . In 1947, the father died of typhoid fever on the return transport from Soviet captivity in Frankfurt (Oder) , which Franz Pauli and his mother only found out much later.

After graduating from high school Theodorianum in Paderborn in 1949, from which he graduated with the Hebraicum, Graecum and Latinum, Franz Pauli first learned the painting trade, through which he came into contact with decorative wall paintings and restoration work. Because of his special talent, he was able to finish his apprenticeship early and in 1951 began studying at the Cologne factory schools . There he was a student of Friedrich Vordemberge until 1953 . From 1953 to 1957 he studied at the Düsseldorf Art Academy with Otto Pankok , Otto Coester and Robert Pudlich . In 1958, he also completed a teaching degree in art and biology, thereby also completing the Philosophicum . After taking the state examination, he asked to be released from school service in order to be able to work exclusively as a freelance independent artist.

Franz Pauli created an extensive, multifaceted work. His oil varnish pictures, prints, screen prints and three-dimensional objects that take up electrical circuits and investigate the connection between art, creativity, technology and human creativity as well as between art and cybernetics are to be emphasized. At the end of the 1960s he opened the 'Studio for Art and Cybernetics' in Cologne, where he carried out experiments and public performances on the subject of art and cybernetics together with the mathematician Roland Fuchshuber. The glass windows designed by Franz Pauli, which he designed for more than 120 churches at home and abroad, are better known and more visible to the public. Due to the current pressure to change within the Catholic Church, some of the churches in which Franz Pauli worked, and thus the works created there, are threatened in their existence.

Exhibitions (selection)

• 1967: Berlin, Galerie Wirth, together with Hans-Albert Walter
• 1967: Naples (print)
• 1988: Cologne, Maternushaus , solo exhibition
• 1999: Berlin, Galerie Waszkowiak

Applied works glass painting / glass windows (selection)

Churches of Franz Pauli according to dioceses

Diocese of Aachen :

• Aachen, St. Nikolaus , organ painting
• Birkesdorf , Düren, cemetery chapel (1962), windows + doors
• Bracht , Catholic Church
• Frenz , Inden , Catholic Church
• Kornelimünster , Aachen, Catholic Provost Church
• Bush , Simmerath 1 kl. Tracery windows

Diocese of Essen

• Bruges , St. Paulus, choir window + concrete window baptistery
• Duisburg-Hamborn , St. Johann Abbey, St. Josephs Window
• Duisburg-Hamborn , St. Georg (architect Schilling )
• Essen Mitte, St. Gertrudis
• Eating, sisters' band
• Essen-West, St. Anna (1969), Sälzerstr. 84 (laid down)
• Essen-Altenessen , Herz-Jesu
• Gelsenkirchen-Ückendorf , St. Thomas More
• Marienheide , Catholic Church
• Swisttal-Miel (architect Lückerath)
• Oberhausen-Buschhausen , Christ-König, concrete glass window 1964
• Plettenberg , Catholic Church

Diocese of Osnabrück

• Lingen , St. Bonifatius, three choir windows

BISTUM HILDESHEIM • Bad Gandersheim, Catholic parish church • Benefeld Visselhövede, Catholic church (1967), • Börssum, new church building (1960), (profaned) • Braunlage, chapel of the Waldmühle children's health home • Ebstorf near Uelzen, Lüneburg Heath, Hauptstr. 9 • Garbsen, Catholic church new building (closed) • Göttingen Geismar, Mary Queen of Peace • Hanover Stöcken, St. Christopherus • Hanover Vinnhorst, St. Hedwig, Birkenallee • Hildesheim, St. Ansgar, Mühlenstraße 24 • Kalefeld, St. Jakobus the elder (near Bad Gandersheim) • Salzgitter Lebenstedt, St. Michael parish, Saldersche Strasse 1–3 (profaned) • Salzgitter Hallendorf, Catholic church • Visselhövede, Catholic church (1966) • Volpriehausen near Göttingen • Walkenried, new church building (1960 )

BISTUM HAMBURG • Bad Oldesloe, St. Vicelin, Vicelinstr. 1, 23843

BISTUM KÖLN • Andernach, Catholic Church of St. Peter, round window • Bad Honnef, St. Johann Baptist • Bad Münstereifel, Romanesque parish church, total glazing 1969, Langenhecke 3, 53902, • Bergisch Gladbach, Margarethenhöhe retirement home, lead glazing in the chapel • Bensberg, Window in the new morgue (1962) • Blessem, St. Michael • Bliesheim, St. Lambertus (architect Ingenday) • Bonn Bad Godesberg, St. Marien, Hermann Joseph House • Bonn Bad Godesberg-Muffendorf, St. Martin • Bonn Bad Godesberg St. Albertus Magnus • Bonn Dottendorf, Catholic Church • Bonn Röttgen, Christ's Resurrection • Bonn Venusberg, St. Marienhospital (built in early 1964. 1973) • Buschbell Frechen, St. Ulrich • Düsseldorf Dehrendorf, St. Trinity • Düsseldorf Himmelgeist, St Nikolaus, Nikolausstraße 22 • Grefrath, community Türnich, cemetery chapel • Gymnich Erftstatt, catholic church • Horrem, St. Clemens • Horrem, catholic church Christ König, Hauptstraße • Kleinkönigsdorf Frechen, cemetery chapel • Cologne, St. Alban, total glazing • Cologne, Sacred Heart Church, side window below, small windows of the Way of the Cross • Cologne, Kolping House, today Kolping Hotel, chapel glazing • Cologne St. Maria Himmelfahrt, Marzellenstrasse, Baroque church, total glazing • Cologne, Maria-Lyskirchen, u. a. Sacristy windows • Cologne, Minoritenkirche, west window • Cologne, St. Mauritius, total glazing • Cologne, St. Peter, 1 transept window • Cologne Ehrenfeld, St. Barbara, total glazing (last windows were installed in 1979) • Cologne Stollwerck company new entrance hall, entrance hall window , 1970 • Cologne, elementary school Lohmüllerstr. (Gartenstadt Nord) lead glazing, stairwell + entrance window • Cologne, Weißenburgstr. Mütterschule • Cologne Ehrenfeld, St. Barbara installation message 1970 - 1979 • Cologne Höhenhaus, St. Johann Baptist, baptistery (1964) • Cologne Lindenthal, Zum Guten Hirten, total glazing • Cologne Nippes, St. Joseph • Cologne Porz-Langel, St. Clemens (1964) • Cologne Porz-Zündorf, St. Mary's Birth • Cologne Porz-Zündorf, St. Michael (parish of St. Mary's Birth) • Cologne Porz-Zündorf, St. Martin • Cologne Raderthal, Maria Conception, Cologne Riehl, St. Engelbert, entrance window • Cologne Weiden, Catholic Church of St. Marien, window in the new old people's home (built in 1963) • Cologne Widdersdorf, Catholic Church (cardboard boxes partly manufactured by Oidtmanns. Built in 1973. Architect Lückerath) • Cologne Worringen, St Pankratius, window in the nave + baptistery • Leverkusen Schlebusch, St. Thomas More (1961), Alter Grenzweg 19 • Meinerzhagen, Catholic Church, (architect Schilling) • Neschen, Michaelskirche (1963), Altenberg community • Neuss, St. Quirin , Complete glazing of the crypt • Neuss Büttgen, St. Aldegundis • Neuss Rosellen, elementary school (1963), common room, lead glazing • Neuss Weckhofen, St. Paulus, total glazing 1969, Maximilian-Kolbe-Str. 4, • Neuss Weißenberg, Stadtsparkasse (1963) • Niederdrees (ü Rheinbach) z. Hd. Kath Parish office St. Petrus + St. Paulus, Ludendorf Kr. Euskirchen • Pulheim Brauweiler, Abbey Church St. Nikolaus • Pulheim Fliesteden, Catholic Church (1966) • Rhöndorf, St. Marien, baptistery window • Rhöndorf, chapel maternity home • Rhnödorf, Sisters' Home To the Good Shepherd • Rösberg b. Bonn, Catholic Church St. Markus • Solingen, Catholic Church St. Michael • Stommeln, Old Parish Church • Steinenbrück ü. Cologne Bensberg (1962) • Walberberg, Catholic church, complete glazing • Wesseling, St. Marien (1965) • Windhagen - Gummersbach - Asbach Westerwald • Zülpich Hoven, St. Margareta, baptistery window + middle choir window

BISTUM MÜNSTER • Ahlen, St. Elisabeth, concrete glass window • Münster, St. Stephanus • Donsbrüggen, Catholic church above. Kleve, 1 choir window • Heek, St. Ludgerus, choir window, • Stromberg

BISTUM PADERBORN • Anröchte, Catholic Church • Balve, Catholic Church, 3 choir windows, 2 side windows • Bad Driburg, To the transfigured Christ, Bad Driburg, chapel in the Josefshospital • Brakel, Cat. Church (1969) • Dorlar, Catholic Church ( 1969), Sauerland • Hagen-Wehringhausen, St. Michael • Hörste near Lippstadt, St. Martin (17 windows) • Meschede, Königsmünster Abbey Sacraments tower + confessional chapel, sacristy window • Messinghausen, St. Vitus • Olsberg, Marienkapelle, concrete glazing • Paderborn, vocational school , City PB • Paderborn, St. Laurentius (Sacred Heart Parish) • Paderborn, Gaukirche • Sande b. Paderborn • Stromberg, Catholic Church • Gütersloh-Blankenhagen, Holy Family • Wanne-Eickel, Catholic Church St. Marien

OTHER CHURCHES / PLACES • USA New Orleans, Louisiana, St. Dominic Church • USA St. Louis Missouri Sisters of Loretto Chapel • USA Dallas, Texas, • USA Houston, 1963 • Preussisch-Oldendorf, Ev. Church, side choir window • Paraments

NOT SACRAL • Cologne, tomb, Dr. Theissing • Cologne, residential building contractor Schnelle, Belvederestrasse 51 • Dansweiler, new primary school building, bronze relief in the entrance by Abbot Wolfhelm 1965 • Meschede, Schröjahr residential house • Glazing for private houses • Andernach, designed Formica wall • Stollwerck company, KÖLN, new entrance hall window 1970

The churches listed below represent the relationship to the workshop that carried out the work

(This list must be completed)

Location in the Archdiocese of Paderborn	Church / chapel	Executing glass workshop	year
Bad Driburg	To the transfigured Christ	Oidtmann (Linnich)	1968
Bad Driburg	Chapel in the Josefshospital	Peters (Paderborn)	1967
Brakel - Riesel	St. Marien and Georg	Peters (Paderborn)	1969
Castrop-Rauxel	St. Mary	Knack (Munster)	1970
Gütersloh- Blankenhagen	Holy Family	Peters (Paderborn)	1965
Hagen -Kuhlerkamp	St. Michael	Peters (Paderborn)	1969/70
Lippstadt - listen	St. Martin	Peters (Paderborn)	1969
Meschede	Königsmünster Abbey	Monastery workshop (Meschede)	1964
Paderborn	St. Laurence	Peters (Paderborn)	1963
Paderborn	Ortisei	Peters (Paderborn)	1968
Paderborn	Sacred Heart of Jesus	Peters (Paderborn)	1968
Paderborn	Michael's Monastery	Peters (Paderborn)	1970
Paderborn sands	St. Mary	Peters (Paderborn)	1968
Schmallenberg - Dorlar	St. Hubertus	Peters (Paderborn)	1969

Location in the Archdiocese of Cologne	Church / chapel	Executing glass workshop	year
Bad Honnef	St. Johann Baptist, 3 windows in the high choir	Glass painting Oidtmann (Linnich)	1961
Marienheide	St. Ludwig Maria Grignion of Montfort		1963
Cologne- Höhenhaus	St. Johann Baptist	Glass painting Botz & Miesen (Cologne)	1964
Pulheim- Brauweiler	St. Nicholas (former abbey church)		1961-1965
Bornheim- Walberberg	St. Walburga	Glass painting Oidtmann (Linnich)	1969
Düsseldorf- heavenly spirit	St. Nicholas		1967
Bad Münstereifel	Chrysanthus and Daria	Glass painting Oidtmann (Linnich)	1969
Niederdrees	St. Anthony		1970

Location in the Diocese of Hildesheim	Church / chapel	Executing glass workshop	year
Hanover	St. Christopher	Selbach u. Didtmann (Cologne-Rodenkirchen)	1963

literature

• Exhibition catalog: Franz Pauli. An exhibition of the Künstler-Union-Köln for the Ash Wednesday of the artists . Wienand Verlag, Cologne 1988. ISBN 3-87909-192-7 .
• Archbishop's General Vicariate Paderborn (Hrsg.): Calendar "Our Archbishopric 1984". P. 11a (Resurrection Window, Hagen)
• Archbishop's General Vicariate Paderborn (ed.): Calendar "Our Archdiocese 1986". P. 8a (Paradiesfenster, Bad Driburg)
• Anton Henze : The new monastery church . Paulus Verlag, Recklinghausen 1965.
• Friedhelm Hofmann: Contemporary depictions of the apocalypse motifs in church construction since 1945 . Schnell & Steiner, Munich / Zurich 1982, ISBN 3-7954-0432-0 , pp. 188, 202, 236.
• Bastian Müller: The glass painter Franz Pauli (1927–1970). Documentation of his church furnishings in the diocese of Hildesheim . Church monument preservation, Hildesheim 2015.
• Franz Pauli: Christ's Transfiguration in Bad Driburg - Commentary on some windows. 1969.
• Josef Rüenauver: Old and new art in the Archdiocese of Paderborn 15 (1965). Pp. 47-51. (Gütersloh-Blankenhagen)
• Josef Rüenauver: Old and New Art in the Archdiocese of Paderborn 17/18 (1969/70). Pp. 47-53. (Bad Driburg, To the transfigured Christ)
• KJ Schmitz: Old and New Art in the Archdiocese of Paderborn 17/18 (1969/70). P. 122. (Lippstadt-Hörste)
• KJ Schmitz: Old and New Art in the Archdiocese of Paderborn 31/32 (1983/84) [1986]. P. 50. (Paderborn, Herz-Jesu).
• Erich Stephany : Das Münster 22 (1969). P. 23. (Window of the altar wall, Bad Driburg)
• Wirtschaftsverband Bildender Künstler NRW eV District Association Cologne-Aachen (Ed.): Visual Artists in the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, Vol. 2. Recklinghausen 1967, p. 210.

Web links

Commons : Franz Pauli  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Literature by and about Franz Pauli in the catalog of the German National Library
• Franz Pauli Research Center for 20th Century Glass Painting V.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Sabine Maja Schilling: exhibitions / own writings . In: Exhibition catalog: Franz Pauli. An exhibition of the Künstler-Union-Köln for the Ash Wednesday of the artists . Wienand Verlag, Cologne 1988. ISBN 3-87909-192-7 . Pp. 12-13.
2. ↑ Berliner Morgenpost, February 10, 1999.
3. ↑ Berliner Kunstkalender , No. 81 (December 1998 - January 1999).
4. ↑ Description of the southern church at www.zum-verklaerten-christus.de ( Memento of the original from October 9, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
5. ^ The pilgrimage church in Marienheide. In: Rheinische Kunststätten. Issue 312, 1987, ISBN 3-88094-565-9 .
6. ↑ Entry on the parish church of Sankt Nikolaus Brauweiler (former abbey church) in the database " KuLaDig " of the Rhineland Regional Association , accessed on December 11, 2018.
7. ↑ Church tour St. Nikolaus, Düsseldorf-Himmelgeist