Friedrich Mayr (artist)

Friedrich Mayr (born June 8, 1929 in St. Marien as Friedrich Weingartner; † October 18, 2019 in Enns ) was an Austrian engraver and artist (steel cutting, coins , medals and stamps ).

Live and act

He lived with his mother in his place of birth until her death in 1935 and then grew up with his father in Enns .

After completing his apprenticeship as a locksmith at the Deutsche Reichsbahn , he was a toolmaker and lathe operator in the main ÖBB workshop in Linz from 1946 to 1959 . He initially practiced the technique of steel cutting as an autodidact , repeatedly making honorary gifts for deserving railway workers, which made people aware of his talent.

From 1950-51 he learned (partly by ÖBB in omission of references on leave of absence ) as a guest student steel cutting and engraving with Hans Gerstmayr . In 1951 he was accepted as a freelance artist in the professional association of visual artists in Austria and he participated in various exhibitions.

In 1959 he began to teach as a contract teacher for practical lessons at the Federal Trade School in Linz. In 1960 he passed the master craftsman's examination as an engraver and chaser and in 1972 the teaching qualification for practical teaching. From 1967 he taught at the technical school for metalworking at the higher technical federal college in Steyr and in 1981 he became head of department there and in 1988 received the professional title of senior teacher.

Works

The following works can be cited as examples of his artistic work:

Steel cutting work (selection)

• Lorcher Key (1953)
• Steel cut key for the town hall Enns (1955), the secondary school Großraming (1956) and the Johannes Kepler University Linz (1966)
• Primitive and measuring chalice for a young priest
• Altar cross for the Christian teaching staff in the chapel of the teacher's home in Weyregg am Attersee
• Chalice for Geronimo Prigione (Vatican diplomat in Mexico, titular archbishop of Lauriacum (Enns-Lorch)), made of Mexican silver in 1991
• 15 pictures of the Stations of the Cross in the form of aluminum reliefs for the Cantinho pilgrimage church in Brazil
• Mayoral chain on the occasion of the 800th anniversary of the city of Enns (2012)

Coins and Medals (selection)

• 1962 Lorch (Hessen) , medal 1750 years of Roman city law .
• 1982 Face of the 500 Schilling silver commemorative coin 1500th year of death of St. Severin based on a woodcut by Albrecht Dürer from 1515.
• 1988 commemorative coin for the Pope's visit to Enns and
• 2012 anniversary medal 800 years of the city of Enns.

Postage stamps and special postmarks (selection)

• Postage stamps (first draft of a postage stamp in the Severin year 1982 based on a motif on a late Gothic panel painting of a Severin altar around 1470, which is in the National Museum Capodimonte in Naples and other designs for special stamps for the Austrian Post, including special postmarks and special stamp Linz Cathedral Key 2007)

Awards

• 1st prize for handicrafts (1952)
• Gold medal at the International Railway Exhibition in Brussels (1958)
• Professional title Professor (1974)
• 1st prize in the symbol competition 1000 Years of Steyr (1980)
• Cultural Honor Award of the City of Enns (1985)
• Great Medal of Honor for Services to the City of Steyr (1989)
• Culture Medal of the Province of Upper Austria (1999)
• Medal of Honor of the City of Enns (2001)
• Honorary Citizen of the City of Enns (2003)

literature

• Otto Wutzel : Handwerksherrlichkeit , Linz, 1992, ISBN 9783853205921
• FX Lugmayer: Art cut in steel , Steyr, 1991, ISBN 9783850681438
• Peter B. Hauser : Communications of the Austrian Numismatic Society , Volume 44, No. 4, 2004

Web links

• Entry on Friedrich Mayr (artist) in the Austria forum

Individual evidence

1. ↑ In memory of a wonderful person. Funeral Brixner, accessed on October 27, 2019 . 
2. ^ Steel cut artist Friedrich Mayr turns 70, in: Kirchenzeitung im Netz, Diözese Linz, edition of May 25, 1999
3. ↑ The Lorcher Key, in: Austria Forum
4. ↑ Shorthand, Enns-Lorch, chalice made of Mexican silver, in: Kirchenzeitung im Netz, Diözese Linz, issue of November 19, 2011 ( Memento of March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
5. ↑ 15 Pictures of the Stations of the Cross for Brazil, in: Kirchenzeitung im Netz, Diözese Linz, edition of March 27, 2001 ( Memento of March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
6. ↑ 800 years of the city of Enns, in: Kirchenzeitung im Netz, Diözese Linz, edition of April 25, 2012
7. ↑ Austria Forum: OStR. Prof. Friedrich Mayr. Steel cut, medal and postage stamp artist. Graz University of Technology, accessed on April 13, 2019 . 
8. ↑ Enns celebrates 800 years of the city, in: Oberösterreichische Nachrichten, online edition of December 2, 2011
9. ↑ New commemorative stamp - Linzer Dom Schlüssel, in: Kirchenzeitung der Diözese Linz, issue of October 12, 2007 ( Memento of October 25, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
10. ↑ Culture medal presented by the state of Upper Austria ( Memento from December 3, 2013 in the Internet Archive )