Georg Brenninger

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Georg Brenninger (born December 18, 1909 in Velden an der Vils in Lower Bavaria , † November 13, 1988 in Munich ) was a German sculptor , architect and university professor .

Life

Georg Brenninger grew up in poor circumstances because his father - a master bricklayer - was often ill. Like his father, he completed an apprenticeship as a bricklayer , but later also created tombs for nearby cemeteries like a stonemason . After the bricklayer journeyman's examination in Velden in 1928, he attended the trade school in Munich. From 1930 to 1932 he completed architecture studies with Theodor Fischer at the Technical University of Munich and in 1932 moved to the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich , where he studied with Hermann Hahn .

“My father was a master mason. He mainly built farms. I too started out as a bricklayer and became his assistant. I came to sculpture through studying architecture. "

- Georg Brenninger, in: Hans Kießling: Encounter with Sculptors , p. 74

He was a war correspondent from 1939 to 1942 until he was wounded in Russia. From 1943 to 1947 he worked as a freelance sculptor. In 1947 he was appointed full professor for sculpture in connection with architecture at the Technical University of Munich. In 1961 he became a full professor for sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich and was also president of the academy from 1968 to 1969. From 1978 to 1988 he was again active as a freelance artist.

Brenninger not only exhibited in Germany, such as Munich and Berlin, but also in Rome, Paris, Antwerp, Lucerne, Chile, Peru, Brazil and the like. a. and participated in advisory bodies and committees for architecture and sculpture.

Prizes and awards (selection)

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As a sculptor, Brenninger mainly worked in bronze, but also in stone.

His works can be found in Vilsbiburg , Söcking , Germering , Bonbruck , Erlangen and Kundl in Tyrol, as well as in the Bavarian-Swabian town of Thannhausen . He bequeathed all models of his works to the market town of Velden; On the occasion of the artist's 100th birthday, the Brenninger-Weg was opened there in the “Brenninger Year 2009” to honor his work. The path opens up over 30 of his works of art in the public space of Velden.

Works in public space (selection)

  • 1953-1954: Office building Kithan house in Munich, Maximilianplatz 12a (with extensively glazed facade; since 1988 under monument protection )
  • 1956 Gemini space flight , nickel silver, 140 cm high. Location: New York (2nd version 1978) and as a fountain design in front of the Vilsbiburg grammar school
  • 1959 Heavenly hosts , bronze, 620 cm high. Location: Brasilia, Brazil.
  • 1961: Bleeding tree , fountain sculpture, copper, 4.20 cm high. Location: Sophie Scholl-Gymnasium, Munich
  • 1963: Saint Martin fountain . Location: Maximiliansplatz in Erlangen
  • 1963: rock fountain . Bronze, 460 cm wide. Location: Universitätsplatz Fulda
  • 1963: rock fountain . Aluminum, 320 cm wide. Location: Münchner Rückversicherung, Koeniginstrasse, Munich
  • 1964–1972: Monumental sculpture "Apollo and the nine Muses", shell limestone, 4 m high, for the gable of the National Theater in Munich
  • 1964: Petersbrunnen , bronze, 170 cm high. Location: Marktplatz, Velden an der Vils. Made around 1964, erected around 1973
  • 1981: Taubenbrunnen , bronze, 120 × 280 × 40 cm. Location: Thannhausen

  • St. Martin's Fountain (1963) in Erlangen

  • Felsenbrunnen (1963) in Fulda

  • Felsenbrunnen (1963) in Munich

  • "Apollo and the Nine Muses" (1964–1972) on the gable of the National Theater in Munich

  • Ten-flame chandelier (1969) in front of the Bavarian State Ministry for Housing, Building and Transport, Munich

  • Apoll (1970) in Velden an der Vils

  • Felsenbrunnen (1970), bronze, 280 cm wide. Location: Thannhausen, Rathausplatz

  • Continents (1980) in front of the Neue Pinakothek in Munich

  • Taubenbrunnen (erected in 1986), Munich-Bogenhausen

literature

  • Beate Pohlus: The sculptor Georg Brenninger. Pro Business, Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-86386-950-2 .
  • Stefan Schütze (editor), Beate Pohlus: Sculptor Georg Brenninger - native son and artist prince . Brochure, STS-Verlag, Velden 2009 (54 pp., 70 ills., On the occasion of the artist's 100th birthday)
  • Brenninger, Georg . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists of the XX. Century. tape 1 : A-D . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1953, p. 309 .
  • Hans Kießling: meeting with sculptors. Munich art scene 1955-1982. A documentation of 99 sculptors with 491 plates and short biographies. EOS Verlag, Erzabtei St. Ottilien, 1982, pp. 74-79
  • Georg Brenninger . In: Supreme Building Authority Munich (Hrsg.): Bildwerk Bauwerk Artwork - 30 years of art and state building in Bavaria . Bruckmann, Munich 1990, ISBN 3-7654-2308-4 , p. 90, 244-245 .

Web links

Commons : Georg Brenninger  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hans Eckstein: The sculptor Georg Brenninger , Markt Velden
  2. ↑ Georg-Brenninger-Freilichtmuseum Markt Velden , Flyer, Markt Velden, 2009
personal data
SURNAME Brenninger, Georg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor, architect and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH December 18, 1909
PLACE OF BIRTH Velden (Vils)
DATE OF DEATH November 13, 1988
Place of death Munich