Günther Zeuner

The Wave (1981), Speyer

Georg Günther Zeuner (born October 31, 1923 in Dresden ; † February 16, 2011 in Speyer ) was a German painter and sculptor .

Life

Zeuner studied from 1939 to 1942 at the Kunstgewerbeschule and Academy for Free and Applied Arts in Dresden under Ernst Richard Dietz and Fritz Otto Sauerstein . From 1945 to 1948 he worked as a freelance artist in Geinsheim / Pfalz. Since 1949 he had his residence in Speyer and also had a studio there. Zeuner died on February 16, 2011 in Speyer.

Works (selection)

• Mainz Cathedral :
  • Bronze chandelier in the Gotthard Chapel (1972)
  • Furnishing of the bishop's crypt (1972)
  • Crucifix above the main altar (1975) on the occasion of the 1000th anniversary of the cathedral
• Speyer :
  • St. Bernhard : Way of the Cross in the Pax-Christi Chapel (1953)
  • Seminary Speyer: Calling the disciples as a mosaic above the entrance hall (1969)
  • Institut St. Dominikus , Speyer: Way of the Cross, window and tabernacle in the monastery chapel (1972)
  • The wave , sculpture on the Speyer Rhine promenade (1981)
  • Fährmann hol 'über , Sculpture group in the cathedral garden (1987)
  • St. Bernhard tomb (1996)
  • Ten different motifs from the Speyer Cathedral as print graphics for the Dombauverein
• City parish church St. Maria (Landau in der Pfalz) :
  • altar
  • Choir window with scenes from the life of Mary
  • Ambo
  • cross
  • tabernacle
  • Door handles on the portals of the westwork
• Oberndorf-Aistaig aN :
  • "Müller Group" in bronze 1997
  • "Büttel", bronze 1998
• Dannstadt :
  • New cemetery, consecration hall
  • Michaelsbrunnen (1991)
• Giesel :
  • Way of the Cross in the cath. Parish Church of St. Laurentius

Stickelspitzer fountain in Otterstadt

• Otterstadt :
  • Celebration altar of the Church of the Assumption of Mary (1985)
  • Stickelspitzer Fountain (1986)

• Breitenbach :
  • Church window designs (1960s)

Honors

• 1949: Medaglia e Diploma d'Onore Ancona
• 1969: Medaglia e Diploma della Reviste Internazionale degli Aritisti Ancona

literature

• Georg Günther Zeuner: Georg Günther Zeuner . Speyer, Pilger-Verlag 1980 (first edition).
• Georg Günther Zeuner - Painting - Graphics . Self-published, 1st edition, 1968, Speyer (Rhein) [contains, among other things, press reviews, with 14 plates and a few text illustrations, 12 nn sheets]

Web links

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

• Literature by and about Günther Zeuner in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Church in Homburg: Georg Günther Zeuner ( Memento from July 13, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) Retrieved on May 3, 2011