Hans Buchgschwenter

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Hans Buchgschwenter (also Buchgschwendter ; born March 23, 1898 in Matrei am Brenner ; † January 3, 1985 in Innsbruck ) was an Austrian sculptor and painter .

Life

Hans Buchgschwenter was born in 1898 as the second youngest child of master carpenter Peter Buchgschwenter and Maria geb. Auer was born in Matrei. After the death of both parents in 1905, he came to meet friends in Hall in Tirol , where, after attending elementary school, he did a four-year apprenticeship with Josef Bachlechner the elder . He then attended the arts and crafts school in Innsbruck with Ferdinand Stabinger and Viktor Höfer, interrupted by military service in 1917/1918. From 1925 to 1928 he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna with Josef Müllner . From 1929 he lived and worked as a freelance artist in Matrei am Brenner. He married Anna Winkler, the couple had two daughters.

Buchgschwenter mainly created large sacred sculptures and nativity scenes for church and private clients, preferably in wood, but also in stone, artificial stone , plaster and bronze. His main work is the furnishing of the Pradl parish church between 1937 and 1981. For work on this and other Innsbruck churches, he set up a studio in Pradl in the post-war period. In addition to sculptures, Buchgschwenter also created wall paintings, sgraffiti and woodcuts .

Awards

Works

War memorial in Gries am Brenner (1927)
Handing over the keys to Petrus , copper relief on the main portal of the Pradel parish church (1947)
Marienbrunnen in Mühlbachl Old Town (1963)
  • Crucifix, war memorial at the parish church of Gries am Brenner , 1927
  • Crucifixion group, Johanneskapelle, old town , 1932
  • Pietà in the baptistery, Matrei am Brenner parish church , 1936
  • Furnishings (statues, tabernacle, baptismal font, confessionals, pulpit, copper reliefs on the portals), Pradl parish church , 1937–1957
  • Church doors depicting the three Saints John and Petrus Canisius, Arzl parish church , Innsbruck, 1947
  • Relief of St. Michael above the entrance, Bildungshaus St. Michael, Pfons , around 1949
  • Murals, Pfons municipal office , 1950/1951
  • Stucco relief on the altar wall of the Assumption of Mary and canteen reliefs of the four evangelists, Filialkirche Mariä Himmelfahrt, Hintertux , 1952
  • Ceiling fresco in the protective mantle Madonna , Lourdes Chapel Zöblen , 1955
  • Stone figure hl. Sebastian , memorial in memory of the avalanche victims in 1951, Schmirn , 1956
  • Altar, parish church St. Anton am Arlberg , 1956
  • Crucifix, chapel St. Notburga in the Rottenburg castle ruins , Buch in Tirol, around 1957
  • Sculpture, Parish Vicariate Church of Our Lady Maria Immaculate Conception, Mittewald , around 1960
  • Reliefs of the Stations of the Cross, Stations of the Cross from Mützens to Maria Waldrast , 1960
  • Bronze bust, memorial for Franz Kolb on the cemetery wall of the parish church Matrei am Brenner, 1961
  • Fountain figure Madonna and Child, Marienbrunnen, Mühlbachl - Old Town , 1963
  • Relief of the risen Christ, Grinzen war memorial , around 1964
  • Wood relief Christ with fallen soldier, Navis- Unterweg war memorial , 1965
  • Murals and relief, Schöfens primary school, Pfons, 1966
  • Mural, Raiffeisenkasse Matrei am Brenner, 1969
  • Sgraffito St. Jodok on the west facade, parish church of St. Jodok and Isidor, St. Jodok am Brenner , 1969
  • Mural zodiac signs and relief St. Georg , Pfons secondary school, 1970
  • Altarpiece St. Michael , Siebenbrunnenkapelle, Mühlbachl , 1976

literature

  • Buchgschwenter, Hans . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists of the XX. Century. tape 1 : A-D . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1953, p. 341 .
  • Helmuth Öhler: Hans Buchgschwenter (1898–1985) - the sculptor of the Pradl parish church. In: Contacts. Parish sheet of the Pradl parish . No. 169, October 2009, pp. 8–9 ( PDF; 3.7 MB ).

Web links

Commons : Hans Buchgschwenter  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Frick, Wiesauer: Niche shrine, war memorial. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved January 16, 2018 .
  2. ^ Heinrich Hammer: The art of the Wipptal. In: Publications of the Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum 18 (1938), pp. 1–41 ( PDF; 7.6 MB )
  3. ↑ ARZL (Innsbruck): History - biographies: Hans Buchgschwenter ( Memento of 19 January 2018 Internet Archive )
  4. ^ Frick, Wiesauer: Bildungsheim St. Michael, Bildungshaus St. Michael. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved January 17, 2018 .
  5. ^ I. Dollinger, Wiesauer: former municipal office and fire department building. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved January 17, 2018 .
  6. ↑ Krivdić, Wiesenauer: Subsidiary Church Assumption Church Assumption. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved January 17, 2018 .
  7. ↑ Schumacher, Wiesauer: Wegkapelle, Lourdeskapelle. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved January 17, 2018 .
  8. ^ R. Dollinger, Wiesauer: Niche wayside shrine, memorial to the memory of the avalanche victims 1951. In: Tiroler Kunstkataster . Retrieved January 17, 2018 .
  9. ↑ Office of the Tyrolean Provincial Government, Culture Department (Ed.): Kulturberichte aus Tirol 2013. 64th Monument Report. Innsbruck 2013, p. 102 ( PDF; 11.5 MB )
  10. ↑ Fingernagel-Grüll, Schmid-Pittl: Parish Vicariate Church of Mariae Immaculate Conception. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved January 16, 2018 .
  11. ^ I. Dollinger, Wiesauer: Bildsäule, Kreuzweg, 14th station. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved January 17, 2018 .
  12. ^ Graf, Wiesauer: Monument Franz Kolb, Monument Kolb. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved January 17, 2018 .
  13. ↑ Frick, Wiesauer: Laufbrunnen, Marienbrunnen. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved January 17, 2018 .
  14. ^ R. Dollinger, Wiesauer: War memorial. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved January 16, 2018 .
  15. ↑ Stockhammer, Wiesauer: Niche shrine, war memorial. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved January 17, 2018 .
  16. ^ Frick, Wiesauer: Schöfens elementary school. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved January 17, 2018 .
  17. ^ Frick, Wiesauer: Bank building, Raiffeisenbank. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved January 17, 2018 .
  18. ^ I. Dollinger, Schmid-Pittl: Parish Church hl. Jodok. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved January 17, 2018 .
  19. ↑ Frick, Wiesauer: Hauptschule. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved January 17, 2018 .
  20. ^ I. Dollinger, Wiesauer: niche shrine, chapel at the seven springs, seven wells chapel. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved January 17, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Buchgschwenter, Hans
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Buchgschwendter, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian sculptor and painter
DATE OF BIRTH March 23, 1898
PLACE OF BIRTH Matrei am Brenner
DATE OF DEATH 3rd January 1985
Place of death innsbruck