Hans Pontiller

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Hans Pontiller (born February 23, 1887 in Jenbach , Tyrol , † December 11, 1970 in Innsbruck ) was an Austrian sculptor .

life and work

Wooden crucifix with St. Magdalena von Pontiller in the chapel of St. Magdalena in Gschnitztal

During an apprenticeship as a cabinet maker in Schwaz , Pontiller acquired knowledge of wood carving. In Schwaz he met the Innsbruck Art Nouveau painter Emanuel Raffeiner and the sculptor Ludwig Penz , who encouraged him to pursue further artistic activities.

After attending the Innsbruck trade school in 1909/1910, he studied from 1910 to 1915 at the Vienna School of Applied Arts with Josef Breitner and Franz Barwig the Elder and from 1915 to 1919 at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna with Hans Bitterlich . Between 1924 and 1928 he lived freelance in Salzburg . At the beginning of 1929, Pontiller became a teacher of sculpture at the Federal Trade School in Innsbruck. Here his activity unfolded through his influence on younger sculptors such as Herbert Albrecht , Albin Moroder , Ilse Glaninger-Balzar , Erich Keber or Rudi Wach , who became known beyond the borders of Austria.

The focus of his sculptural work lies in the religious, christological area, in particular his Pietàs , the representations of Mary with the body of Jesus Christ. The most famous of his pictures of the Virgin Mary, Mary with the child in a halo from 1959, can be found in the Bergisel Memorial Chapel in Innsbruck. His works are characterized by tenderness and determination. Pontiller was an advocate of representational representation, but still open to modern trends.

Awards

literature

  • Hans Pontiller: September – October 1966, Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum. Ferdinandeum, Innsbruck 1966.
  • Otto von Lutterotti : Hans Pontiller: The Tyrolean sculptor. 1887-1970. Tyrolia-Verlag, Innsbruck / Vienna / Munich 1971, ISBN 3-7022-1008-3 . (With list of works pp. 118–126). (Review by: Eva Kreuzer in: Der Schlern . 46, 1972, pp. 56–57).
  • Hans Pontiller: 1887–1970, Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum Innsbruck, December 5, 1990 - January 6, 1991. Ferdinandeum, Innsbruck 1991.
  • Hans Pontiller: 1887–1970, Austrian Gallery, Vienna, Gustinus Ambrosi Museum, Augarten, June 4 - September 1, 1991. Austrian Gallery, Vienna 1991.
  • Christoph Bertsch (Ed.): Art in Tyrol, 20th century: significantly expanded and revised inventory catalog of the collection of the Institute for Art History at the University of Innsbruck including documentation of legacies and bequests in two volumes. Volume 2, Innsbruck 1997, pp. 548–551 ( urn: nbn: at: at-ubi: 2-7291 )
  • Ekkart Sauser :  Pontiller, Hans. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 15, Bautz, Herzberg 1999, ISBN 3-88309-077-8 , Sp. 1182-1183.  ( Article / beginning of article in Internet archive )

Web links

Commons : Hans Pontiller  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Award from Prof. Hans Pontiller. In:  Tiroler Anzeiger. Tagblatt with the illustrated weekly supplement Weltguck , January 12, 1938, p. 6 (online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / maintenance / tan.
personal data
SURNAME Pontiller, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH February 23, 1887
PLACE OF BIRTH Jenbach , Tyrol
DATE OF DEATH December 11, 1970
Place of death innsbruck