Hans Sontheimer
Johann "Hans" Baptist Sontheimer (born April 29, 1906 in Runggaditsch , Val Gardena , † September 12, 1981 in Dornbirn ) was a South Tyrolean painter and sculptor .
Life
Hans Sontheimer was the son of Josef Sontheimer, a barrel painter and gilder, who came to Val Gardena from Oberstetten in 1893 . The father married Theres, the daughter of Taddeo Oberbacher, a painter from Gadertal , in whose workshop he worked.
In Ortisei , Hans Sontheimer had his training at the “State Technical School for Drawing, Modeling and Carving” until 1924 with Adolf Keim and Ludwig Moroder .
In Munich he attended the evening class for nude and head drawing with Schlegel at the “Städtische Gewerbeschule” in Prankstrasse.
From 1924 he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich with Hugo von Habermann and Olaf Gulbransson . Back at home he worked in the workshop of the sculptor Hermann Moroder, son of Josef Moroder Lusenberg .
In July 1942, Sontheimer had to emigrate to Dornbirn with his father, who was born in Germany, because he was not granted Italian citizenship. Sontheimer was an art teacher at the secondary school in Dornbirn and a specialist teacher at the trade school in Bregenz .
Exhibitions
- 1938 7th exhibition of the artist syndicate in Bolzano and Rome
- 1942 Art Biennale in Bolzano
- 1942 3rd Gau art exhibition in Innsbruck
- 1976 "Art in Vorarlberg between 1900 and 1950" in the Vorarlberg State Museum Bregenz
- 1986 Memorial exhibition in the culture house in Dornbirn
Works
- Fresco from 1933 on the Pana house in Ortisei, depicting St. Christopher
- In 1938 he painted a 2 by 6 meter fresco at the “Art Exhibition” house in Ortisei, depicting the allegory of art. The fresco was plastered in 1972.
- For the green church flag of St. Ulrich he painted two oil paintings, depicting Saint Ulrich and the Three Kings.
- Ceiling frescoes in the parish church of Doren , 1949
- Wooden crucifix in the Franciscan monastery church in Bludenz
- Monumental Passion picture (18: 9 m) for the parish church in Dornbirn-Markt
- Grave memorial in the Dornbirn-Markt cemetery with a “journey through the dead” for the Rhomberg family, 1954
- Grave relief "Raising Lazarus" in bronze at the Rheindorf cemetery in Lustenau for the Fulterer-Scheffknecht family
literature
- Paulina Moroder, Rudolf Moroder-Rudolfine: Hans Sontheimer 1906–1981 . Museum Val Gardena , Ortisei in Val Gardena 1999.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sontheimer, Hans |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sontheimer, Johann Baptist; Sontheimer, Hans Baptist |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian painter and sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 29, 1906 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Runggaditsch , Val Gardena |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 12, 1981 |
| Place of death | Dornbirn |