Helmut Zobl
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Helmut Zobl (born May 6, 1941 in Schwarzach im Pongau ) is an Austrian visual artist who is mainly important as a medalist .
Life
Helmut Zobl from Salzburg studied between 1960 and 1965 at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna with Ferdinand Welz and Herbert Boeckl , whose evening act he attended. At the same time he took part in the Oskar Kokoschkas International Summer Academy Salzburg in 1961 . 1967–1970 Zobl was assistant at Ferdinand Welz 'master school for medal art. Then he worked as a freelance artist. Zobl has been a member of the Vienna Secession since 1971 and of the German Society for Medal Art since 1994. Zobl lives and works in Vienna .
meaning
Helmut Zobl is considered one of the most important contemporary medalists in Austria. He has been designing negative cuts in steel since 1969, his so-called Welttaler has been created since the 1970s and he began to work with embossing (also in a broader sense). Zobl became known to a wider public primarily through designs for several Austrian Schilling coins (20 Schilling coin, 50 Schilling coin, 100 Schilling coin). In the 1990s, Zobl also took part in tenders for the design of the euro coins, but his designs were never realized. Numerous medals were commissioned and were purchased by the most important German-language collections (Coin Cabinet of the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, Germanisches Nationalmuseum Nürnberg, Salzburger Landesmuseum Carolino Augusteum , Lower Austrian State Museum , Tyrolean State Museum Ferdinandeum, Albrecht Dürer House Nuremberg, Münzkabinett Halle an der Saale , Münzkabinett Berlin , Money Museum of the Austrian National Bank , Münzkabinett Dresden ). Zobl's works are also in the National Museum Helsinki , the National Museum Copenhagen , the Statens Historiska Museum Stockholm and are owned by the Austrian Ministry of Education and the City of Vienna's Department of Culture. Zobl has participated in solo and group exhibitions since the 1970s, such as 1974 in the Salzburg Museum Carolino Augusteum, 1992 in the Numismatic Institute of the University of Vienna, 1995 in the Money Museum of the Austrian National Bank, 2000 in the International Medal Exhibition in Weimar, 2001 in the State Art Collections in Dresden , Albertinum , 2003 in the Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna or 2004 at the International Medal Exhibition in Seixal , Portugal.
In addition to medal art, Helmut Zobl is also active in other pictorial techniques. He designed glass windows , panel paintings and sculptural works, such as numerous relief impressions and prints, some of which were painted, on special handmade paper . In the meantime, over 1200 work numbers have been created, which are regularly published in catalogs.
The central theme of all his work is people. Many of his works are multi-figured and depict extremely elongated, stylized people who relate to one another, focus on mutual help and acting in solidarity.
Honors and prizes
- 1973 Award of the Federal Ministry for Education and the Arts
- 1993 1st prize at the 3rd international medal quadriennial in Kremnica, Slovakia
- 1999 Awarded the professional title of professor
- 2002 4th prize in the competition "Football World Cup in Germany 2006" Berlin (10 euro coin)
- 2003 4th prize in the competition "Enlargement of the European Union 2004", Berlin (10 euro coin)
Works (selection)
Coins
- 50 Schilling coin: Vienna International Garden Show , 1974
- 100 Schilling coin: 50 years of Schilling , 1975
- 100 Schilling coin: XII. Olympic Winter Games in Innsbruck , 1976
- 100 Schilling coin: 700th anniversary of the Battle of Dürnkrut and Jedenspeigen , 1978.
- 20 Schilling coin: nine federal states , 1980
Medals
- Medal Professor Ferdinand Welz , 1965, 80 mm, bronze
- Homage á Arcimboldo , 1974, 55 mm, silver / bronze
- Celtic medal , 1980, 35 mm, silver
- Gustav Mahler Medal (award medal of the AKM), 1984, 75 mm
- Mozart thaler , 1991, 65 mm, silver / bronze
- 90 years of ÖFB , 1993, 65 mm, bronze
- 90 years of FIFA , 1993, 65 mm, bronze
- 75 years Upper Austrian State Museum , 1994, 55 mm, bronze / silver
- 100 years Museum Francisco Carolinum , 1994, 55 mm, bronze / silver
- 150 years of the Federal Gendarmerie in Austria , 1996, 55 mm, bronze / silver
- Karl Schulz , curator of the medal collection at the Vienna Cabinet, 2001, 56 mm, silver (16 pieces), bronze (25 pieces), on his death in 2000
- The Museum im Sternenglanz (150 years of the Landesmuseum Hannover), 2002, 35 mm
- Landgrave Ludwig III ., 2003, 35 mm, silver
- Happy Chain (Annual Medal of the German Society for Medal Art), 2003, 42 mm, silver
- Zobl-Welttaler No. 10 , 2006, 52 mm
- Alpine Peace Crossing , 2007, 40 mm
- 20th German Numismatics Day , 2007, 42 mm, silver
- Münzkunde Nuremberg 1888-2007 , 2007, 42 mm, silver
- Design of the Joseph A. Schumpeter Prize , coinage and statue, 1991–2004
literature
- Helmut Zobl, medals, sketches 1964-1974, Salzburg Museum Carolino Augusteum, 68th special exhibition , (1974)
- Helmut Zobl, Embossing and Images - A Contemporary Medalist , Albertinum Dresden. Münzkabinett, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden (2001)
Web links
- Literature by and about Helmut Zobl in the catalog of the German National Library
- Homepage Helmut Zobl with images of the works
Individual evidence
- ↑ artist. Prof. Helmut Zobl. German Society for Medal Art, accessed on November 29, 2014 .
- ↑ 100 Schilling - 700th anniversary of the Battle of Dürnkrut and Jedenspeigen (1978). Austria Forum, accessed on May 9, 2015 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Zobl, Helmut |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian medalist, engraver and visual artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 6, 1941 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Schwarzach im Pongau |