Helmuth Gsöllpointner
Helmuth Gsöllpointner (* 1933 in Vorderweissenbach ) is an Austrian sculptor, object artist and designer.
Life
Gsöllpointner founded the metal sculpture department in the training workshops of VOEST Alpine AG in Linz in 1955 and headed it until 1985. From 1973 he was head of the metal master class at the University of Artistic and Industrial Design in Linz and from 1977 to 1981 rector of the Art University and industrial design, today Linz Art University and retired in 2001.
As a medalist, Gsöllpointner created some obverse sides of Austrian 100 Schilling coins from 1974 to 1978. Signature: "GSÖLL".
Gsöllpointner has designed and directed various exhibitions since 1971, such as Forum Metall (1977), Forum Design (1979), Schmuck --zeichen am Körper (1987), Netz Europa (1994), thereby establishing Linz as a cultural city also in the field of visual arts.
From 1971 to 1976 Gsöllpointner was president of the artists' association MAERZ in Linz. In 2001 Gsöllpointner was elected chairman of the newly established city culture council of the city of Linz.
Quote
“It doesn't matter where it is, whether it's as a teacher or as the leader of a group that you lead. There has to be someone there to light a fire in people and see that the fire burns. Lighting has always been the most important thing to me. "
Monuments
- 1966 Bindermichl War Memorial, Linz
- 1969 Fountain of the Anton Bruckner Private University, Linz
- 1972 Sculpture "Bridge and Electricity", Linz
- 1978 Forum Metall Evolution, Linz
- 1987 Spirit of Linz University Park
Awards
- 1985: Culture Prize of the Province of Upper Austria for the fine arts
- 2005: Culture Medal of the Province of Upper Austria
- 2015: Austrian Cross of Honor for Science and Art, 1st class
Publications (selection)
- with Angela Hareiter, Laurids Ortner : Design is invisible , exhibition Linz 1980, Löcker Verlag, Vienna 1981, ISBN 3-85409-012-9 .
- Master class metal: Object & product design , University for Artistic and Industrial Design, Linz 1998, ISBN 3-901112-11-1 .
- with Angela Hareiter, Peter Noever : Helmuth Gsöllpointner: Temporary variable spatial objects , exhibition MAK Vienna 2003, Trauner Verlag, Linz 2003, ISBN 3-85487-508-8 .
- Helmuth Gsöllpointner - universal designer . Editor Thomas Redl (Vienna) in collaboration with the Art University Linz, Verlag Anton Pustet , Salzburg 2019, ISBN 978-3-7025-0962-0 .
literature
- Peter Kraft : Paths to the works of Gsöllpointner , in: linz aktiv, no. 168, Linz, autumn 2003, p. 60 f. (on sculptures by Helmuth Gsöllpointner in public space)
Web links
- Literature by and about Helmuth Gsöllpointner in the catalog of the German National Library
- Helmut Gsöllpointner at linz.at
Individual evidence
- ↑ MAK ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Short biography of Helmuth Gsöllpointner (accessed on March 3, 2009)
- ^ Helmuth Gsöllpointner. Bank historical archive. Austrian National Bank, archived from the original on April 26, 2005 ; Retrieved June 18, 2014 .
- ↑ MAERZ ( Memento of February 13, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) ON THE HISTORY OF MAERZ (accessed on March 3, 2009)
- ↑ servus.at ( Memento of the original from March 1, 2005 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Interview by Gabriele Kepplinger, December 15, 2001.
- ^ Oesterreichische Nationalbank ( Memento from April 26, 2005 in the Internet Archive ) personal page of the art collection on Helmuth Gsöllpointner (accessed on March 3, 2009)
- ↑ Helmuth Gsöllpointner - on stadtgeschichte.linz.at ; accessed on November 14, 2019
- ^ Cultural medal of the state to 10 deserving personalities, in: Landeskorrespondenz No. 143 of June 22, 2005, web presence of the state of Upper Austria
- ↑ HTL graduate Gsöllpointner receives a medal of honor for his birthday, report on October 5, 2018 on nachrichten.at
- ↑ Federal Minister Ostermayer honors Helmuth Gsöllpointner, report from September 29, 2015 on apa.at , accessed on November 19, 2019
- ↑ Peter Kraft , in: Web presence of Regiowiki.at
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gsöllpointner, Helmuth |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gsöllpointner, Hellmuth |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1933 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vorderweissenbach |