Herbert Albrecht (sculptor)

Portal sculpture of the monastery church Mehrerau, 1962

IKARUS 1987 in Bludenz

Sculpture by Albrecht Herbert in front of the social center in Frastanz (Vorarlberg)

Herbert Albrecht (born February 7, 1927 in Au in the Bregenzerwald ) is an Austrian sculptor . Today he lives and works in the Vorarlberg community of Wolfurt .

Life

From 1941 Albrecht attended Hans Pontiller's sculpting class at the Innsbruck School of Applied Arts, but had to interrupt his training due to the war and was only able to complete it in 1946. From 1949 he studied sculpture with Franz Santifaller and Herbert Boeckl and from 1951 to 1955 with Fritz Wotruba at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna .

From 1993 to 1997 Albrecht was visiting professor at the Graz University of Technology .

Works (selection)

The focus of Albrecht's work is the human body, and the head in particular is always a central theme. His sculptures are mainly made of stone or metal.

• 1962: Portal sculpture in the monastery church Mehrerau
• 1964: Altar of the Feldkirch-Altenstadt parish church
• 1997: Gravestone for Elias Canetti in Zurich
• 1999: Bregenz Festival Stage design for the dance production Kathedral in the monastery church Mehrerau

Exhibitions (selection)

• 1966: Gallery Burgos, New York and Galerie de Eik, Antwerp
• 1964: Bregenz Martinsturm , first solo exhibition together with Hubert Berchtold
• 1971: Exhibition as part of the “Bregenzerwald Culture Days” at the Egg school
• 1972: Künstlerhaus Bregenz (solo exhibition, for the first time with sculptor drawings)
• 1979: Traveling exhibition Modern Sculpture from Austria with stops all over Europe
• 1986: Castle Lockenhaus Austrian sculptor - learned from Wotruba
• 1988: Exhibition in the ORF Landesstudio Dornbirn
• 1990: Museum Vasarely, Aix-en-Provence
• 1992: Rupertinum Salzburg (solo exhibition)
• 1998: Vorarlberg State Museum Heads
• 1998: Künstlerhaus Vienna Sculptures (retrospective)
• 1998: ORF Landesstudio Dornbirn, sculpture garden
• 1999: Galerie Timm Gierig, Frankfurt am Main.
• 2002: Galleria Arte Moderna, Locarno.
• 2007: Künstlerhaus Bregenz : Albrecht and Contemporaries - Positions in Austrian Sculpture since 1945
• 2014: Villa Falkenhorst , Thuringia .
• 2017: Atrium of the vorarlberg museum , Bregenz, Vorarlberg: Herbert Albrecht. Stone and bronze .
• 2017: Kunsthistorisches Museum , Vienna , from September 19th

Awards

• 1961: Hugo von Montfort Prize
• 1967: Theodor Körner Prize
• 1986: Silver medal of the state of Vorarlberg
• 1987: International Art Prize of the State of Vorarlberg

Web links

Commons : Herbert Albrecht  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Literature by and about Herbert Albrecht in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

1. ^ Art-port short biography of Herbert Albrecht, accessed on May 24, 2010.
2. ^ ORF Vorarlberg Heads Exhibition 1998, accessed on October 24, 2013.
3. ↑ ORF Vorarlberg  ( 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. Albrecht exhibition 2007, July 19, 2007.