Hermann Leitherer

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Hermann Leitherer (born January 21, 1919 in Dillingen an der Donau , † March 21, 1991 ) was a German sculptor .

Life

Hermann Leitherer, son of the church artist Hans Leitherer , studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Nuremberg . From 1951 he worked as a freelance artist in Bamberg. He worked mainly for the church and public sector and had exhibitions at home and abroad. His son Thomas continues the workshop.

For many years he was chairman of the ETA Hoffmann-Gesellschaft eV From 1969 to 1985 he was director of the Bamberg Kaiser-Heinrich-Gilde des Cartell Rupert Mayer (CRM) .

Hermann Leitherer was involved in numerous social projects in the Holy Land . In 1974 he was appointed Knight of the Order of Knights of the Holy Sepulcher by Cardinal Grand Master Maximilien Cardinal de Fuerstenberg and invested in Düsseldorf on May 4, 1974 by Lorenz Cardinal Jaeger , Grand Prior of the German Lieutenancy .

Works (selection)

  • Bronze plate and memorial plaque for Pope Clement II on the papal grave in Bamberg
  • Monument poet (ETA Hoffmann) and dog (Berganza)
  • Stations of the Cross for the Otto Church in Bamberg: Two processional flag bearers
  • Stone Marian column in front of the Caritas home (St. Hedwig)
  • Christ statue in the parish church of St. John the Baptist
  • Sacred Heart of Jesus figure in the chapel of the parish church of St. John the Baptist
  • “Stone tree” in the shape of a cross on the entrance doors and interior of the Church of St. Anna, Bamberg
  • Figures from the Christmas crib on Schönleinsplatz in Bamberg (1963)
  • Seated Man (1968)
  • Seated Woman (1969)
  • Ambo with the dove of the Holy Spirit and the people's altar in St. Otto's Church, Bamberg (1970)
  • War memorial in the St. Georg branch church, Pfaffendorf (1975)
  • Bamberg Way of the Cross (restoration 1975)
  • Bamberg idols (restoration 1980)
  • Altar, ambo, tabernacle, baptismal font, figures, doors and windows of the Holy Family Church, Lichtenfels (1979/80)

swell

  • Announcements of the ETA Hoffmann-Gesellschaft eV, ETA Hoffmann-Gesellschaft., 1990, volumes 36–37, page 78 (obituary)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hans Leitherer, * 1885 in Frankenthal, † 1963 in Bamberg
  2. ↑ Thomas Leitherer website , accessed on August 14, 2015
  3. ↑ “The happenings in the guilds” ( memento of the original from September 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Cartell Rupert Mayer (CRM) , July 2011 edition, page 4  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.cartell-rupert-mayer.de
personal data
SURNAME Leitherer, Hermann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH January 21, 1919
PLACE OF BIRTH Dillingen on the Danube
DATE OF DEATH March 21, 1991