Johann Weinhart

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Johann Weinhart (born November 23, 1925 in Salzburg , Austria ; † November 24, 2019 ) was an Austrian sculptor . He lived and worked in Biberwier-Fernpaß , Tyrol .

Life

Weinhart attended school in Salzburg and learned the carpentry trade from 1940 to early 1943 during the war years. Labor service and imprisonment in Russia followed. Weinhart, who was declared missing, returned to Salzburg at the end of 1945. From 1946 to 1948 he attended the Federal College for Wood and Stone Processing in Hallein. As an excellent student, Weinhart had the opportunity to spend a year training with the 71-year-old Academy Professor Fritz Behn in Ehrwald . Weinhart worked as a stonemason in Salzburg for five years before moving to Biberwier in 1958. Weinhart made his living as a rifle stocker for years. From 1972 Weinhart worked as a freelance sculptor. In his work, Weinhart deals with issues of humanity shaped by a Christian-humanistic worldview.

Services

Weinhart experimentally developed his own casting option for bronze sculptures, starting in 1976, with a simplification in the work steps and an expansion in the casting options. He also makes his large sculptures in his own workshop. An extensive oeuvre was created. Much of his work is in public space.

Awards and honors

  • 1985 Awarded the Grand Prix d'Art in Thurgau, Switzerland.
  • 2003 The Republic of Austria awards Weinhart the professional title of Professor for his artistic work .

Exhibitions (selection)

  • 1949 Ehrwald with Fritz Behn
  • 1979 Professional Association Salzburg (winner of the public survey)
  • 1988 Mahnbilder - memorials - Mahnzeichen (1938–1988) , Salzburg
  • 1989 Tbilisi , Georgia
  • 1990 Zaporozhye , Ukraine
  • 1996 Tarrenz Museum Gallery
  • 1999 Salzburg Art Fair
  • 2000 Innsbruck Medical Association
  • 2001 Institute for Art History at the University of Innsbruck
  • 2006 Grainau, Germany
  • 2007 Botanical Garden of the University of Innsbruck

Works (selection)

Statue of St. Dionysius at the parish hall in Bad Vigaun
  • Wayside cross in Schmitte, Biberwier, around 1962
  • House cross at the Sonnblick house, Biberwier, after 1970
  • War - Power - Perfection are deadly! Bronze. 215 × 135 cm. 1985. Bichlbach / Tyrol.
  • War memorial / memorial. Bronze, Bichlbach cemetery, 1989
  • Fountain figure hl. James . Bronze, Jakobusbrunnen Berwang , 1989
  • Eternal violence. Bronze / alu. 240 cm. Tiroler Landesfriedhof Mariahilf , 2009
  • Zugspitzgeist. Bronze. 300 cm. Biberwier / Tyrol.
  • Helix or temptation. Bronze. 180 cm.
  • Study of the Modern Apocalypse. Bronze. 230 cm. Biberwier / Tyrol.
  • Be gracious. We are in your hand, be gracious and don't let us fall. Bronze. Biberwier / Tyrol.
  • The flame. Love is the engine of the world. Bronze.

Web links

Commons : Johann Weinhart  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Sculptor Johann Weinhart died at the age of 94. Tyrolean daily newspaper from November 28, 2019
  2. ↑ Training with Fritz Behn. From Nazi art in Ausserfern , sketches by Sigi Wacker 2002 supplemented in 2006. Test site via Weinhart, page 4. Retrieved from the website of the architect Sigi Wacker on April 2, 2013. (PDF; 5.6 MB)
  3. ^ Johann Weinhart-Biberwier / Tyrol , 20 pages of writing about the artist, edited by Peter Rejda Innsbruck, Anton-Rauch-Straße 17.
  4. ↑ Prof. Johann Weinhart . 32 pages of writing about the artist, edited by Johann Weinhart.
  5. ↑ An unmistakable wordless language. Uni & culture. University newspaper page 4 No. 14, June 2001. Retrieved from The Journal of the University of Innsbruck on April 2, 2013. (PDF; 350 kB)
  6. ↑ Love is the engine of the world . iPoint - the information portal of the University of Innsbruck. Public relations and cultural service office. Article dated April 3, 2001. Retrieved April 2, 2013
  7. ^ Art in the midst of botany. iPont - the information portal of the University of Innsbruck. Public relations and cultural service office. Article dated May 21, 2007. Retrieved April 2, 2013 .
  8. ↑ Schumacher, Wiesauer: wayside cross. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved September 21, 2018 .
  9. ↑ Schumacher, Wiesauer: Hauskreuz, Haus Sonnblick. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved September 21, 2018 .
  10. ↑ Fingernail-Grüll, Wiesauer: War memorial, memorial on the cemetery wall, with relief. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved September 21, 2018 .
  11. ↑ Fingernail-Grüll, Wiesauer: Laufbrunnen with figure St. James d. Ä., Jakobusbrunnen. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved June 17, 2015 .
  12. ↑ Robert Schwarz: A new, unique face for a piece of Tyrol. In: tiroler.land, Die Tiroler Landeszeitung, issue 3, July 2009, pp. 10–11 ( PDF; 5.4 MB )
personal data
SURNAME Weinhart, Johann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH November 23, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH Salzburg
DATE OF DEATH November 24, 2019