Johann Wunibald Deininger

Johann W. Deininger in April 1880

Johann Wunibald Deininger (born December 12, 1849 in Vienna ; † March 31, 1931 in Innsbruck ) was an architect , director of the state trade school in Innsbruck and state curator for Tyrol and Vorarlberg .

origin

His parents were Johann Deininger, a silk manufacturer in Vienna, and Maria, geb. Nessler (doctor's daughter) from Tannowitz near Nikolsburg ( Mikulov ) in Moravia .
The origin of the Deininger family was Bavaria . His brother was the Viennese architect Julius Deininger .

education

Deininger attended the kk high school and technical college in Vienna, department of architecture with Heinrich von Ferstl. From 1871 he was a student at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts, Department of Architecture under Friedrich von Schmidt . In 1872 he received a scholarship and took it on a study trip to Italy.

life and work

In 1872 Deininger served as a lieutenant in the reserves of the 2nd Genie Regiment. From the end of 1872 to the beginning of 1876 he worked as an architect at the I. Wiener Baugesellschaft. From 1876 he was a technical officer in the imperial palace administration of Ambras. Deininger directed the kk commercial drawing and modeling school in Innsbruck-Dreiheiligen. In 1882 this college was converted into a state trade school. A new building was then erected in Anichstrasse. As a result, he was appointed director there and thus also headed the branch school in Hall in Tirol . He fulfilled this task until 1906. From 1884 to 1912 Deininger was first curator, then state curator for Tyrol and Vorarlberg .
The architect married the artist Gabriele Maria Deininger-Arnhard in 1885 . They lived at Franz-Fischer-Strasse 9 in Wilten . The former house has now been replaced by a new building.

Deininger was an extremely large sponsor of handicrafts in Tyrol (for example: the Schwaz majolica factories). He co-founded the Tyrolean Trade Association . From 1890 to 1926 he was chairman of the Tiroler Kunstverein and therefore had a decisive influence on the award of the Tyrolean art scholarship by the state government. In 1893 he was appointed government councilor.
His folkloric and historical interests resulted in various architectural projects and publications with his own drawings. He worked extensively as a restorer all over Tyrol. There were critical voices about restoration measures already during his lifetime (patina war, restoration of the Leopold's fountain and the gallery installation in the Landtag hall, "figure scrubbing" in the court church).

Kreuzkapelle on Tummelplatz

• from 1878 to 1885 restoration of the facade decoration of the Spanish Hall and the armory in the basement of Ambras Castle
• 1879 Design for a Gothic altar for the parish church in Hall
• 1880 Design for a viewing pavilion on the Bergisel
• 1897 design for a chapel on Amras' playground
• from 1881 to 1896 restoration of the court church in Innsbruck and its furnishings: exposure of the outside of the “prince choir” and the paintings on the old organ and the old clock from the 16th century.
• Tower construction, reconstruction and enlargement of the Servite Church (1899 and 1906) and the Jesuit Church  (1901) in Innsbruck
• various designs for villas in Vienna
• Draft for a villa in Greiz in today's Thuringia
• Design of a country house on Lake Piburg in the Ötztal
• 1883 Design for a villa at Salurner Strasse 5 in Innsbruck
• Design for the extension of the state trade school in Innsbruck and for a technical school building in Laas
• 1887 Country house facade restoration and gallery installation in Innsbruck
• From 1890 to 1893 design including details for the Leopold Fountain in Innsbruck for the use of C. Grass's bronze figures from the 17th century.
• 1890/93 Draft for the monument to the national defender Anton Oppacher in St. Johann in Tirol
• Exposure of Gothic frescoes: St. Margarethenkirche in Pians , Stuben- Pfunds church , frescoes in the chapel apse in Nauders
• Further structural restoration: Gothic tower in Tramin , southern front of Hasegg Castle in Hall iT, town hall in Sterzing , parish church in Fließ , Goldenes Dachl in Innsbruck, Bruck Castle  near Lienz
• Draft for the facades of the Gothic parish church in Tarrenz
• Drafts for various altars and grave monuments in Tyrol
• Designs for glass painting and mosaic work and numerous designs for arts and crafts objects in a wide variety of materials

Participation in exhibitions

• 1878 1st arts and crafts exhibition in Tyrol
• 1893 1st Tyrolean provincial exhibition: Creation of a South Tyrolean Torggel and Unterinntal farmhouse, various own watercolors
• 1900 Paris World Exhibition : Tyrolean noble seat (“Chateau Tyrolien”), he directed the installation of the Tyrolean exhibition objects

Publications

• Art treasures from Tyrol, Vienna 1887
• The farmhouse in Tyrol and Vorarlberg, Vienna 1894
• Tyrolean folk art, Innsbruck 1914
• Article: "Architecture in Tyrol, including castles and palaces" and "Art and house industry in Tyrol and Vorarlberg" (both with own illustrations) in: "The Austro-Hungarian Monarchy in words and images, Tyrol and Vorarlberg", Vienna 1893
• Various articles in "Messages from the Austrian Museum", "Messages from the Tyrolean State Archives 1914" and "Messages from the Central Commission for Art and Historical Monuments"

literature

• Wiener Bau-Industrie-Zeitung 1889 (7) 46
• Architektonische Rundscha 16, 1900 (9) plate 68
• Innsbrucker Nachrichten, 1931, No. 75, 78 (obituary)
• Konrad Fischnaler : Innsbrucker Chronik, Vol. V, Innsbruck 1934
• Patrick Werkner: Villa architecture from the early days in Innsbruck, Innsbruck 1979
• Gert Amann (arrangement): Dehio Tirol, Vienna 1980
• Ulrich Thieme (ed.): General Lexicon of Visual Artists, Vol. 7/8, unchanged. Reprint Munich 1992
• Günter Meißner (ed.): Saur General Artists Lexicon, Vol. 25, Dalan-Deloye, Munich 2000
• Ellen Hastaba (ed.): Tirols Künstler 1927, Innsbruck 2002
• Harwick Arch (ed.): Johann W. Deininger-Lebenserinnerungen, Innsbruck 2007

Web links

• Literature by and about Johann Wunibald Deininger in the catalog of the German National Library