Josef Hamberger (sculptor)

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St. Nikolaus in Rosenheim, Altar by Hamberger
St. Nikolaus in Rosenheim, sanctuary by Hamberger
Apostelweg to Petersberg
Bronze relief of Saints Stephen and Laurentius, Raubling, 2010

Josef Hamberger (born December 26, 1925 in Frasdorf ; † May 1, 2019 in Rosenheim ) was a German sculptor with a focus on Christian art .

Life

Hamberger was first a farmhand in 1940 . In 1942 he joined the labor service , was a soldier in 1943 and then a Soviet prisoner of war.

From 1946 to 1950 he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich and in 1951 at the Royal College of Art in London , where he was invited to a studio visit by the English artist Henry Moore . From 1951 to 1954 he was a master student under Josef Henselmann .

From 1955 he lived as a freelance sculptor in Rosenheim . In addition to three monuments and several public works such as fountains, he created furnishings for many churches, especially in southern Germany and Austria.

Works (selection)

  • 1961 Altar cross in the parish church of St. Josef the Worker, Rosenheim-Oberwöhr
  • 1963 Memorial Rosenheimer Friedhof, cardinal tuff and steel (height: 7 meters)
  • 1964 St. Nikolaus parish church (Rosenheim) , altar (shell limestone and bronze), baptismal font (shell limestone and bronze), tabernacle (bronze)
  • 1970 Tower cross for the church Maria Königin des Friedens in Haidholzen , concrete (height: 9 meters)
  • 1971 War memorial in Pirk (Upper Palatinate)
  • 1973 St. Nikolaus parish church (Bad Reichenhall) : People's altar, ambo, stand cross, tabernacle
  • 1973 Bowl fountain, bronze, Kardinal-Faulhaber-Platz, Rosenheim
  • 1978 Apostelweg to Petersberg , Flintsbach am Inn. 13 stone steles with bronze reliefs
  • 1981 Wasserrad, Rosenheim Culture and Congress Center, steel (height: 6 meters)
  • 1986 rosette in St. Ulrich in Unterschleißheim
  • 1997 Crosier for Cardinal Ratzinger (later Benedict XVI. ), Wood and bronze (height: 1.9 meters)
  • 2006 St. Nikolaus parish church (Rosenheim), weekday altar, ambo, Sedilien (aluminum bronze), tabernacle stele
  • 2010 Relief of Saints Stephen and Laurentius at the parish church in Raubling , bronze (height: 2.3 meters)

Solo exhibitions

  • 1978 Solo exhibition in the municipal gallery in Rosenheim
  • 1998 Solo exhibition at the Rosenheim Education Center
  • 2001 Solo exhibition in the Städtisches Museum Rosenheim

Awards

  • Golden Citizen Medal of the City of Rosenheim, 1999
  • Culture Prize 2011 from the city of Rosenheim

literature

  • 2001 Josef Hamberger. A sculptor's life. Works from half a century. , Ludwig (Ed.) Gruber (Author), Verlag Bildungswerk (2000)

Web links

Commons : Josef Hamberger (Sculptor)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Obituary notice Josef Hamberger , Süddeutsche Zeitung of May 4, 2019
  2. ↑ a b ovb-online.de: From farmhand to culture award winner
  3. ↑ echo-rosenheim.de: Standing ovations for Josef Hamberger ( Memento from February 11, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
  4. ↑ Church tours
  5. ^ Ovb-online.de: Difficult way of commemoration
  6. ↑ Taking and giving
  7. ↑ Petersberg near Flintsbach
  8. ↑ galerie.rosenheim.de: Salingarten
  9. ↑ ruedorfer.de portfolio
  10. ↑ erzbistum-muenchen.de: The six artists in our parish
  11. ↑ A wondrous artist's life came to an end
personal data
SURNAME Hamberger, Josef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH December 26, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH Frasdorf
DATE OF DEATH 1st May 2019
Place of death Rosenheim