Josef Hermann Pitscheider

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Josef Hermann Pitscheider (born March 14, 1923 in Brixen , South Tyrol ; † July 29, 2019 in Brixen, South Tyrol) was a South Tyrolean painter and sculptor .

Life

JH Pitscheider was born in Brixen in 1923 of Ladin descent. He grew up in simple family relationships. His father Engelbert Pitscheider (* 1882 in Abbey , † 1931 in Brixen) was a nurse in the local sanatorium and his mother Ida Flöß (* 1890 in St. Martin , † 1974 in Brixen) was a cook. Even as a child, JH Pitscheider showed a great talent for drawing; an artistic training was not possible for him at that time. At the age of 17 he was drafted into military service, was captured during the Battle of El Alamein and was transferred to British Columbia ( Canada ). During his four-year stay as a prisoner of war, the autodidact Pitscheider had the opportunity to work with various artists from Düsseldorf , Munich and Vienna , to deal intensively with painting and to try out various painting techniques.

After his release in 1946, more than 100 of his drawings and oil paintings were brought to Europe by the International Red Cross and exhibited for the first time in Geneva . He himself returned to Brixen, where he started a civil service career. During this time he made contact with the painter Josef Telfner, who lived in Gufidaun , and his painter friend Herbert Weihrauter (1892–1977). After his retirement, Pitscheider devoted himself entirely to painting and hunting.

Artistic creation

Pitscheider achieved the lyrical effect of the pictures by applying oil or acrylic paints to the surface . The brief brushstroke of many of his pictures only takes on concrete forms from a certain distance. On the theme of his works included not only the landscape and animal pictures , still life , flowers and portraits .

Exhibitions

JH Pitscheider's works have been shown at exhibitions in Brixen, Bozen , Meran , Trient , Feldthurns , Görz (gold medal), Treviso (gold medal), Verona , Sand in Taufers , Eppan and Lethbridge .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Commemorative page by Josef Hermann Pitscheider. Retrieved August 3, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Brixner 197 - June 2006 . In: issuu . ( issuu.com [accessed January 3, 2018]).
  3. ↑ South Tyrolean Children's Village. Retrieved January 3, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Sepp Rungg, Leonardo Roccasalvo: Herbert Weihrauter: 1892-1977 . Athesia, Bozen 1997, ISBN 978-88-7014-945-6 ( amazon.com [accessed January 3, 2018]).
  5. ^ Jubilee exhibition by Josef Hermann Pitscheider. Retrieved January 3, 2018 .
  6. ^ I paesaggi di Pitscheider hanno illuminato Galleria Adler . In: Alto Adige . ( altoadige.it [accessed January 3, 2018]).
personal data
SURNAME Pitscheider, Josef Hermann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian painter and sculptor (South Tyrol)
DATE OF BIRTH March 14, 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH Brixen , South Tyrol
DATE OF DEATH 29th July 2019
Place of death Brixen