Jupp Jost
Jupp Jost (actually Josef Jost ; born November 13, 1920 in Hattersheim am Main , † December 24, 1993 in Wiesbaden ) was a German painter , graphic artist , sculptor and interior designer .
Life
As the son of a master painter from Hattersheim, Jupp Jost began his artistic training at the Städelschule in Frankfurt am Main in 1938 . From April 1943 to September 1944 he was a student in the “support classes for visual design” of the city of Osnabrück . After the end of the war , he initially received smaller commissioned works. Since 1946 he has worked with the architect Hans Busch on numerous public buildings in Germany and abroad. From 1950 Jupp Jost worked as a freelancer. In addition to works of painting, his oeuvre also includes works in glass, mosaic, cast and stainless steel. In 1976 he received a teaching position at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz in the fine arts department . With his students he went on numerous study trips and excursions to Tuscany, southern France, Spain and Kenya. Jupp Jost was married and had five children. In his last creative phase he turned to acrylic painting in particular .
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The great diversity of his artistic work is attested above all by the development and redesign of numerous churches at home and abroad. But other public buildings such as schools, kindergartens, town halls or the House of Encounter in Königstein im Taunus were artistically designed by him. His work has often been featured in exhibitions and is in public and private ownership. His works include:
- Wall painting of the Catholic parish church Herz Jesu in Dillenburg
- Mosaic cross and glass window of the Catholic parish church Christkönig in Asslar
- Interior design of the Catholic parish church Heilig Geist in Braubach
- Altar mosaic and window of the Catholic parish church St. Marien in Siegen - Geisweid
- Mural Christ is the center of the Catholic parish church of St. Michael Mammolshain
- Altar and Easter candlestick of the Catholic parish of St. Elisabeth Bad Schwalbach
- Church window on the north wall of the Catholic Church of St. Peter and Paul in Eltville am Rhein
- Mural and window of the catholic parish church Christ-König Okriftel
- Facade and interior design in the House of Encounter in Königstein im Taunus
- Apocalyptic angel with the torch, sgraffito, exterior facade at the House of Encounter in Königstein im Taunus
- Wall painting in the baptistery of the Catholic Church of St. Peter and Paul, Wiesbaden-Schierstein
- Concrete glass window of the Catholic Church of St. Laurentius zu Giesel
- Concrete glass window of the Catholic Church in Lünen-Horstmar
- Equipment of St. Peter and Paul in Lage
- Stained glass window of the Catholic Church of St. Benedict in Berlin
- Altar painting and stained glass window of the catholic church Heilig Geist in Detmold
- Stained glass window of the Catholic Church Maria, Queen of Peace in Augustdorf
- St. Augustine's of Canterbury stained glass window in Wiesbaden
Memberships
literature
- Hans C. Köster, Rudolf Grulich: The house of meeting: A short story of an architectural and historical monument in Königstein im Taunus . Langewiesche publishing house , Königstein i. Ts. 2008, ISBN 978-3-7845-0090-4 .
- Hans-Curt Köster (ed.): New encounter: a monument becomes a European Green Building. The house of meeting in Königstein i. Ts. With contributions by Wilhelm Derix , Rudolf Grulich , Hans-Curt Köster, Ralf Lange, Christoph Meyer, Frank-Michael Saltenberger, Arne Steffen, Christian Stolte and Gerd Weiß . Koenigstein i. Ts. ( Verlag Langewiesche ) 2012, ISBN 978-3-7845-6305-3
Web links
- Information about Jupp Jost on the website of the Kulturforum Hattersheim
- Exhibition about the work of the artist Prof. Jupp Jost in churches of the Limburg diocese
- Pictures and information about the House of Encounters in Königstein / Taunus ( Memento from June 11, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
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SURNAME | Jost, Jupp |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Jost, Josef (real name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter, graphic artist, sculptor and interior designer |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 13, 1920 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Hattersheim am Main |
DATE OF DEATH | December 24, 1993 |
Place of death | Wiesbaden |