Josef Kostner

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Josef Kostner in the Church of St. Jakob

Josef Kostner (born August 11, 1933 in Ortisei in Val Gardena ; † July 10, 2017 ) was a sculptor and poet from Val Gardena in the Ladin language .

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Kostner attended the art school in Ortisei under Raimund Mureda and Rudolf Moroder-Rudolfine. From 1960 to 1980 he was professor of sculpture at the art schools in Selva and Ortisei. A peculiarity of his work are sculptures cast in concrete.

In the 1950s he took part in the Ruscel group, which wanted to break new ground in traditional Val Gardena wood carving . He was a member of the South Tyrolean Artists Association .

As a local researcher he published four topographical maps with the Val Gardena place names.

bibliography

  • (Josef Kostner): Planta de Resciesa. Calënder de Gherdëina 1960, Union di Ladins, St. Ulrich 1959, p. 111.
  • Josef Kostner, Gilo Prugger: Planta danter i ruves de Cuecenes y Ncisles. Calënder de Gherdëina 1967, Union di Ladins, St. Ulrich 1966, p. 93.
  • Josef Kostner, Gilo Prugger: Cherta de Frea y ujinanza. Calënder de Gherdëina 1970, Union di Ladins, St. Ulrich 1969, p. 92.
  • Josef Kostner, Gregor Prugger: Cherta de Ciandevaves y de Ciandepinëi. Calënder de Gherdëina 1974, Union di Ladins, St. Ulrich 1973, pp. 124–125.
  • Cun Lizënza. Istitut Ladin Micurà de Rü, San Martin de Tor 2007, ISBN 978-88-8171-070-6 (poems).
  • Zacan cuntovi. Istitut Ladin Micurà de Rü, San Martin de Tor 2010, ISBN 978-88-8171-088-1 (short stories).
Plastic by Josef Kostner, cast in concrete, in Possagno

literature

  • Peter Weiermeier, Karl Kraus (curators): Figure. A history of sculpture in South Tyrol / Tyrol / Trentino after 1945 Fortezza Fortress. Exhibition catalog, Athesia 2011, p. 13, pp. 68–71.
  • Wolfgang Pfaundler (after an interview by): The Tyrol portrait: Josef Kostner sculptor painter, draftsman. In: The window. 34th year, issue 69, Innsbruck 2000, pp. 6528–6559.
  • Walter Belardi: Josef Kostner. From: Poeti ladini contemporanei. Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche e Dipartimento di Studi Glottoantropologici dell'Università di Roma "La Sapienza", 1985, ISSN  0392-9361 . Pp. 97-103 (Italian).
  • Ilse Glaninger: Tyrolean sculptor: sculptural work in north, south and south East Tyrol. 2nd Edition. Wort und Welt Verlag, Innsbruck 1979, ISBN 3-85373-037-X , pp. 100-101, 271.

Web links

Commons : Josef Kostner  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Obituaries , accessed on November 14, 2017