Josef Priemetshofer

Josef Priemetshofer (born October 28, 1930 in Mönchdorf ; † January 6, 2010 in Steyr ) was a metal sculptor , painter , graphic artist , cultural advisor, preservationist and restorer . He lived and worked in Steyr.

Live and act

Sword of the Spirit in Steyr

After elementary school, Priemetshofer attended the arts and crafts school of the Federal Trade School in Steyr . His teachers were Hans Gerstmayr (steel cutting) and Karl A. Krepcik (painting). He then studied painting, sculpture and restoration a. a. in Munich, Vienna and Graz. He was for a long time as a molder in the VÖEST operates. Helmuth Gsöllpointner appointed him from 1973 to 1983 as a lecturer at the University of Art and Industrial Design in Linz .

His artistic work extended to the creation of contemporary artistic works in public areas and sacred buildings as well as restoration work on historical secular and cult buildings .

From 1977 he worked as a cultural advisor for the municipalities of Bad Zell , Pierbach and the city of Perg .

Priemetshofer was married and the father of four sons and one daughter.

Exhibitions and participation in exhibitions (selection by Gerlinde Mühlbauer Messner)

• Christian contemporary art , Gulden Gallery, Wels (1969)
• MARCH 1913 to 1973 , New Gallery of the City of Linz (1973)
• Forum Stahl II , University for Artistic and Industrial Design Linz (1975/76)
• Intelligence of the hand, metal design in Austria , Museum des XX. Century, Vienna (1980)
• On the 100th birthday of Hans Gerstmayr , HTL Steyr (1982)
• 100 years of the arts and crafts school in Steyr (1994)
• The new Styria - Church and Religion , Admont Abbey (2005)
• Josef Priemetshofer , Steyr Castle Gallery (2006)

Works in public space (selection)

Bad Zell

• Wayside shrine made of Mauthausen granite (1983) with four picture niches with eight-part cast metal grids instead of a wooden cross (1983), Ofner Marterl, enamel pictures by Heinrich Mayrhofer, Pierbach
• Image panels for the wayside shrine at Raab (1987), Raaben-Madonna
• Bodingbauer wayside shrine (1989), formerly Brandstätter-Kreuz, 3 acrylic pictures on aluminum sheet with gold-colored background in shallow niches of the lantern, Mother of God, St. Chrtistophorus, St. Florian

Steyr

• New wayside shrine in Feldstrasse (1994, renovated in 2008) with panels of the Holy Trinity, Our Lady of God, St. Joseph and St. Christophorus

Restorations in public spaces (selection)

Bad Hall

• Margarethenkapelle (1987 to 1991)

Bad Leonfelden

• Redesign of the organ (1980)

Bad Zell

• Restoration of the Madonna fresco in the Baireder Gut (1981)
• New image of the Madonna at the Raab Cross (1981)
• Galgenbühel Chapel (1982 and 1987)
• Brawinkler Kapelle (1984 and 1992)
• Mair Kapelle (1986/87, 1999)
• Grübl Chapel, Barndorf (1987)
• Mitterlehner chapel shrine (1987)
• Weixelbaumer chapel shrine (1987)
• Auer Kapelle (1987/90, 1991) * Stone municipal coat of arms around 1500 (1993)
• Statue in the Kurpark (1988) with four pictures in the pictorial niches St. Notburga, St. Leopold, St. Leonhard, St. John
• Brandstätter statue, (1989)
• Statue column Fuchs, Hirtlhof (1989)
• Chapel on the Haid (1994)
• Koppenhofer Chapel in Aich (1995)
• Trinity Chapel (1996)
• French Cross (1999)
• Baumberger Chapel (1999)

Enns

• House Kronberger Bräuergasse 87 (1987)
• Fresco St. Christophorus, 16th century, Hauptplatz 14 (1991)
• Wayside shrine at the Lorch Basilica (1991), four 1.2 m high panels

Large framing

• Forsthaus im Lumplgraben (1988)

Hofkirchen

• Eisenhuber Chapel in Rappersdorf (1980)

Church Village

• Calvary Chapel

Perg

• Plague column Hauptplatz (1989) with panels in acrylic on aluminum sheet, with the names of the saints
• Frescoes in the Berger farmhouse (1989)
• Sundial at the Pergkirchen rectory (1991)
• Holzer Chapel, Weinzierl (1992)
• Plague column, Pergkirchen (1997) with four acrylic panels on aluminum sheet

Pierbach

• Frescoes on the outside wall of the church (1978) and interior renovation of the parish church (1979/1980)
• Exposure of the Pleimer house in the Gasthaus zum Färberwirt (1978)

Steyr

• Suburban parish St. Michael (1986 to 1989)
• Clock face of the tower clock of the parish church of Steyr (1990)
• Trinity fresco in the Steyr State Hospital (1991)

Carrying wine

• Frescoes of the Kalvarienbergkapelle, Reichenstein

Traun

• Statue near the castle (2003) with acrylic images of saints Hl. Trinity, Hl. Margarethe, Hl. Leonhard

Inaccurate

• Chapel in Wegleiten (1981)

Windhaag near Perg

• Froschauer Farm (1998)

Publications

The following specialist articles by Priemetshofer have been published:

• Preservation of iron objects, worksheets, published by the working group for small and land monument research in the State Institute for National Education and Homeland Care in Upper Austria, Linz, S 29/30
• The cultural monuments of Bad Zell, the building history of the church, small monuments, wayside shrines and chapels, Bad Zell homeland book, Bad Zell S 206 to 223
• The Gothic wayside shrine (building description), guest commentary, The Enns city tower, S 2 u. S 9
• The Gaupenuhr at the Steyr parish church, in: Rudolf Koch and Bernhard Prokisch (eds.), Steyr parish church, Steyr, 1993
• Foreword, in: Herbert Stadler, Kleindenkmäler der Marktgemeinde Bad Zell, Bad Zell, 1995, p 6
• Newspaper reports on restoration projects were published in Upper Austria between 1987 and 1998. News, in the Steyrerzeitung, in the Mühlviertler Rundschau, in the Enns City Tower and in the Perger Rundschau.

Awards

• Consultant for monument preservation in Upper Austria. State government (1978)
• Professor hc (1981)

literature

• Gerlinde Mühlbauer Messner: Josef Priemetshofer - all his life a Mühlviertler , Volksbildungswerk Bad Zell and Marktgemeinde Bad Zell (publisher), Schönau im Mühlkreis , 2017

Web links

Commons : Josef Priemetshofer  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Biography of Josef Priemetshofer in: steyrerpioniere website (accessed on July 11, 2020).