Josef Stallhofer

Josef Stallhofer (born May 30, 1908 in Leiten / Agatharied , †  January 6, 1993 in Hausham ) was a German painter and honorary citizen of the Hausham community.

The talent of the farmer's son Josef Stallhofer was discovered as a child and from 1922 he took on contract work as a sideline. In 1932 he finally opened a painting company for art and decorative painting in Agatharied . Due to his extraordinary ability in the renovation of the Agatharieder parish church in 1936, he was admitted to the Munich Art Academy without a high school diploma . Among his professors, he worked most closely with Hermann Kaspar , whose assistant he was at times. At the end of the 1930s, Stallhofer rediscovered the technique of ancient encaustic , wax painting, and acquired four patents here. 1945-1947 he was responsible for the restoration work of the antiquarian shopcommitted in the Munich residence . In the immediate post-war period, Stallhofer became known for being responsible for equipping the branches and the headquarters of the Bayerische Vereinsbank .

Josef Stallhofer was a humble painter who was particularly attached to his homeland. With his numerous frescoes, paintings and drawings, he mainly produced rural, historical and religious motifs, including large-format works, altarpieces and shooting targets.

As an honorary citizen of the community of Hausham and a member of numerous associations, including the mountain riflemen, a large mourning community gave him the last escort on his last way to the Agatharied church cemetery .

There is a permanent Stallhofer exhibition in the community of Hausham .

literature

• Langheiter, Alexander: Miesbach. A cultural guide. Miesbach: Maurusverlag, 2006.