Josef Welzel

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Josef Welzel on a photo from 2012 with his replica of the “Glass amphora from Olbia” from the 1st century BC.

Josef Welzel (born February 27, 1927 in Biebersdorf , Glatz district , Lower Silesia Province ; † August 12, 2014 in Hadamar ) was a German experimental archaeologist , glass cutter , engraver and educator .

Life

From 1941 to 1944 Josef Welzel completed an apprenticeship as a glass cutter in neighboring Rückers , which he completed with a journeyman's examination. He was then drafted into military service. After the end of the Second World War in 1945 he was taken prisoner by the Soviets , from which he could no longer return to his Silesian homeland. In 1948 he got a job as a glass cutter in Niedermarsberg and Euskirchen . From 1949 to 1951 he attended the glass school in Rheinbach , which he completed with the specialist examination to become an engraver . He then practiced as a glass grinder at Villeroy & Boch in Wadgassen and at Ceralys in Paris. At the same time he was a student of the master classes of Konrad Habermeier and Wilhelm Braun-Feldweg at the state higher technical school in Schwäbisch Gmünd , which he completed with the master's examination as an engraver. Then he was a guest student with Konrad Habermeier and Anton Mahringer until 1956 and then until 1963 in the studio of the sculptor Fritz Nuss . In addition, he worked from 1952 to 1963 as a master glass engraver in the Schwäbisch Gmünder Josephinenhütte. From 1963 to 1992 Josef Welzel was a specialist teacher for glass design at the State Glass College in Hadamar, where he continued to work until 2006. Welzel died on August 12, 2014 at the age of 87.

Achievements and Awards

Through intensive study, Josef Welzel was the first to reproduce the double-walled Roman slide glasses, the method of manufacture of which was no longer known for a long time.

As early as 1959, his first sculptural glass works were exhibited in the annual exhibition of the Baden-Württemberg Art Association. 1968 to 1973 he created designs for pressed glass vases and bowls for the Charlottenhütte in Werdohl , 1977 to 1978 plastic glass works for the Wiesenthalhütte in Schwäbisch Gmünd.

In 1977 Josef Welzel was awarded the Ilse Reinhart Foundation Prize for his glass work. In 2009 he was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit.

Exhibitions (selection)

Works for public collections

Publications (selection)

  • On the grinding technique of the Roman slide glasses. In: Gymnasium . Volume 86, 1979, pp. 463-473.
  • The emperor's amphora. Wertheim Glass Museum , 1992
  • Crystal wattle beaker. Slide glasses, their history and grinding technology. Association of Friends and Supporters of the Erwin Stein School, Hadamar 1994
  • The Pharos beaker from Bescham - analysis of grinding technology. In: Archaeological correspondence sheet . Volume 35, 2005, pp. 503-510.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Josef Welzel died at the age of 87. ( Memento of the original from August 26, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: Nassauische Neue Presse of August 26, 2014 (accessed August 26, 2014). @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.nnp.de
  2. ^ Glastechnischeberichte, Volume 60, Verlag der Deutsche Glastechnische Gesellschaft, Offenbach 1987, p. 224. (accessed on Google Books on August 23, 2014).
  3. ↑ Ancient techniques rediscovered - Josef Welzel. Information on the homepage of Hadamar Glass Week (accessed on August 22, 2014).
  4. ↑ The fascination of the slide glass: Josef Welzel at the Römertag in Rheinbach. pdf . Freundeskreis Römerkanal e. V.
  5. ↑ a b Miracles of Glassmaking. ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: Nassauische Neue Presse from April 19, 2012 (accessed August 24, 2014). @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.nnp.de
  6. ↑ a b Short biography and work of Josef Welzel on the homepage of the Rheinbach Glass Museum (accessed on August 22, 2014).
  7. ↑ Antike Welt , Volume 27 (4), Raggi-Verlag, Küsnacht 1996, p. 348 (accessed on Google Books on August 23, 2014).
personal data
SURNAME Welzel, Josef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German experimental archaeologist, artisan, designer and educator
DATE OF BIRTH February 27, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH Biebersdorf , District of Glatz , Province of Lower Silesia
DATE OF DEATH August 12, 2014
Place of death Hadamar