Joseph Michael Neustifter
Joseph Michael Neustifter (* 1949 in Eggenfelden ) is a German artist and sculptor .
Life
Neustifter grew up in a Lower Bavarian family of artists. Even as a child he wanted to be a “picture maker”. Gifted at an early age, he drew a lot and modeled in clay , which he then painted in color. At the age of five he was drawn to the violin and began studying the violin.
At the age of 13, sculpting became more prevalent, wood and clay were his working materials. At the age of 16 he made his first bronze cast , the first time-critical work “Discussion 66”. He became the youngest member of the Professional Association of Visual Artists in Lower Bavaria / Upper Palatinate, completed an apprenticeship as a sculptor with his father while still at school and became the first national winner as a wood sculptor at the age of 18. In 1969 he began studying at the Academy of Fine Arts with Georg Brenninger in Munich.
At the age of 20 he received his first public commission, a bronze fountain for the grammar school in his hometown Eggenfelden and the design of his first church space from the Diocese of Passau . During his studies, he won numerous public competitions that he carried out while studying.
plant
The figure is equally important to him and large satirical, time-related allegories are created, more and more often as fountain sculptures for public spaces. In addition, various groups of works such as the sculptural statements are created, which always take a position on socio-political events of the time.
Neustifter almost without exception makes one-offs and he mostly works in bronze, stone and steel.
To date, he has been awarded around 160 first prizes with execution in public “Art in Architecture” competitions. Over the years, around 200 fountains and signs for public spaces and more than 90 designs of church interiors have been created, primarily in southern Germany, Austria, Italy and France.
His most recent works include a. the large sign in front of the new broadcasting center at Bavarian television in Munich-Freimann, the group of figures in front of the city theater in Regensburg , the Benedict column in Marktl am Inn, as well as the papal column in Velletri / Italy, the Marian column in Lourdes / France, the Benedict column in the monastery abbey Metten and in Oberaudorf im Chiemgau, the Michael Sailer fountain in Barbing near Regensburg, the Gunter fountain at the basilica in Niederalteich, the colorful dog in Eggenfelden, the design of the chancel in Ferschnitz / Austria, the fountain stele "Shrines of Europe" for Altötting, the design of the chancel in the parish church of Passau, the sculpture for the Blutenburg in Munich, the memorial for the victims of National Socialism in Wangen im Allgäu, the interior design of the church in Kirchberg im Rottal, the papal memorial for the Bavarian pilgrimage site of Altötting and the memorial for Benedict XVI. in front of the Jakobskirche in Regensburg.
Neustifter works and lives in Eggenfelden in Lower Bavaria.
Special works
Abstract signs & sculptures
Neustifter gained national fame with over 200 large sculptures, groups of figures and abstract symbols, mostly in bronze, mainly in southern Germany. In addition to a large number of works for the public sector (the sculpture "Openness" in the television center of the Bavarian Radio in Munich-Freimann, "The Band" on the forecourt of the Stadttheater in Regensburg ) he dealt critically with political and social conditions and changes in other small sculptures .
Twelve pillars for Europe
After the three Benedict columns for Marktl , the Benedictine abbey Metten and Velletri, Neustifter created a fourth column in his studio in Eggenfelden . It was set up on May 28, 2009 in the French pilgrimage site of Lourdes.
The idea of the column in the form of a scroll is derived from the Regula of St. Benedict of Nursia , the patron of Europe. This form of architecture is the unifying distinguishing mark, but the statements of the columns are each dedicated to a different topic. The Lourdes column, like the three Benedict columns, is made of light bronze. It is 4.30 meters high and was cast as a one-off in Eisenfelden.
Lourdes column
The Lourdes column is 4.30 meters high and cast in light bronze. The content of this column is dedicated to the theme of Lourdes, the Marian apparition of St. Bernadette, as well as the four great saints of France, Jean-Marie Vianney (the parish priest of Ars), Therese of Lisieux , Charles de Foucauld and St. Bernadette Soubirous . All texts on it are written in French. The writings on the column are the traditional texts that were spoken at the time of the apparition of Mary. The motifs are the most important stages in Bernadette's life. Further details are e.g. B. cut as a gem the Altöttinger Madonna or St. James, the Adoration of the Magi, the Madonna Notre Dame of Paris and a symbol for the European union. With the coat of arms of Pope Benedict XVI. and the year 2008 is linked to the 150th anniversary of the apparition as well as to the other Benedict columns.
The Lourdes column is a gift from a Beirut family to the French pilgrimage site and dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the apparition of Mary. Key data are incorporated into the base plate, which, among other things, symbolize shaking hands of the major world religions. “A page is also dedicated to the victims of the terrorist attacks,” said Neustifter. Joseph Michael Neustifter worked on the Lourdes column for nine months. On May 26, 2009 the column was transported to Lourdes.
After the four granite floor slabs had been set, the column could be erected there with a crane. The column stands 200 meters away from the grotto in the so-called “Holy Area” on a square in front of the Accueil Notre Dame, where the pilgrimage processions with the sick begin.
Corridor crossroads
For the Flurkreuzweg on the Buchberg in Traitsching , which was consecrated in 2010, Neustifter made 15 bronze plaques depicting the 15 stations of the Passion of Christ.
Picture gallery
Pope Benedict memorial for the Bavarian pilgrimage site Altötting
Altar of the church in Kirchberg im Rottal
Benedict column in Velletri / Italy
Memorial sign for Pope Benedict XVI. in front of the St. Jakob church , Regensburg 2017
Sign for the new television center of the Bavarian Broadcasting Corporation Munich-Freimann Bronze 2002
Grave mark of the Bavarian Prime Minister Alfons Goppel, Munich Waldfriedhof
Pendant "New Munich Concert Hall", bronze
Competitions & Awards
Neustifter has won numerous competitions and awards for his works in public spaces.
- 1st national winner of the German craft youth as sculptors (1968)
- Prize of the Academy of Fine Arts Munich (1972)
- Bavarian State Prize for a Sign of the Cross in Bronze (1972)
- Award of the Great East Bavaria Culture Prize by OBAG (1983)
- Bavarian State Prize for a Way of the Cross in the Altötting Hospital Chapel (1984)
- Awarding of the special prize for art in building in the federal competition for urban development in Hamburg for the satirical entrepreneur well (Chamber of Crafts Pfarrkirchen) (1989)
- Federal Cross of Merit on Ribbon (November 21, 1994)
- Awarded the Bavarian Order of Merit for artistic work (2005)
literature
- Hans Kießling: meeting with sculptors. Munich art scene 1955–1982. EOS 1982, ISBN 3-88096-183-2 .
- Joseph M. Neustifter, Ulrich Hommes : Neustifter . Schnell & Steiner, Regensburg 2002, ISBN 3-7954-1490-3 .
- Joseph M. Neustifter: Plastic Statements . anderrott Kunstverlag 2006.
- Joseph M. Neustifter, Ulrich Hommes: Benedict column in Velletri . Schnell & Steiner, Regensburg 2007, ISBN 3-7954-2055-5 .
- Jochen Meister: Munich Secession , past and present . Prestel 2008.
swell
- Erwin Schwarz: Benedict column number 4 is coming to Lourdes. In: Passauer Neue Presse of April 28, 2009 (p. 21)
- Pillar number four. In: Passauer Neue Presse of April 22, 2009 (p. 19)
- Benedict Column for Lourdes. In: Passauer Neue Presse from May 15, 2009 (p. 8)
- Pope column on the way to Loudres. In: Passauer Neue Presse of May 27, 2009 (p. 10)
- The Lourdes column is at its destination. In: Passauer Neue Presse of June 3, 2009 (p. 12)
Web links
- neustifter.de
- regiowiki.pnp.de
- Großekunstausstellungmuenchen.de accessed on November 9, 2011
Individual evidence
- ↑ Neustifter u. Hommes: Neustifter , p. 10.
- ↑ rosenheim24.de accessed on November 10, 2011
- ↑ Mittelbayerische.de accessed on November 10, 2011
- ↑ neustifter.de, accessed on May 19, 2015
- ↑ Office of the Federal President
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Neustifter, Joseph Michael |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German artist and sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1949 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Eggenfelden |