Karl Adlmannseder
Karl Michael Adlmannseder (born November 17, 1902 in Salzburg , † June 14, 1981 in Eberschwang ) was an Austrian artist.
Life
Adlmannseder comes from a Salzburg master butcher who originally came from the Innviertel . He graduated from secondary school in Salzburg and entered the private art school of the painter Elfriede Mayer in 1917 . There he learned to draw and paint for three years. At the artists' association Der Wassermann he learned painting from 1918 under Anton Faistauer and nude drawing under Felix Albrecht Harta . From 1926 to 1938 he was a member of the Salzburg Artists' Association in Mirabell Palace and took part in exhibitions in the Salzburg Künstlerhaus . From 1926 to 1927 he drew and designed tiled stoves for the Heinstein works. From 1927 he co-founded the Angermayer Ceramic Workshop, where he designed tiled stoves and painted them using the faience technique, and in the war years he also made figural ceramic sculptures.
Adlmannseder worked in the Angermayer ceramic workshop until his sudden death on June 14, 1981.
He was buried in the Eberschwang cemetery.
Recognitions
- 1928 Künstlerhaus Salzburg, medal of the city of Salzburg.
- On December 21, 1978 he was appointed professor.
Works
Adlmannseder's works are often based on the tradition and way of life in Innviertel . But he also implemented large-scale city views according to Matthäus Merian on tiled stoves. He also transferred copper engravings by Johann Elias Ridinger to tiled stoves. He also liked to transfer drawings by Antoine Watteau to his tiled stove designs . Simply stylized pottery flowers were also part of his repertoire.
In his early days he created oil paintings, drawings and watercolors. His ceramic figural works were in great demand . For example, fully vivid city views, traditional depictions of local traditions, nativity scenes and individual figures. He also painted ceramic bowls with all kinds of motifs.
In 1979 he designed the coat of arms of the Eberschwang community.
Objects in museums
- Upper Austrian State Museum , Linz, flat painted tiled stove with depictions of viticulture , the Annunciation group of figures , Innviertel Christmas ceramics group, three Holy Kings figurine group
- Kunsthalle Mannheim , figure group Rauhnacht, ceramic group Wachauer Dorf
- Museum of Applied Arts , Vienna, horse market figure group
- Innviertler Volkskundehaus Museum , Ried im Innkreis, tiled stove painted with city motifs
- Museum Herzogsburg , Braunau, ceramic model of the city of Braunau with over 100 houses
literature
- Innviertler Volkskundehaus Museum: The Bundschuh . Moserbauer Druck & Verlag, Ried im Innkreis 2017, ISBN 978-3-902684-58-5 .
- Josef Lehner: The “Ton-Poet” from Eberschwang. To the death of Prof. Karl Michael Adlmannseder: Ofner, sculptor a. Ceramist . Die Heimat No. 259/260 (1981) Beil. d. Rieder Volkszeitung vol. 101 (1981) No. 31
- Hans Brandstetter: Karl Michael Adlmannseder - a sixties. The "clay poet" of the Angermayer ceramic ovens . Home No. 35 (November 1962).
- Franz Lipp: Ofenhafner, sculptor and ceramist. For Karl Michael Adlmannseder's 60th birthday . Upper Austrian cultural report 1962, episode 32.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Adlmannseder, Karl |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Adlmannseder, Karl Michael (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian ceramic painter and stove designer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 17th November 1902 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Salzburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 14, 1981 |
| Place of death | Eberschwang |