Karl Hoefelmayr

Sculpture St. Lorenz and St. Magnus (1951)

Karl Hoefelmayr (born March 17, 1907 in Kempten (Allgäu) , † August 20, 1989 in Niederteufen , Switzerland ) was an entrepreneur and artist.

Life

Karl Hoefelmayr obtained his Abitur at the Kempten Humanist High School .

After the death of his father of the same name, he was the director and partner of the Kempten Edelweiß-Milchwerke , which he sold to the Unilever Group in 1962 .

As an artist he was a sculptor, painter and draftsman - he trained himself further in this area. In 1969 Karl Hoefelmayr moved to Switzerland , where he died on August 20, 1989 in Niederteufen.

Awards

Art Prize of the City of Kempten (Allgäu) , 1974

Works (selection)

Sculpture

Plastic Äskulap as a foundation of the construction company Alfred Kunz at the main entrance to the then city hospital Kempten , Hoefelmayr at the same time as Kunz Stifter
Plastic St. Lorenz and St. Magnus on St. Mang Bridge (1951)

Publications

Karl Hoefelmayr with Georg Thürer: On remote paths. Drawings from four continents. Nebelspalter-Verlag, Rorschach 1991, ISBN 3-85819-155-8 .
Karl Hoefelmayr: Meditations in Shapes and Colors. Schuler-Verlag, Stuttgart 1949.
Karl Hoefelmayr with Georg Thürer: Sculptures by Karl Hoefelmayr. E. Löpf-Benz AG, Rorschach 1988, ISBN 978-3858191212 .

Individual evidence

↑ Ralf Lienert: One of the oldest schools in Bavaria: The Carl-von-Linde-Gymnasium celebrates its 200th anniversary on October 2nd. In: all-in.de, August 30, 2004 (accessed January 10, 2016)
^ City of Kempten (ed.): Kempten im Allgäu. (3rd documentation), Kösel, Kempten 1972, p. 95.
^ City of Kempten (ed.): Kempten im Allgäu. (3rd documentation), Kösel, Kempten 1972, p. 123.
^ Bernard Kühling: Allgäuer Künstlerlexikon. Kempten 2012, p. 155.

Web links

Holdings "Karl Hoefelmayr" in the catalog of the Kempten City Library

personal data
SURNAME	Hoefelmayr, Karl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Hoefelmayr-Weixler, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German entrepreneur and artist
DATE OF BIRTH	March 17, 1907
PLACE OF BIRTH	Kempten (Allgäu)
DATE OF DEATH	August 20, 1989
Place of death	Niederteufen , Switzerland

[1] Ralf Lienert: One of the oldest schools in Bavaria: The Carl-von-Linde-Gymnasium celebrates its 200th anniversary on October 2nd. In: all-in.de, August 30, 2004 (accessed January 10, 2016)

[2] City of Kempten (ed.): Kempten im Allgäu. (3rd documentation), Kösel, Kempten 1972, p. 95.

[3] City of Kempten (ed.): Kempten im Allgäu. (3rd documentation), Kösel, Kempten 1972, p. 123.

[4] Bernard Kühling: Allgäuer Künstlerlexikon. Kempten 2012, p. 155.