Karl Nieschlag

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Maria Immaculata, Floridsdorf, St. Josefsheim
Reading girl - Siemensstrasse 17-19, Vienna 21. (1955)

Karl Nieschlag (born May 27, 1909 in Matzen in Lower Austria ; † January 8, 1975 in Vienna ) was an Austrian academic sculptor .

Life

From 1911 Karl Nieschlag grew up in Floridsdorf and also attended school there. From 1924 to 1927 he was a student of Robert Obsieger at the Wienerberger Werkstättenschule for ceramics. From 1935 to 1939 he attended Josef Müllner's courses at the master school for sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts on Schillerplatz in Vienna and then attended Emil Pirchan's master school for set design at the same academy until 1940 . He completed both studies with a diploma.

He also undertook additional studies in music theory and piano playing at the New Vienna Conservatory , passed the state examination for music, and then took private lessons from Paul Pichier. After 1950 he set up a studio in Floridsdorf and worked, among other things, as a sculptor restorer for the Kunsthistorisches Museum .

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In his idiosyncratic conception of art, Karl Nieschlag set important new impulses in the representational but very abstract performing arts. The art viewer is offered different possibilities of access, because a multitude of emotional and cognitive elements have been integrated through the comprehensive education of the artist.

Karl Nieschlag created numerous monuments for the city of Vienna and carried out work in the sacred area in and around Vienna as well as private commissions. Works by him can be seen among others:

Vienna

  • Stone cut Donaufischer (Harkortstraße 9, 1966)
  • Bremen Town Musicians , sandstone sculpture (Hohlweggasse 28, 1966)
  • Mosaic: Cardinal Nagl in memory ( Kardinal-Nagl-Platz , 1967)
  • Pietà made of linden wood (1951) on permanent loan to the Wieden District Museum
  • In memoriam Humboldt , artificial stone sculpture ( Humboldtgasse 34, 1959)
  • Mosaic on the history of the 15th district (Hütteldorfer Straße 27 opposite Wiener Stadthalle , 1959)
  • Stucco relief adoration of the Lamb of God by the 24 elders ( Währinger parish church , 1962)
  • Saint Cecilia , Saint Judas Thaddäus ; Statues made of limewood ( parish church St. Brigitta , 1957)
  • Georg Weissel monument , artificial stone (Prager Strasse 18, 1964)
  • Sinnende also Reading Girl , sculpture made of limestone (Siemens 17-19, 1956)
  • Maria Immaculata , statue made of artificial stone (Töllergasse 15 1958)
  • Schäfer , secular sculpture made of stone and natural stone (Hutweidengasse 19 / Flotowgasse 7, after 1945)

Around 1937, Nieschlag created a naked dancer with a large scarf for the Goldscheider manufactory in Vienna , who bears the title Nocturno . The figure is made of ceramic and was produced in quantities of well over 300. It was possible to verify one of the models that have been proven so far, which is signed with the name Nieschlag. On March 29, 2020, such a figure was discussed by the art historian Wolfgang Schepers , the presenter Janin Ullmann and the owner of Schloss Reinbek in the NDR's Lieb & Teuer program . The model for the naked dancer was the expressive dancer Olga Desmond in the silent film Nocturno from 1915. This figure was created after March 13, 1938, when Austria was annexed , as it was labeled “Made in Germany”.

Other places

  • Fischamend : mother with child , Mannersdorfer Kalkstein, 1965
  • Gänserndorf : Altar crucifixus made of linden wood in the parish church of Gänserndorf 1953
  • Brunn am Gebirge : 3 sandstone facade figures in the parish church of Brunn a. G., 1961
  • Würflach : 2 capercaillie made of serpentine artificial stone in front of the municipal office, 1960
  • Neudörfl : Saint Joseph , sandstone sculpture, 1968
  • Horitschon : Pietá made of artificial stone at the parish church of Horitschon, 1959

Exhibitions

Awards

  • 1941: State travel grant (“Rompreis”).
  • Since 1961: Künstlerhaus member.
  • 2007: Karl-Nieschlag-Gasse was named after him in the 21st district .

literature

  • Angelika Frank (Ed.): Karl Nieschlag. An artist from Floridsdorf . Vier-Viertel-Verlag, Strasshof 2007, ISBN 978-3-902141-30-9 .
  • Robert E. Dechant, Filipp Goldscheider: Goldscheider. Company history and catalog raisonné. Historicism, Art Nouveau, Art Deco, 1950s . Arnoldsche Verlagsanstalt, Stuttgart 2007, ISBN 978-3-89790-216-9 .

Web links

Commons : Karl Nieschlag  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Robert E. Dechant, Filipp Goldscheider: Goldscheider. Company history and catalog raisonné. Historicism, Art Nouveau, Art Deco, 1950s . Arnoldsche Verlagsanstalt, Stuttgart 2007, ISBN 978-3-89790-216-9 .
  2. ↑ Video Art Deco figure of a dancer from the Lieb & Teuer program on March 29, 2020 on ndr.de
  3. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento from December 31, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
personal data
SURNAME Nieschlag, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH May 27, 1909
PLACE OF BIRTH Matzo
DATE OF DEATH January 8, 1975
Place of death Vienna