Kunibert Zinner

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Kunibert Zinner (born June 3, 1906 in Kirchberg am Wechsel ; † December 24, 1990 in Waidhofen an der Ybbs ) was an Austrian sculptor and musician.

Life

Kunibert Leopold Franz Zinner was born in Kirchberg am Wechsel and came to St. Peter in der Au as a two-year-old and attended elementary school there. He attended grammar school in Seitenstetten and Melk and the technical school for wood carving in Hallstatt . He studied sculpture with Anton Hanak in Vienna. From 1928 he worked as a sculptor and painter as well as a musician, organist and composer in St. Peter in der Au. One of his sons was the astrophysicist Ernst K. Zinner (1937–2015).

Works

Sculpture in front of the Polytechnic School in Amstetten
Stone relief Let the children come to me (1951) at the elementary school in Seitenstetten
Stone relief St. Georg (1958) at the war memorial in St. Peter in der Au
  • 1935 bust of Anselm Salzer in the library in Seitenstetten Abbey
  • 1937 Large sculpture master and apprentice for the commercial advanced training school in Amstetten
  • 1937 (?) Large stone relief (?) For the city of St. Pölten
  • 1942 bust of Carl Zeller in the Carl Zeller Museum in St. Peter in der Au
  • around 1949 Supraport relief of an angel wearing a coat of arms at the Vogelhandelplatz secondary school in St. Peter in der Au
  • 1949–1951 sculpture group of teachers with children at the Gernoldstrasse school in Pöchlarn
  • 1951 Relief Let the children come to me at the elementary school in Seitenstetten
  • 1954/1955 Crucifixion group in the cemetery in Steinakirchen am Forst
  • 1956 relief St. George at the war memorial at the Strengberg parish church
  • 1956 Relief Pietà above the nave portal in the parish church of Weistrach
  • 1956 Pietà figure on the war memorial in the churchyard of the parish church of St. Michael in Hague
  • 1958 war memorial with stone relief hl. Georg on the churchyard wall of the parish church St. Peter in der Au
  • 1962 War memorial with relief pillars Christ with a dying soldier on the churchyard wall of the parish church of Engstetten
  • 1962 Larger than life crucifix on the end of the choir wall in the parish church of St. Nikolaus von der Flüe in Vestenthal in Haidershofen
  • 1965 War memorial with Pietà relief at the Reinsberg parish church in Lower Austria
  • 1966 War memorial to Christ with a dying soldier in the churchyard of the Wolfsbach parish church
  • 1967 Bird dealer fountain in front of the secondary school in St. Peter an der Au for the 125th birthday of the composer Carl Zeller
  • 1968 Wooden relief way of the cross in the parish church of St. Nikolaus von der Flüe in Vestenthal in Haidershofen
  • 1975 Crossway reliefs in the parish church of the Holy Family in Kematen an der Ybbs
  • 1981 Sculpture Holy Family in the pointed gable of the portal of the parish church Ertl
  • His musical work includes 4 symphonies, 2 masses, 1 waltz, 2 marches, 1 romance for orchestra, 110 violin duets, 61 sonatas for violin and piano, 43 piano trios as well as various choirs and songs

Exhibitions

  • 2008 Kunibert Zinner in St. Peter Castle in der Au

literature

Web links

Commons : Kunibert Zinner  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Walter Zambal: WAIDHOFEN 1938 - 1945. ARCHITECTURE AND ART. Retrieved August 30, 2018 .
  2. ^ State vocational school in Amstetten. Retrieved on August 30, 2018 (built in 1937 at Mozartstrasse 3, picture of the school and the sculpture).
  3. ^ Exhibition Leonardo von St. Peter with a speech by Wolfgang Greisenegger , 2008
  4. ↑ Kunibert Zinner exhibition - St. Peter / Au Castle - June 6th to 15th, 2008 curated by Dr. Hermann Zinner, 2008
personal data
SURNAME Zinner, Kunibert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian sculptor and musician
DATE OF BIRTH June 3, 1906
PLACE OF BIRTH Kirchberg am Wechsel
DATE OF DEATH December 24, 1990
Place of death Waidhofen an der Ybbs