Leonhard Eder

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Leonhard Eder (born January 4, 1933 in St. Johann, today Jánossomorja , Hungary) is a German sculptor .

life and work

Born in Sankt Johann in Wieselburg County in western Hungary (today Jánossomorja / Mosonszentjános in Győr-Moson-Sopron County ), he came to Lauda in 1946 as a displaced person in the Main-Tauber district of northeast Württemberg . In Bad Mergentheim he completed an apprenticeship as a sculptor. After years of apprenticeship and traveling in southern Germany, he moved to southern Baden , attended the master school for stonemasons and sculptors in Freiburg im Breisgau , where he passed the master craftsman examination with distinction in 1957 .

After a short time as a designer and draftsman in the stone industry and a tour of several months through Mediterranean countries, he moved to Rheinfelden (Baden) in 1958 , where he married his wife Maria in 1959 and opened a small stone-cutting and sculpting company with a few employees in the same year. In 1967 he was accepted into the Federal Association of Visual Artists (BBK). In 1971 he co-founded the "Free Hochrhein Group" with nine other artists and - also in the early 1970s - of the "Kunstverein Hochrhein". He is also a member of the “Association of Christian Artists, Archdiocese of Freiburg ” (GCK). Since the mid-1990s, he has been working as a freelance artist again without employees. He lives and works both in Rheinfelden and on a farm in the southern Black Forest hamlet of Fetzenbach (municipality of Gersbach ).

The "fool's fountain" in Bad Säckingen

Numerous stone and metal objects by Leonhard Eder's hand in southwest Germany and beyond were the result of direct orders or won competitions for public clients - especially the church -, often as art in architecture .

The main subject of Eder's work is the human being, often the female body and the theme of mother. Originally his works were abstract, partly inspired by Cubism , later increasingly also representational. Leonhard Eder, however, never closely followed a stylistic model, but dealt individually with the respective task, the properties of the material and the given environment. In an early phase he dealt with welded metal, later also with concrete, but mainly with natural stone (sandstones, granite, marbles).

Eder has a total of five children. His two sons, Tobias (* 1966) and Matthias (* 1968), who were born in Rheinfelden (Baden) , are also sculptors, trained by their father. His son Martin also did an apprenticeship with him, but then became an architect in Lörrach (Dietzig Architects). His sister is a draftsman.

The Lörrach sculptor Konrad Winzer (* 1955) apprenticed with Leonhard Eder from 1971 to 1974.

On January 6, 2009, Eder was honored with the Silver Medal of Merit by the City of Rheinfelden (Baden).

Exhibitions

  • Altarpiece exhibition "native ... suffered ... risen ...", Evangelische Fachhochschule Freiburg , 2006
  • "Eder³" ("Eder hoch 3"), joint exhibition Leonhard Eders on the occasion of his 75th birthday and the 50th anniversary of his sculpture workshop, together with works by his two sons Tobias and Matthias, as a temporary sculpture path with a total of 30 objects in the public space of the city center from Rheinfelden (Baden) from June 16, 2008 to November 9, 2008 and as an exhibition with objects and drawings in Haus Salmegg from November 2, 2008 to January 6, 2009

Works (selection)

Profane commissioned work

Leonhard Eder (* 1933) Kalkstein Brunnen, 1984, The Seasons, Four Lifetimes, at Weinbrennerstraße 2, Lörrach
Limestone fountain in Loerrach

Fountain:

  • Rheinfelden (Baden) , Oberrheinplatz in the city center: “Narrenbrunnen”; colored aluminum and granite, 1997; shown is a tower made of metal elements similar to playing cards and figures from the Alemannic carnival
  • Rheinfelden (Baden), Kindergarten St. Michael: “Three Birds Fountain”; Jurassic limestone and bronze, 1960
  • Rheinfelden (Baden), Degerfelden district: "Hahnenbrunnen" in the new development area
  • Rheinfelden (Baden), district of Karsau: Fountain at the Milchhüsle
  • Weir (Baden) : Walther -brunnen (town hall well); Shell limestone, 1985
  • Bad Säckingen : "Narrenbrunnen"; 11 figures of the local carnival are shown (including "Maisenhardt-Joggele", Römer) and the "Siechenmännle" as a symbol of the local healing springs; Limestone, 1973
  • Bad Säckingen: town hall fountain "Rheinwelle"; Granite, 1976
  • Bad Säckingen: "Drinking and play fountain"; Granite, 1987
  • Bad Säckingen: Münsterplatz fountain; Kalkstein, 1983; represented the country (with the components air, river, forest, valley) and the city (heads)
  • Waldshut , at the lower gate: "Craft, trade and trade fountain"
  • Lörrach , at the DKV residential and business center: fountain “The Seasons” (also known as “Four Lifetimes”); Limestone, 1984
  • Schopfheim : "Markgräflerbrunnen"
  • Murg : town hall fountain; Granite, 1962
  • Bad Bellingen : town hall fountain; partially colored limestone, 1985
  • Müllheim : "Fountain of the community"; Granite, 1980
  • Schönau in the Black Forest : Rathausbrunnen; Granite and bronze, 1987
  • Mannheim , citrus garden of the Luisenpark ; Fountain under an iron pavilion in the center of the garden, serves as a bird and insect trough; Andeerer Orthogneiss (trade names of the material: Andeerer Granit, Verde Andeer), 1982
  • Mannheim, Herzogenriedpark : fountain; Jurassic Limestone, 1980
  • Rauenberg : vintner's fountain; Granite, 1984
  • Wertheim : "Fountain of Love"; partially colored reddish sandstone, 1986
  • Lauda : "Fool's Well"
“City stele” of Rheinfelden (Baden) on the old Rhine bridge near the Salmegg house .

Other motifs :

  • Rheinfelden (Baden), at the German customs at the Old Rhine Bridge : "City Stele"; the partially colored shell-lime column thematizes the city's history, including the water power of the Rhine, tamed by two oversized human hands, and the chemical industry
  • Rheinfelden (Baden), Rheinpark-Uferweg am Adelberg (former site of the small state horticultural show “Green 07”): “Evolution”, the three colored concrete steles are a gift from Eder to the city
  • Rheinfelden (Baden), foyer of the district hospital: Large sculpture "healing - helping - pleading - praying - angry hands" (as pillar cladding); marble
  • Rheinfelden (Baden), in front of the entrance to the women's clinic: “Mother and child”, white marble
  • Rheinfelden (Baden), Park Clinic Dr. Hagmaier (Haus am Park nursing home): sculpture made of stone and aluminum
  • Rheinfelden (Baden), Goethe School: Wall relief "Children playing"
  • Rheinfelden (Baden), entrance building of the outdoor pool: "The element of water", wooden relief; Eder's only work made from wood
  • Rheinfelden (Baden), Aluminum Rheinfelden : Wall relief "Contacts"
  • Rheinfelden (Baden), district of Herten, St. Josefshaus (facility for the disabled): memorial stone for the victims of the euthanasia murders during the Nazi era , 1999
  • Rheinfelden (Baden), district of Herten, cemetery: war memorial
  • Bad Säckingen, health clinic: "gymnastics", concrete
  • Mainz-Hechtsheim , training center: sculpture, wall and floor design in the entrance area; Shell limestone and basalt
  • Schwäbisch Hall , courtyard of the Johanniterkirche : “Der Mensch”, sculpture made of Jurassic limestone , 1980; depicted are children's bodies locked up in a box, representing the weak, undesirable in consumer society

Free work

  • "Women on the Net" or "The Social Center"; bronze
  • “The innermost”, two male and three female figures carved out of a raw block of stone; Jurassic lime ( Liesberg marble, a yellowish-reddish, oolitic limestone), 2001
  • “Three passers-by”: three individual female figures (passer-by I, passer-by II, passer-by III); reddish gray breccias -Marmor, 2007 (two destroyed in June 2008 by vandalism)
  • "Breastfeeding" (mother with child); black marble from Valais, 2002
  • "Mother with two children"; Weissenburg Jurassic Limestone, 1973
  • "Prophet"; Greenish-gray Andeerer Orthogneiss (Verde Andeer), 2002/2003 (according to other information 2005)
  • “Fragments” (three torsos, 1 male, 2 female), titled “Fragment I woman”, “Fragment II man”, “Fragment III man”; split Jurassic limestone, partially colored in red, in a frame made of reinforcing iron, 1991
  • "Female Torso"; Franconian shell limestone, colored and then sanded, in a red frame made of reinforcing iron
  • "Male Torso"; Reddish-gray brecciated marble, in a frame made of reinforcing iron, 1997
  • “The Seed” (a crucifix); welded iron sheets, 1965
  • "Pregnant women lying down"; welded iron sheets, 1968
  • "Der Rufer" (also "The Seeker"), male figure, head and arms stretched upwards; welded iron sheets, 1966
  • "Eva or The Receptionist", three individual figures (Eva I, Eva II, Eva III); Concrete colored in greenish tones, 1988 (Eva II badly damaged by vandalism in June 2008)

Sacred commissioned work

Main portal of the Michaelskirche in Rheinfelden-Karsau
  • Rheinfelden (Baden), parish church St. Josef : celebration altar; Cast aluminum, indicative of a locally significant industry; a bronze tabernacle in the Lady Chapel; In the vicinity of the church and the parish center, Eder also has a “Maria with the Child” and a sculpture of the “ Bremen Town Musicians ”, both made of Jura limestone; an aluminum object on the outer wall of the associated parish center comes from Leonhard Eder's son Tobias
  • Rheinfelden (Baden), prayer room of the district hospital: wall relief " Genesis 1 "; colored marble
  • Rheinfelden (Baden), Catholic kindergarten St. Anna: Wall relief "Jesus the child friend"
  • Rheinfelden (Baden), prayer room in the Bürgerheim (urban retirement home): altar and cross
  • Rheinfelden (Baden), district Karsau, parish church St. Michael : main portal and most of the interior fittings (altar, choir cross and other sacred objects); Aluminum and marble, 1992/1993; as well as Easter candlesticks; colored aluminum, 2001
  • Rheinfelden (Baden), Eichsel district, St. Gallus parish church : People's altar, ambo, Sedilien ; Sandstone, 1981
  • Rheinfelden (Baden), district of Degerfelden: design of the St. Ubald Chapel, with a figure of St. Ubald on the outer wall; Sandstone
  • Rheinfelden (Baden), district of Herten, parish church St. Urban : altar, lectern and sedil ; Bronze and Jurassic Limestone, 1976
  • Rheinfelden (Baden), Nollingen district, St. Felix and Regula church: altar and other sacred objects; Jurassic Limestone
  • Rheinfelden (Baden), district of Nollingen: wayside cross at Wolfsgraben; concrete
  • Rheinfelden (Baden), Nollingen district: wayside cross in the new building area; Shell limestone
  • Rheinfelden (Baden), district of Minseln, funeral hall: "Christ"; bronze
  • Rheinfelden (Baden), Warmbach district, St. Gallus Church : baptismal font and Easter candlestick; Sandstone or bronze
  • Rheinfelden (Baden), district of North Swabia, Mauritius Chapel: baptismal font
  • Rheinfelden (Baden), district of North Swabia: Christ figure for the cemetery cross; aluminum
  • Rheinfelden (Baden), district of North Swabia: memorial stone at the cemetery; Jurassic Limestone
  • Herrischried -Niedergebisbach, Totenberg: Way of the Cross ; Bronze, 1999
  • Bad Säckingen, Holy Cross Church: Way of the Cross and Choir Cross
  • Schopfheim, St. Bernhard church : candlesticks, altar, tabernacle, ambo, baptismal font and peace column
  • Göschweiler , parish church Herz-Jesu: altar and ambo; african sandstone, 2002
  • Blumberg , St. Andreas Church: Altar and ambo for the choir; roman travertine , 2002
  • Konstanz , Catholic University Congregation: Tabernacle ; aluminum
  • Offenbach am Main , St. Konradkirche: People's altar; Limestone, 1978/79
  • Offenbach am Main, parish church St. Elisabeth: Chorkreuz; Aluminum, 1993; and the tympanum " A ship that calls itself a church "; colored aluminum, 1998
  • Offenburg , Chapel of St. Josefsklinik: sacred objects (altar island, altar, ambo, tabernacle, altar cross, candlesticks and holy water bowls) as well as a statue of the Virgin Mary
  • Mainz-Lerchenberg , St. Franziskus Church: Triumphal Cross, with symbols of the Evangelists : Markus on the left, Johannes above, Lukas on the right, Matthew below (see web links)
  • Mainz, Caritas Altenzentrum: Easter candlestick; colored aluminum, 1998
  • Dörpen (Emsland), parish church St. Vitus: design of the chancel, choir and ceiling paintings, 1999
  • Holte-Lastrup (Emsland), St. Clemens parish church: celebration altar and ambo , Sedilien; African sandstone, 2000
  • Frauenkirchen (Burgenland / Austria): "Heidebodenkreuz", 1984
  • Altar sculpture "Elevated", 1988 (2.55 meters high)

literature

  • Representations of the cross by the sculptor Leonhard Eder . In: Konradsblatt , No. 12 of March 24, 2002
  • Leonhard Eder: Eder fountain. Well creations from 1960 - 1987 . Constance: Printing and Publishing House, 1987

Web links

Commons : Leonhard Eder  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ City pays tribute to the artist Leonhard Eder , Badische Zeitung , Rheinfelden edition, December 22, 2008
  2. ^ An artist with love for Rheinfelden , Badische Zeitung, Rheinfelden edition, January 7, 2009
personal data
SURNAME Eder, Leonhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH January 4, 1933
PLACE OF BIRTH St. Johann, today Jánossomorja , Hungary