Leopold Fetz

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Leopold Fetz (born November 15, 1915 in Reuthe im Bregenz Forest , † May 21, 2012 in Bregenz ) was an Austrian painter, illustrator and graphic artist.

Fresco (detail) in the mountain station of the Karrenseilbahn cable car in Dornbirn

Life

Leopold Fetz did an apprenticeship with the painter Toni Kirchmayr in Innsbruck from 1931 to 1934. He passed the entrance exam at the Munich Academy and studied with Bernhard Bleeker , but dropped out in the first year. From 1940 to 1941 he studied with Gruber at the Westenrieder School of Painting in Munich. From 1941 he did military service and returned to Vorarlberg from English captivity in 1946 and lived in Schwarzenberg and Reuthe. He moved to Bregenz in 1954 and taught as a subject teacher and art teacher at several schools until 1980.

Fetz became known among other things for his portraits of children, frescoes and woodcuts.

Awards

  • Fetz received the graphics prize in Innsbruck in 1943 .
  • In 1952 he was awarded the Federal Ministry of Education award and received a scholarship from the Institut Francais d'Innsbruck.
  • In 1980 Fetz received the Vorarlberg State of Honor for Art and Science.

Works

  • 1955 murals in the Hörbranz elementary school
  • 1963 Wall design in the foyer of the Bludenz grammar school
  • Fresco in the restaurant on the cart near Dornbirn
  • 1976 Two stained glass windows parable of the Church of Christ , Mary as Queen of Heaven in the parish church Mariahilf in Bregenz
  • 1980 Two glass windows with abstract painting in the Mariahilf parish church in Bregenz

Publications

  • with Claus Pack: illustrated book with paintings and graphics, 600 numbered copies, Neufeld, Lustenau 1983.
  • Drawings. Illustrated book, edited by Hermann Fetz, GMG-Verl.-AG, Schaan 1995 1995, ISBN 3-9520426-6-8 .

literature

  • Short biography and sources, pp. 85–86. In: Susanne Fink, Cornelia Rothmund: Fine arts in Vorarlberg. 1945-2005. Biographical lexicon. Vorarlberger Landesmuseum, Kunsthaus Bregenz, Bucher-Verlag, Hohenems 2006, ISBN 978-3-902525-36-9 .

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personal data
SURNAME Fetz, Leopold
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian painter, illustrator and graphic artist
DATE OF BIRTH November 15, 1915
PLACE OF BIRTH Reuthe , Bregenz Forest
DATE OF DEATH May 21, 2012
Place of death Bregenz