Leopold Hafner
Leopold Hafner (born October 22, 1930 in Wallern / Böhmerwald , † November 4, 2015 in Passau ) was a German artist and sculptor.
Life
After 1946 he began an apprenticeship as a sculptor with Ludwig Pinsker in Perlesreut and graduated in 1951 with the journeyman's examination at the state college for wood carving in Zwiesel . He went to Munich and studied with Josef Henselmann at the Munich Academy of Fine Arts and graduated in 1959. Leopold Hafner did a difficult portrait job, so that Henselmann took him into his private studio and let him work on the high altarpiece of Passau Cathedral. He has been working as a freelance artist since 1959, his studio was in the Vornbach Castle in the old brewing room. In 1967 he took on a guest teaching position at the University of Stellenbosch in South Africa . In 1969 he bought the old rectory in Aicha vorm Wald and set up his studio there.
In addition to works of art, Leopold Hafner has also designed numerous church rooms in German-speaking countries and abroad and has received several awards for his work. In the nationwide tender for a competition to redesign a bust of the natural scientist Gregor Mendel for the Walhalla near Regensburg , he won the award and was commissioned with the design.
Hafner designed and donated the 2003 Art Prize for German-Czech Understanding of the Adalbert Stifter Association.
Works
- 1954 Relief of the fish fountain on Marienplatz , Munich
- Epitaph Bishop Simon Konrad Landersdorfer , Cathedral in Passau
- Epitaph Bishop Antonius Hofmann , Cathedral in Passau
- Marble bust Gregor Mendel, Walhalla near Regensburg
- Jubilee fountain of the four old Bavarian dioceses, Altötting
- 1991: Immigration Memorial in New Ulm, Minnesota , USA
- Schöpferbrunnen in Passau-Kohlbruck
- Design of the Katharinenkapelle in the Kaiserdom , Speyer
- Face of christ
- Saint Nepomuk
- Saint Andrew
- Crucifix - Dietrich Bonhoeffer School
- The tormented - Wolfstein Castle , Freyung
- 1971 Altar table, cross, tabernacle, baptismal font, ambo, sedilia and picture frame of the Virgin Mary in the parish church of Christ the Risen in Hinterschmiding
- 1975 Altar table and ambo in the parish church of the Most Holy Trinity in Grainet
- 1979 Bischof-Neumann-Kpelle am Dreisesselberg / Hochstein with brother Franz Hafner
- 1980 Design of the Passau Domhof with patronage fountain
- 1986 Altar table in the Kreuzkirche at the cemetery in Furth im Wald
- 1989 Father Rupert Mayer Altar in the St. Peter and Paul Church in Marburg
- 2000 Bronze Cross Benedictine Abbey St. Georgenberg, Fiecht Monastery (Austria)
- 2010 coat of arms Bishop Wilhelm Schraml
- 2011 Adalbert Stifter monument on Böhmerwaldplatz, Munich-Bogenhausen
Awards
- 1975 Culture Prize of the City of Passau
- 1976 Culture Prize of the Sudeten German Landsmannschaft
- 1982 Appointment to the Sudeten German Academy of Sciences and Arts
- 1999 Culture Prize of the District of Passau
- 2002 Culture Prize of the Freyung-Grafenau Cultural Area
Individual evidence
- ↑ It has left unmistakable traces
- ↑ German-Bohemian Immigrants Monument in text and images , accessed on May 20, 2018
- ↑ Bömerwald Yearbook 2005
- ↑ Bömerwald Yearbook 2005
- ↑ Bömerwald Yearbook 2005
- ↑ Maria Pletter - Firm in faith, cautious in action - appreciation for the 80th birthday PNP Passauer Neue Presse October 22, 2010
Web links
- search_result2.php? ob ... "The interior of the forest: musée imaginaire" Search Hafner
- St. Peter and Paul Marburg
- [1] Pictures of Leopold Hafner (Czech)
- Böhmerwaldplatz, Munich-Bogenhausen
- Bömerwälder Yearbook 2005 pdf
- Benedictine Abbey of St. Georgenberg
- Adalbert Stifter Association
- Patronage fountain in the Domhof (English)
- Bömerwaldkreis - Bishop Neumann Chapel
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hafner, Leopold |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German artist and sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 22, 1930 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wallern / Bohemian Forest |
| DATE OF DEATH | 4th November 2015 |
| Place of death | Passau |