Max Faller

Dante Fountain, Munich

Max Faller (born July 7, 1927 in Neuburg an der Donau , † August 4, 2012 in Munich ) was a German sculptor of contemporary Christian art .

life and work

Faller studied at the art academy in Munich from 1947 to 1954 . He was a master student of the Munich sculptor Josef Henselmann and received a scholarship from the German National Academic Foundation . Travels took the artist through numerous countries in Europe, Israel and Jordan. He lived in Munich.

Max Faller dealt exclusively with religious topics. In addition to the sculptural work, which includes fountains, columns and bronze doors, he designed the interiors of churches and chapels and altar areas including church furniture, numerous objects for the decoration of sacred buildings, jewelry for high dignitaries of the Roman Catholic Church and medals.

Fountain and pillars

Marian column Neumarkt

• Dante-Brunnen, Veterinärstr. 1 in Munich, 1965
• Franziskusbrunnen near St. Klara, Munich
• Paulus Column in Leitershofen
• Pilgrimage column to the Scourged Savior in Friedberg (Bavaria)
• Pilgrimage column to Saint Leonhard in Inchenhofen
• Marian column in front of the district office in Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz
• Stele in front of the church in Oberroth (municipality of Schwabhausen, district of Dachau)
• Franziskusbrunnen in front of the Ludwigshafen parish church St. Josef
• Roman fountain in Neuburg an der Donau, Spitalplatz

Equipment for sacred buildings

Augsburg Cathedral: door wing

Eternal light holder, Jesus in rest, Caritas Altenheim Baldham

• Bronze door leaves for the north west portal, Kaiserdom Speyer
• Bronze door leaves for three portals at the St. Josef parish church in Ludwigshafen.
• Artistic design by St. Thomas Ap. (Munich) , inaugurated in 1973
• Furnishings (altar, ambo, tabernacle, lecture and hanging cross, sediles and stations of the cross) of the Church of St. Mauritius in Mandelbachtal- Ormesheim , 1980–1986
• Furnishings, altar, ambo, sediles, tabernacle and benches of the sacrament chapel in the Munich Frauenkirche , 1984
• Equipment of the seminary church of the archbishop's seminary in Munich
• Equipment of the chapel of the retreat house " Schloss Fürstenried " in the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising
• Bronze work in St. Lantpert (Munich) , including tabernacles, altar crosses, stations of the cross, candlesticks and a gospel book
• Equipment (altar, ambo, tabernacle) for the New St. George's Church (Milbertshofen)
• Bronze work in the Dankeskirche Munich
• Fitting out the church of the Caritas nursing home St. Korbinian in Baldham
• Equipment of the monastery chapel in Altomünster
• New bronze door wings of the Augsburg Cathedral , 2000

Other works

Professorship Cross of the Redemptorists

Stele in front of the church in Oberroth, Schwabhausen municipality (Upper Bavaria)

• Redemptorist Professorship Crosses (photo on this Wiki article)
• Host bowl in silver for the former church of the old people's home on Effnerstrasse , (now in the church of the Augustinum Munich-North)
• Ulrich's Jubilee Cross, Augsburg
• Primiz evangeliar by Ralph Regensburger, 2006
• Gospels of the Dormition Abbey ( Benedictine ) in Jerusalem
• Evangeliar, 2007, for the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising , which was given as a gift to Pope Benedict XVI. was handed over on the occasion of his 80th birthday. Furthermore, Pope Benedict XVI. from time to time also a pectoral and a fishing ring from Max Faller.
• Pectoral cross and ring of the Regensburg Bishop Gerhard Ludwig Müller
• Staff, ring and pectoral from Auxiliary Bishop Otto Georgens , Speyer
• Medal of the Romano Guardini Prize , 1970
• Pilgrim Medal of the Holy Year 2000 for the pilgrimage site of Santiago de Compostela
• Bronze plaque for the tomb of Romano Guardini .
• Crosier and pectorals for Konrad Zdarsa , 2010.
• Paul statue for the St. Paulusheim high school in Bruchsal , 1967.

Honors

• 2002 Commander in Chief of the Papal New Year's Eve .

literature

• Christian Hartl (Hrsg.): Kreuzweg Leben. Thoughts by Julius Döpfner on reliefs by Max Faller . Echter, Würzburg 2006, ISBN 978-3-429-02783-4 .

Web links

Commons : Max Faller  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Literature by and about Max Faller in the catalog of the German National Library
• Private page about Max Faller by Theodor Frey

Individual evidence

1. ^ Obituary notice in the Süddeutsche Zeitung
2. ↑ His art lives on , obituary on augsburger-allgemeine.de from August 6, 2012 (accessed on August 8, 2012).
3. ↑ Max Faller, biography and catalog raisonné
4. ↑ erzbistum-muenchen.de: Pope blesses believers with gospels from Bavaria ( memento of the original from May 13, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. January 8, 2009 
5. ↑ AAS 94 (2002), n. 1, p. 95.