Max Spielmann

This article describes a painter. For the architect of the same name, see Max Spielmann (architect) .

Max Spielmann (born October 8, 1906 in Innsbruck ; † November 5, 1984 ibid) was an Austrian painter , glass painter and sculptor .

Life

After attending the Bundesgewerbeschule Innsbruck from 1920 to 1924, Max Spielmann studied from 1926 to 1930 at the State School for Applied Arts in Munich and from 1931 to 1939 at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich with Franz Klemmer . During the Second World War he was employed as a draftsman in a war reporting group in Norway and Russia. From 1945 he lived as a freelance artist in Innsbruck.

Spielmann received orders for wall designs while still a student. After the Second World War he created numerous works in ecclesiastical and profane areas in Tyrol and the entire Alpine region. He had a fondness for fresco and glass painting, together with Fred Hochschwarzer he was the leading glass painter in Tyrol in the post-war period. In addition, he created watercolors , graphics , woodcuts , oil paintings , sgraffiti , ceramic and enamel paintings , mosaics and sculptures. He had exhibitions in Vienna, Graz, Salzburg, Rome and several times in Innsbruck, including an exhibition in 1981 in the Tyrolean State Museum Ferdinandeum on the occasion of his 75th birthday.

Awards

• III. State Prize in Vienna, 1935
• Professional title Professor , 1963
• Pygmalion Medal from the German Art Foundation for Business, 1979
• Decoration of Honor for Art and Culture of the City of Innsbruck, 1983

Works

Sgraffito, Rochus Chapel Reutte (1954)

Bronze portal, parish church Maria Frieden, Dübendorf (1977)

• Frescoes, war memorial, former chapel of the dead, Elbögen , 1946
• Ceramic mosaics, Great God Chapel, Innsbruck- Hötting , 1947
• Mosaics, Kufstein cemetery chapel , 1949
• Mosaics and sgraffiti, administration building of the Plansee-Werke , Breitenwang, 1952
• Sgraffiti, former agricultural college, Notburgahaus, Breitenwang , 1953
• Sgraffito, elementary school Weißenbach am Lech , 1953
• Sgraffito, apartment building Egger-Lienz-Straße 48, Innsbruck, 1954
• Sgraffito on the entrance facade and frescoes on the choir arch, Rochus Chapel, Reutte , 1954
• Mariahilf fresco and stained glass, Scharnitz parish church , 1954/1961
• Sgraffito at the Volders elementary school , 1955
• Sgraffito The ore founders of the Maximiliangrabes , office building Maria-Theresien-Str. 49, Innsbruck, 1956
• Windows, mosaics, altarpieces, bronze work, tabernacles, portals, Bad Schallerbach parish church , 1956–1958
• Sgraffito school children with guardian angels, kindergarten in Volderwald , 1957
• Wall painting with school scenes, BORG Innsbruck , 1957
• Sgraffito flowers and St. Nikolaus, house at Innstrasse 63, Innsbruck, 1957
• Sgraffito fortress Porta Claudia , customs residence and official building, Scharnitz, 1957
• Sgraffiti, Gasthof Weisses Rössl, Gries am Brenner, 1957
• Sgraffito Kindergarten Pechestrasse, Innsbruck- Wilten , 1960
• Altar mosaic Conversion and execution of St. Paul , glass window, bronze crucifix, tabernacle, stations of the cross, baptismal font, St. Paulus , Innsbruck, 1960/1961
• Sgraffito Castell Veldidena , residential building Leopoldstrasse 44, Innsbruck, 1963
• Altar window of the Risen Christ , glass concrete, Church of the Resurrection , Marktsteft, 1964
• Sgraffito signs of the zodiac , residential building Innrain 117, Innsbruck, 1965
• Altar mosaic, Petrus pictures, Way of the Cross, people's altar, ambo and tabernacle, Filialkirche Schönau, Bad Schallerbach, 1965/1966
• Sgraffito legend of St. Korbinian , former Benedictine secondary school, Scharnitz, 1968
• Bronze portal, crucifix, stations of the cross, glass window, parish church Maria Frieden , Dübendorf, 1969/1977
• Fresco north facade of Weiherburg , Innsbruck, 1978
• Bronze portals, St. Peter and Paul Church , Zurich, 1981/1984

literature

• Josef Ringler : Spielmann, Max . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 31 : Siemering – Stephens . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1937, p. 372 .
• Spielmann, Max . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists of the XX. Century. tape 4 : Q-U . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1958, p. 330 .
• Christoph Bertsch (ed.): Art in Tyrol, 20th century. Substantially expanded and revised inventory catalog of the collection of the Institute for Art History at the University of Innsbruck including documentation of legacies and bequests in two volumes. Volume 2, Innsbruck 1997, pp. 708-709 ( urn: nbn: at: at-ubi: 2-7291 digitized version ).

Web links

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

• 00003 Max Spielmann , Matrikelbuch 5, 1919–1931, p. 140, Academy of Fine Arts Munich
• Max Spielmann , Augustin Gallery

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Reinhard Rampold: 140 years of the Tyrolean glass painting and mosaic company 1861–2001. ( PDF; 747 kB )
2. ^ City of Innsbruck: Decoration of Honor for Art and Culture
3. ^ Arnold, Wiesauer: War memorial, former death chapel. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved November 13, 2017 . 
4. ↑ Felmayer, Wiesauer: Wegkapelle, chapel Great God with fountain. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved November 13, 2017 . 
5. ^ Gruber, Wiesauer: Friedhofskapelle, Einegnungshalle at the municipal cemetery. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved November 13, 2017 . 
6. ^ Fingernagel-Grüll, Schmid-Pittl: Administration building of Metallwerke Plansee AG. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved November 13, 2017 . 
7. ↑ Fingernagel-Grüll, Schmid-Pittl: former agricultural school, Notburgahaus. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved January 28, 2016 . 
8. ^ Baumann, Schmid-Pittl: elementary school. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved April 28, 2020 . 
9. ^ Müller, Wiesauer: residential building, apartment building. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved November 13, 2017 . 
10. ↑ Gruber, Schmid-Pittl: Chapel of St. Rochus, Rochuskapelle, war memorial chapel. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved August 1, 2017 . 
11. ^ Franckenstein, Wiesauer: Parish Church Mariahilf. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved February 17, 2016 . 
12. ↑ ^{a b} Training and Profession - Wall Paintings on School Buildings (from 1949) , Kulturraum Tirol
13. ^ Molling, Wiesauer: Art in building on public buildings: The ore founders of the Maximiliangrabes. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved November 13, 2017 . 
14. ↑ Parish Church Bad Schallerbach , Parish Bad Schallerbach, accessed on November 13, 2017.
15. ↑ Wiesauer: Bundesstufenoberrealgymnasium, BORG. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved November 13, 2017 . 
16. ^ Felmayer, Wiesauer: Residential building, community center. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved November 13, 2017 . 
17. ↑ Franckenstein Wiesenauer: Zollwohn- and office building with a mural fortress Porta Claudia. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved June 30, 2020 . 
18. ^ I. Dollinger, Wiesauer: Gasthof Weisses Rössl. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved February 4, 2016 . 
19. ↑ Müller, Wiesauer: Kindergarten Pechegarten. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved January 3, 2014 . 
20. ^ Pfarramt St. Paulus (Ed.): 25 years of the State Memorial Church and Parish of St. Paulus. Innsbruck 1985.
21. ^ Müller, Wiesauer: residential building, apartment building. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved November 13, 2017 . 
22. ^ Müller, Wiesauer: residential building, apartment building. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved November 13, 2017 . 
23. ^ Church in Schönau , Parish Bad Schallerbach, accessed on November 13, 2017.
24. ↑ Frick, Wiesauer: former secondary school of the Benedictine nuns. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved June 30, 2020 . 
25. ↑ Felmayer, Wiesauer: Weiherburg residence. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved November 13, 2017 . 
26. ^ Max Spielmann designed the portal for the church in Zurich. In: Innsbrucker Stadtnachrichten, year 1984, No. 9, p. 8 (digitized version)