Oskar Höfinger

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Sculpture Message , created at the Lindabrunn Sculpture Symposium (1968)
Figure winner from 1969 in Schruns since 2009
Metal sculpture "Discipline" Patrizigasse 2, Vienna 21.

Oskar Eberhard Höfinger (born April 2, 1935 in Golling an der Erlauf , Lower Austria ) is an Austrian sculptor , painter and draftsman .

life and work

From 1950 to 1952, Oskar Höfinger did an apprenticeship as a ceramic modeller with the sculptor Hans Scheibner in the Rath ceramics and fireclay factory owned by August Rath in Krummnussbaum . He then attended from 1952 to 1956 the technical school for wood and stone carving in Hallein with Rudolf Scherrer. From 1956 he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, initially with Hans Andre and from 1959 with Fritz Wotruba , graduating in 1961.

In 1960 Höfinger was a judge at the Junge Generation gallery in Vienna, where he also exhibited. In 1961 and 1962 he took part in the symposium of European sculptors by Karl Prantl in Sankt Margarethen in Burgenland and in 1967 and 1968 in the sculpture symposium Lindabrunn by Mathias Hietz in Enzesfeld-Lindabrunn .

Oskar Höfinger lives and works in Vienna . He developed his works in wood, iron, steel , sandstone , granite and marble .

Awards

  • 1957 and 1959 with the Füger Prize (silver medal)
  • 1968 Award of the Lower Austrian Provincial Government
  • 1971 Award of the City of Vienna
  • 2016 Golden Merit of the State of Vienna

Works (selection)

  • Nibelungenbrunnen (1960/61), Pöchlarn
  • Spherically-creaturely (1967), Florian Hedorfer Street in Vienna
  • Embassy (1968), Sculpture Park Symposium Lindabrunn in Enzesfeld-Lindabrunn
  • Fascination (1973/1974), Per-Albin-Hansson-Siedlung Ost in Vienna
  • Sturz (1977), Adalbert-Stifter-Straße in Vienna
  • Discipline (1976/1978), Patrizigasse 2 in Vienna 21
  • Commerce and Transport (1977/1978), Danube Bridge in Krems an der Donau
  • Life (1978), Schladming
  • Aspiring Figure (1978), Markomannenstrasse in Vienna
  • Penetration (1985), Dorotheergasse in Vienna
  • Now (1986), Austrian Sculpture Park in Unterpremstätten
  • Reliquary altar Clemens M. Hofbauer (1987), Maria am Gestade church in Vienna
  • Footballer (1997), stadium in Graz
  • Homage to Music (1970/2006), Europaplatz in Vienna
  • Saint Michael (2008), parish church in Wullersdorf
  • Saint George (2009/10), Danube Bridge Traismauer

photos

  • Fascination (1973/1974)

  • Relic altar (1987)

literature

  • Wilhelm Steinböck: Oskar Höfinger. An Austrian sculptor from the Wotruba school. Illustrated book. Akad. Dr.- u. Verl.-Anstalt, Graz 1991, ISBN 3-201-01554-7 .
  • Alexander Jesina, Claus Jesina: Oskar Höfinger. Exhibition catalog. Gallery 16, Vienna 2004.
  • Johann Trippolt ao: Over the horizon. Oskar Höfinger. For the exhibition <Over the Horizon> in summer 2009 in Schruns. With biography, list of exhibitions and works, illustrated book with photos of sculptures, metal sculptures and paintings, collection of articles, gallery montARTphon, Schruns-Tschagguns-Tourismus GmbH, Kulturverein Illitz, ISBN 978-3-200-01545-6 .

Web links

Commons : Oskar Höfinger  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Figure trade and transport in Krems an der Donau
personal data
SURNAME Höfinger, Oskar
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Höfinger, Oskar Eberhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian sculptor, painter and draftsman
DATE OF BIRTH April 2, 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH Golling an der Erlauf , Lower Austria