Otto Potsch

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Otto Potsch (born September 20, 1938 in Vienna ) is an Austrian sculptor , painter , musician , photographer , founder of the Bernstein Rock Museum and a master turner. He is self-taught as a visual artist and lives in Wolkersdorf in the Weinviertel .

Life

At work on an iron sculpture

From 1952 to 1955 Otto learned Potsch the profession as a turner at the Vienna ivory sculptor and haberdashery -Drechsler Josef carrier. There he learned how to work ivory , horn , tortoiseshell and amber . During the third year of his apprenticeship, Potsch attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna as a guest student .

In 1957, Potsch was commissioned by his later father-in-law Josef Piringer to make sculptures from the serpentine found there for his serpentine grinding shop in Bernstein, Burgenland . Potsch discovered his preference for animal sculptures.

In 1960 Potsch passed the master craftsman's examination for the wood turner trade and began earning a living for his family in his home town of Wolkersdorf. He received a commissioned work from a Viennese pipe factory for the production of 5,000 calabash pipes, ultimately over 80,000 pieces in the following years.

In 1966 he founded his first art workshop in Wolkersdorf. Another art workshop with an associated shop was built in Bernstein in 1967. Numerous sculptures are made from noble serpentine.

The idea of ​​building a museum as a total work of art matured in Potsch. After four years of construction, Potsch created the rock museum in Bernstein, Burgenland, in 1981 . The construction was carried out exclusively with own funds.

Otto Potsch also dealt with painting. In 1983 and 1984 study trips followed with Heinrich C. Berann to Corfu, Provence and Tuscany.

On his own initiative, the former stables in Wolkersdorf Castle were converted into his castle gallery in 1986, where the artist still works today.

Insight into the inner courtyard of the residential building in Wolkersdorf in the Weinviertel

Honors, stamps

  • 2008: Golden Ring of Honor of the City of Wolkersdorf
  • 2009: Amber Philatelic Day, December 30th, 2009, stamp with motif of noble serpentine spherical ball

Works

sculpture

Sphere ball made of ivory in the rock museum in amber
  • 1957: At the age of 19, Potsch created his first spherical ball - a miracle ball made of ivory, with which he caused a sensation in specialist circles.
  • From 1957 to the present day sculptures are made from noble serpentine.
  • In the 1960s, Potsch made wooden animal sculptures for the Franz Hagenauer workshop in Vienna.
  • 1987: Potsch created the first spherical ball from noble serpentine, others followed.
  • 1988: Statue of St. Martin, Lassee, Lower Austria
  • 2006: St. Barbara made of noble serpentine, Landesmuseum Eisenstadt
  • 2017: Potsch created a sphere from Baltic amber

Ironwork

"Puppeteer Carriage" from scrap iron (1998)
  • Potsch has been making sculptures from scrap iron since 1988.
  • 1991 Don Quixote
  • 1992 sound ship
  • 1994 Corpus Christi procession
  • 1995 Mrs. Korn - The woman from the Weinviertel
  • 1998 Puppeteer Carriage in Mistelbach, on the occasion of the 20th International Puppet Days in Mistelbach
  • 1999 Wolkersdorf town fountain, on the occasion of 30 years of the township of Wolkersdorf
  • 1999 Sun from scrap iron in Bernstein, Burgenland, main square, planetary hiking trail
  • 2002 Fideler Fiedler for the municipality of Wolkersdorf
  • 2012 Hawelka memorial in Mistelbach

Inclusive photography

Inclusions in Baltic amber

From 2000 onwards, the first macro photographs of inclusions in Baltic amber were taken.

painting

Oil on linen (2009)

Many of his works are in private collections.

music

  • 2005: Sun I am your moon, CD
  • 2011: Bernstein, CD with the book Bernstein - From the beginning of time
  • 2012: Ave Maria, world premiere at the benefit concert “Ave Maria für Maira” on September 26th in St. Peter's Church in Vienna, sung by the soprano Karin Wolfsbauer

gallery

  • Sphere ball made of noble serpentine (1987)

  • Spherical sphere made of Baltic amber (2017)

  • Horse sculpture made of noble serpentine (1971)

  • "Don Quixote and Sancho Panza" from scrap iron (1991)

  • Brass instruments made from scrap iron

  • The Weinviertel woman from scrap iron (1995)

  • Ship made of scrap iron (2002)

  • Oil on canvas (1991)

Exhibitions

  • 1960: Graz, anniversary exhibition Kunstverein Steiermark
  • 1971: Zurich
  • 1984: Rome
  • 1989: Moscow
  • 1989: Kazakhstan, Alma Ata
  • 1991: Mistelbach, Barockschlössl
  • 1994: Groß-Schweinbarth, Lower Austria Museum for Folk Culture, trophy show
  • 1996: Mistelbach, Barockschlössl, sculptures made from scrap iron
  • 1996: ÖBB special train, The Rolling Gallery
  • 1996: Mariazell
  • 1998: Scheibbs, Powder Tower
  • 1998: Mistelbach, Barockschlössl, Blue-Yellow Quarter Gallery, 20th International Puppeteer Days
  • 2000: Tulln
  • 2000: Groß-Schweinbarth, Museum
  • 2001: Bad Hall, public space, legendary
  • 2002–2012: Groß-Schweinbarth, Inclusen photos
  • 2002: Biennale-Austria 2002
  • 2002: Mistelbach, Barockschlössl, solidified in amber
  • 2002: Bratislava, SK, cultural institute, frozen in amber
  • 2002: Ostrava, CZ, Tatra Museum, solidified in amber
  • 2003: St. Pölten, Landhausgalerie exhibition bridge, The search for the essential
  • 2003: Bratislava, SK, Austria Cultural center
  • 2004: Prague, Burg, Austria. Embassy
  • 2004: Brno, CZ
  • 2005: Trebic, CZ, Gallery Rear Synagogue
  • 2006: Biennale-Austria 2006
  • 2006: Schönberg / Kamp, The search for the essential
  • 2007: Koprivnice, CZ, Museum Sustal Villa
  • 2007: Rothenburg ob der Tauber, DE
  • 2008: Eisenstadt, State Museum, The Amber Magician
  • 2008: Szombathely, HU, Internat. contemporary sculpture exhibition
  • 2013: Halbturn, castle, museum, exhibition Bernstein - The Gold of the North
  • 2016, 2017: Amber, Rock Museum, special exhibition Poetry in Iron and Color
  • from 2014: Amber, rock museum, permanent exhibition Otto Potsch - Lifetime Achievement , works from 1960 to 2014
  • 2015: Maissau, Amethystwelt, special exhibition Fascination Amber - The Tears of the Gods
  • 2016: Leingarten, DE, Museum Altes Rathaus, special exhibition Amber - From the beginning of time
  • 2018: Amber, Rock Museum, "... and they do turn"

Literature (selection)

  • Otto Potsch: Trophy show. Catalog NÖ Landesmuseum, Vienna 1994, ISBN 3-85460-125-5 .
  • Otto Potsch: The Amber Magician: Frozen in all eternity. Gmeiner, Meßkirch 2003, ISBN 978-3-89977-302-6 .
  • Otto Potsch: Bernstein: From the Beginning of Time (with audio CD). Landhege, Schwaigern 2013, ISBN 978-3-943066-30-2 .

Web links

Commons : Otto Potsch  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g Otto Potsch exhibition list on basis-wien.at. Retrieved August 14, 2018.
  2. ^ Sculptures made from scrap iron , accessed on July 31, 2018.
  3. ↑ Solidified in amber , accessed July 31, 2018.
  4. ↑ Austrian Cultural center , accessed July 31, 2018.
  5. ↑ Gallery Rear Synagogue , accessed on July 31, 2018.
  6. ↑ Museum Sustal Villa , accessed on 31 July 2018th
  7. ↑ The Amber Mage , accessed July 31, 2018.
personal data
SURNAME Potsch, Otto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian artist
DATE OF BIRTH September 20, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna