Pius Frank

Pius Frank (born June 18, 1960 in Waldhausen im Strudengau ) is an Austrian artist . He created the European Peace Rose Waldhausen and initiated the Peace Prize of the same name .

Life and career

Pius Frank completed an apprenticeship as a blacksmith and locksmith and qualified through intensive further training to become a blacksmith, locksmith and welding master as well as an apprentice welder.

Since 1987 he has been passing on his knowledge and skills as a course leader in the welding center of the WIFI Sankt Pölten and later also in Innsbruck , Linz , Perg , Salzburg and Vienna .

While working with various metal techniques such as metal driving , artistic welding, flame cutting , melting , joints and soldering , metal pictures , metal portraits and other objects were created. In addition to modern designs, works on sacred themes were also developed (e.g. Jesus' Way of the Cross).

He lives with his wife Christa and five children in Nöchling in the Waldviertel in Lower Austria .

Exhibitions

• Artist, amateur artist, Nöchling (2000)
• Time in transition, Greisinghof near Tragwein (2000/2001)
• Objects of Peace, Waldhausen im Strudengau (2002)

• Market festival Nöchling
• Picture exhibitions in Linz (Maintech 1998), Marbach an der Donau (2005) and Melk
• State Horticultural Show Bad Hall (2005)
• Christmas exhibitions in Lamberg Castle in Steyr and St. Martin am Ybbsfelde
• Pasture Festival at Soßhof (2005)

Works

• Sculpture in the Nöchlinger Einegnungskapelle (joint work with Theodor Rumetshofer from St. Georgen am Walde )
• Heart image for the minor basilica in Maria Taferl
• The crucified one (2003)
• Monstrance (2004)
• Melker Kreuz for the Melk Chamber of Commerce building (2005)
• Municipal coat of arms of the municipality of Hürm
• Peace sacrificial candlestick for the church Sankt Anna im Felde in Pöggstall
• Deanery Cross for the Deanery Maria Taferl in Nöchling
• Metal picture New office building of the community of Nöchling (driving work, 1988)
• Metal picture of the new company premises (Ökofen)
• The Way of the Cross of Jesus in 15 stations on the outskirts of Steyr (2006)
• Friedensrose Waldhausen (see also exhibition Objects of Peace in Waldhausen 2002)
• Metal murals
• Candle holder for the parish churches of Traunstein and Nöchling

Peace Rose Initiative

On the occasion of the Upper Austrian State Exhibition in Waldhausen im Strudengau, Pius Frank created the 2.7 meter high European Peace Rose made of metal with three buds made of chrome-nickel steel, which is attached to a Danube stone with countless steel roots.

The sculpture was initially installed in the Waldhausen collegiate church for a year and was transferred to the collegiate grounds in front of the church in 2003.

Frank's vision of giving three small peace roses every two years to people or groups who work for peace , justice and the integrity of creation was first realized in 2005. Further awards were in 2007 and 2010. The Peace Rose Prize 2013 was advertised across Europe.

media

• Painting with a welding torch , Niederösterreichische Nachrichten, week 06/2011, p. 44.
• Address by the initiator Pius Frank at the first Peace Rose Awards ceremony on May 15, 2005 You Tube Film

Web links

• Homepage Pius Frank Metalldesign