Roland Peter Litzenburger

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Roland Peter Litzenburger (born October 31, 1917 in Ludwigshafen am Rhein ; † December 24, 1987 in Markdorf-Leimbach am Bodensee) was a German graphic artist, painter and sculptor.

Life

Litzenburger contracted a chronic illness as an infant during the First World War (the "cellar war"), so that in 1935 he had to break off his high school education. In 1936 he began modeling and natural drawing in Mannheim . From 1937 to 1938 he visited the Staatl because of the healthy mountain air. Technical college for wood carvers in Oberammergau . In 1939 he passed his high school diploma in the Ettal Abbey . He was refused an approved scholarship to study art for political reasons. In 1939 he was first drafted into target practice as an infantryman, and later he began studying architecture in Darmstadt . For a while he was an intern for monument preservation in Alsace and later for country house construction in Tyrol . During the Second World War the artist was drafted as a mountain hunter . After an injury and a stay in the hospital , Litzenburger was deployed in the Volkssturm .

In 1946 he settled in Oberammergau as a painter and sculptor for two years . From 1948 to 1950 he studied art education in Stuttgart, where he passed his state examination. He also studied art history and German in Freiburg . In 1952 Litzenburger finished teaching at a trade school. Since then he has worked as a freelance artist in various places. From 1964 he settled in Markdorf-Leimbach on Lake Constance.

Litzenburger designed numerous Christian watercolor motifs (e.g. several cycles on Christ as a Fool ; the Canticle of the Sun by Franz von Assisi ) and in the 1970s also dealt with environmental problems such as the fish deaths on Lake Constance (suffering Christ: "I thirst for pure water ").

In 2011 Roland Peter Litzenburger was posthumously awarded the Ike and Berthold Roland Foundation's art prize for his depictions of Christ.

Factory selection

Portal of the Twelve Apostles Church (Mannheim)
  • The Blue Christ (1950)
  • The Trinity (1952)
  • Annunciation (1957)
  • The INRI (1957)
  • The first picture of the Emmaus as a lithograph (1959)
  • The gray Christ with the signature: "And Jesus did not answer another word" (1960)
  • The Black Christ (1965)
  • Death on the Cross (1967)
  • Contergank Cross (1971)
  • Hunger Cross (1971)
  • The protective mantle Christ (1971)
  • Hostel Search (1972)
  • Crucified with (1972)
  • I Thirst for Pure Water (1974)
  • Christ the Fool (1978)
  • The Burning Up of Born Life in the 20th Century (1980)

Exhibitions

The Hague, Paris, Pittsburgh, Bad Schönbrunn, Lucerne, Berlin, Bonndorf, Frankfurt, Freiburg, Friedrichshafen, Heidelberg, Ludwigshafen, Mainz, Munich-Freising, Rosenheim, Saulgau, Sigmaringen, Stuttgart, Trier

literature

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Individual evidence

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personal data
SURNAME Litzenburger, Roland Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German graphic artist, painter and sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH October 31, 1917
PLACE OF BIRTH Ludwigshafen am Rhein
DATE OF DEATH December 24, 1987
Place of death Markdorf-Leimbach on Lake Constance