Technical college for arts and crafts and design Elbigenalp

The technical school for arts and crafts and design Elbigenalp is located in the municipality of Elbigenalp in the Reutte district in the Lechtal in Tyrol . The vocational art school for handicrafts and design of the association for commercial wood sculpting Elbigenalp is a technical school with public rights .

history

The painter, lithographer and local researcher Anton Falger founded a drawing school in his home town of Elbigenalp as early as 1835 . In the period up to 1876, Falger taught over 100 students, including a niece of the famous painter Joseph Anton Koch from Elbigenalp, Anna Stainer-Knittel , who subsequently worked as a painter in Innsbruck and went down in literary history as Geierwally .

From this drawing school a drawing and stucco school (1877-1914) developed for the traveling craftsmen from the Lechtal , who worked in the whole of southern Germany and western Austria, especially in church buildings, but also in town houses.

In the interwar period (1926–1938), carving courses were also offered in Elbigenalp by the artist Benno Bischof from the neighboring community of Häselgehr .

In 1951 the well-known wood sculptor Rudolf Geisler-Moroder sen. On behalf of the Province of Tyrol, the then private, free art school Schnitzschule Elbigenalp , which offered a three-year training in wood carving .

In 1957, the Elbigenalp wood carving school (see below) was founded.

In 1983 this school was granted public rights and was thus placed on an equal footing with the Austrian federal schools . The curricula were brought into line with the Austrian state education system for vocational middle and high schools , and the teachers were employed or taken over as federal teachers.

The old training (without public rights) was continued and ended until 1986 under the direction of the Tyrolean artist and master wood sculptor Kassian Erhart .

From 1983 to 1986 Karl Jäger headed the new training (with public rights). Robert Maldoner took over the overall management in 1986 until his death in 2013. The artistic focus of the new sculptor training (according to the new BMS curriculum for Elbigenalp not only for wood, but also for stone carving) was carried out by the Tyrolean stone and wood sculptor from 1985 Anton Baumgartner helped shape.

In addition to the traditional branch of sculpture training, training in gilding and sign making has also been based in Elbigenalp since 1989.

Sponsorship

Since 1957, the school has been sponsored by the Elbigenalp Commercial Wood Sculpture Association (previously: Elbigenalp Carving School Association ), which is largely chaired by the State of Tyrol. Further members are the state of Vorarlberg, the Tyrol Chamber of Commerce , the Tyrol Chamber of Agriculture and the Elbigenalp community . This association takes care of the equipment, buildings and house staff. The teachers are supervised and paid for by the Federal Ministry of Education in accordance with public law .

Training and degrees

Artistic branches

Today the school offers two artistic branches in a 4-year course, namely on the one hand:

Sculpture , which not only (as before) includes wood, but also stone and metal sculpture (from 2016 with a new curriculum), and on the other hand
Gilding and sign production (expiring until 2019 = last completion), which will be replaced by
Gilding , (craft) painting and font design .

Apprenticeship degrees and professional qualifications

In parallel, (de facto) be final examinations offered. In addition, access to the Austrian master craftsman examination is made much easier, and parts of it are recognized. This applies to the trades:

Wood sculptor (apprenticeship) ;
Stonemason (apprenticeship) ;
Lettering design and advertising technology (apprenticeship) (formerly: sign manufacturer).

In addition, when a company is founded, the technical college degree is recognized as a so-called proficiency test, at least in the theoretical part.

Teacher

Anton Baumgartner (in Elbigenalp 1986-2006)
Kassian Erhart (in Elbigenalp 1978–1986, most recently director for the "free" wood carving training that is to be discontinued)
Josef Jehle (in Elbigenalp 1987-2016)
Rudolf Geisler-Moroder senior (in Elbigenalp 1951–1988)
Rudolf Geisler-Moroder junior (from 1979)
Robert Maldoner (in Elbigenalp 1988–2008).

Graduates

From this artistic training in Elbigenalp, some internationally recognized artists and sculptors emerged, such as Manuel Egger-Budemair, Alois Fasching, Simon Hafele, Manfred Hellweger, Daniel Nikolaus Kocher, Gabriel Köfler, David Köfler, Leonard Lorenz , Helmut Narr, Peter Niedertscheider , Horst Pali, Gabriel Rauchegger, Erich Ruprechter, Ernst Schnöller, Alois Weiskopf, and many others.

literature

Dietmar Rossmann: Elbigenalp carving school. Diploma thesis University of Innsbruck 1997.
Martin Rasper: Wood sculptor from Elbigenalp , in: Merian, 57th volume, issue 2/2004 (Tyrol), also online , queried January 1, 2017.
Rudolf Geisler-Moroder junior: a changing profession. The identity crisis and the search for a new self-confidence in wood carving. Diploma thesis Vocational Education Academy Innsbruck 2007.
Felix Josef, Hans Sturm, Barry John Hewson: A research trip through the Austrian educational landscape in the field of art, craft and design. Surveys and analyzes to ensure the quality of training in “art schools” in the vocational school system. Study carried out on behalf of the BMUKK by the Private University of the Creative Industries , Vienna 2008, also online , requested on December 14, 2016.

Web links

Web presence of the Elbigenalp technical school

Individual evidence

↑ Information on the migrant work of plasterers in Tyrol , requested on December 26, 2016.

↑ Note on wood carver Benno Bischof ( memento of the original from December 26, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.

↑ Information on the history of the Elbigenalp school ( memento of the original dated December 29, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed December 29, 2016. @1@ 2

↑ In 2016 the training branches and curricula of the technical, commercial and arts and crafts institutions were redesigned by ordinance of the Ministry of Education , see Curriculum Reform Ordinance 2016 , queried December 30, 2016.

↑ Successful completion of an Austrian BMHS is considered to be the completion of an Austrian vocational school , replaces the theoretical part of the final apprenticeship examination mentioned above, and replaces or shortens the otherwise necessary apprenticeship period (from 3-4 to a maximum of 1 year (s)) until the examination begins. However, a final apprenticeship examination according to Austrian trade law has to be passed.