Thomas Resetarits

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2003: Sculptor Thomas Resetarits unveils his work "Burgenland Croats" on the European Wall in Kaisersteinbruch .

Thomas Resetarits (born November 25, 1939 in Stinatz , Burgenland ) is an Austrian sculptor.

life and work

Thomas Resetarits (Tome Rešetarić) was born to Franjo and Justina Resetarits, who belonged to the Croatian minority in Austria. During school he began to carve wooden figures. From 1955 he attended an apprenticeship as a stone sculptor at the workers' secondary school in Graz. In 1957 he passed the journeyman's examination as a stone sculptor. In 1958 he worked in this profession in Vienna and later for a stone industry company in Salzburg. In 1964 he passed his master craftsman examination in Vienna. From 1965 to 1967 he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna.

After his marriage to the elementary school teacher Herta Flasch, Resetarits has been working as a freelance sculptor since 1966. He made trips to Rome, Hungary, Croatia, Germany, Mexico, USA, Africa, India, New Guinea, South America, South Africa and China. In Kassel, Resetarits became a member of the "Friedhof und Denkmal" working group.

He works in stone, wood and bronze. From 1970 he received numerous commissions from the Diocese of Eisenstadt for altar and stations of the cross. Between 1974 and 1976 he was involved in the rehabilitation of the Eisenstadt prison with an arts education activity. From 1990 he started designing glass windows and mainly took on commissioned works in the sacred area as well as sculptures for public spaces. In 1995 he received the first prize at the first workshop in Trausdorf , Burgenland. He lives and works in Wortberg , Burgenland.

Works in public space (selection)

Way of the Cross on Kalvarienberg (Kegalberg) in Rohrbach near Mattersburg
  • 1966: Crucifixion group, sandstone - Rohrbach ad Lafnitz, Styria
  • 1970: Altar relief, oak wood - Höll in Burgenland
  • 1971: Altar relief, oak wood - glassworks near Lockenhaus, Burgenland
  • 1974: Marble design of the chancel , Stegersbach parish church , Burgenland
  • 1976: Design of the chancel of the hospital chapel in Güssing, Burgenland
  • 1980: Madonna in protective cloak at the portal of St. Martin's Cathedral (Eisenstadt) , Burgenland
  • 1981: St. Florian statue, limestone - Neudorf near Parndorf / Novo Selo, Burgenland
  • 1981: Winged altar, linden wood - Oberschützen, Burgenland
  • 1983: 15 Stations of the Cross from Stein - Woppendorf , Burgenland
  • 1985: fountain, marble - Hart / St. Peter b. Graz, Styria
  • 1987: Bronze sculpture "Kontakt", 4 m high, Bernstein car park, B 50
  • 1988: Risen man, bronze, Huisza tomb, Neudorf near Parndorf / Novo Selo, Burgenland
  • 1988: Triptych at the Canon House in Eisenstadt, Burgenland
  • 1990: Design of the chancel in the branch church Sulz in Burgenland
  • 1991: Way of the Cross, wood - Kleinpetersdorf branch church, Burgenland
  • 1991: Chancel design, cherry wood - Catholic parish church Pinkafeld , Burgenland
  • Design of the chancel of the St. Vinzenz monastery chapel , Pinkafeld, Burgenland
  • 1994: Life-size Stations of the Cross, Limestone - Donnerskirchen, Burgenland
  • 1996: Way of the Cross, granite, Kegalberg next to the parish church - Rohrbach near Mattersburg, Burgenland
  • 1996: Chancel design, wood - Schwarzenbach, Lower Austria
  • 1999: Chancel design, marble - Heiligenkreuz
Stone relief for "Burgenland Croats" in Kaisersteinbruch
  • 2000: Chancel design, serpentinite - Badersdorf
  • 2003: Kreuzweg, Holz, Neudorf near Parndorf / Novo Selo, Burgenland
  • 2003: 6th European Symposium , Europabrunnen, Kaisersteinbruch1 2003
  • 2004: Way of the Cross over the border, St. Emmerichskirche, Hungary
  • 2007: Design of the chancel, Rust, Burgenland

Exhibitions (selection)

  • 1992: Solo exhibition, Hartberg District Authority
  • 1999: Workshop in Trausdorf with exhibition (also in 2004 and 2006)
  • 2001: Solo exhibition in the Oberschützen cultural center
  • 2005: Art axis Oberschützen, Burgenland (also 2007)

Book illustrations

  • 1976: Woodcuts: Slicice , P. Jandrisevic
  • 1977: Linocuts: Stinatzer Hochzeit , Dr. Leo Stubits
  • 1983: Linocuts: Christmas is every day , Dr. J. Frank, Morsak Verlag, ISBN 978-387553213-5
  • 1987: Woodcuts (hand print): S licem prema narodu, (With the face to the people), Augustin Blazovic, Hrvatsko štamparsko društvo
  • 1988: Woodcuts: Krizniput , by Pastor J. Zakall
  • 1990: You stay with us. A way of the cross , Josef Dirnbeck , ISBN 978-3-70221743-3
  • 2003: Woodcuts: Die Sandalen des Moses , Alfons Jestl, Verlag publication PNº1 (Library of the Province of Weitra), ISBN 3-85252-551-9
  • 2007: Drawings: Die Fee im Kirschbaum , Alfons Jestl, publisher publication PNº1 (library of the province of Weitra), ISBN 978-3-85252-746-8

literature

  • Agnezia-Maria Tincul: Burgenland sculptors using the example of Wander Bertoni , Rudolf Kedl , Peter Paszkiewicz and Thomas Resetarits. Term paper to obtain the qualification to teach art education at compulsory schools at the Pedagogical Academy of the Diocese of Graz-Seckau. Graz, June 1998.
  • Franjo Maletić: Tko je tko u Hrvatskoj. Golden Marketing, 1993, ISBN 978-9-53616800-2 , p. 631.
  • Burgenland Provincial Government - Section 7 / State Museum (ed.): Burgenland intersection. Paths of Art into the 21st Century, WAB Vol. 145, Eisenstadt 2012, p. 200.

Web links

Commons : Thomas Resetarits  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ June 9, 2003 6th European Symposium Kaisersteinbruch . In Helmuth Furch , Historisches Lexikon Kaisersteinbruch 2004. 3:00 p.m. Presentation v. 5 country plates at the European fountain: MALTA Caruana Gabriel BURGENLAND-KROATEN ResetaritsThomas
personal data
SURNAME Resetarits, Thomas
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rešetarić, Tome
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH November 25, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Stinatz