Anton Hafner (painter)

Anton Hafner , also called Toni Hafner (born October 26, 1912 in Maria Lankowitz ; † April 7, 2012 in Eibiswald ), was an Austrian painter and composer . In 1955 he signed the sgraffito at the Barmherzigen Brothers in Graz with "TH A ".

Life

Anton Hafner comes from a family of craftsmen, his musical and painterly talent was discovered in his childhood. At the age of 17 he started at the regional art school in Graz in 1929 , and from 1931 he studied at the art academy in Vienna with Hans Larwin , Carl Fahringer , Wilhelm Dachauer and Karl Sterrer . In 1937 he lived in Rome for a year, after his return he became organist at the Maria Lankowitz pilgrimage church. He remained the choirmaster in Maria Lankowitz for over 40 years. He composed offerings for Christmas , Easter and Pentecost .

Anton Hafner's father was Mayor of Maria Lankowitz from 1934 to 1938. He and his family were opponents of National Socialism , which is why Anton Hafner was attacked and beaten up in June 1938. He was supposed to be taken to the Dachau concentration camp , but was able to escape and spend the following time as a miner in a lead mine in Holzappel an der Lahn . From 1939 to 1941 he worked in Neisse and met his first wife Magda, after which he was a soldier in the German Wehrmacht. After a few months in American captivity, he resumed his artistic activity in 1946.

The community Eibiswald became his home through his second wife Luise Partl. He died there in the Perisutti nursing home and was buried on April 11, 2012 at Maria Lankowitz's cemetery.

One of his main works is the 400 m² ceiling painting in the Wieser parish church . This work was created in 1956, it contains 140 figures and deals with Anton Bruckner's Te Deum .

Works

Dome fresco in the parish church of the Crucified Savior in Wies
Fresco in the side chapel (cross altar) in the pilgrimage church of Maria Lankowitz
Way of the Cross in the pilgrimage church Maria Lankowitz
5 tablets of saints in the churchyard of the pilgrimage church Maria Lankowitz
Sgraffiti at the rectory in Deutschlandsberg at the portal of the Lazarist monastery in Graz
The approximately 6 m high sgraffito by Johannes von Gott from 1955 at the Barmherzigen Brothers in Graz was transferred by truck crane from the west wall of the hospital's operating wing to the north wall of the refectory of the monastery in 2006.
Altarpiece of the parish church of St. Maria Magdalena in Völkermarkt
Ceiling painting of the parish church in Rachau
High altar painting in the Wenigzell parish church

Wall paintings of the parish church of St. Stephan in Gratkorn

Stations of the Cross in the Graz-Gösting parish church

Stations of the Cross in the parish church Pölfing-Brunn

Altar sheet for the Lieboch parish church

Madonna (lime wood) parish church Lieboch

Oil paintings and fresco in the parish church of St. Martin in the Sulmtal

Painting in the Church of the Fourteen Holy Helpers of the Brothers of Mercy in Graz-Algersdorf

Wall painting in the vestibule of the prelature of Admont Abbey ; four ceiling paintings in the new Admont Abbey Archives; St. Hemma pictures for the Admont Abbey

Protective mantle Madonna at the house of the former Federal Chancellor Alfons Gorbach in Wörschach

numerous portraits of religious and public figures in Austria and Germany

numerous compositions for festivals of the Roman Catholic Church

numerous wayside shrines and wayside chapels in western Styria, z. B. the Steinbauer wayside shrine in Lasselsdorf 55, Stainz municipality

1960: Ceiling painting in the parish church of St. Ulrich in Greith

Publications

with Alfred Seebacher-Mesaritsch (Ed.): T. Hafner. A Styrian artist. Illustrations by Toni Hafner. Illustrated book. Verlag für Collectors, Graz 1992, ISBN 3-85365-104-6 .

Web links

Commons : Anton Hafner - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Austria Forum

Individual evidence

↑ On the death of akad. Painter Toni Hafner. In: Weststeirische Rundschau. April 13, 2012. Volume 85, No. 15, p. 12.
^ Description ( memento of April 9, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) of the Church of St. Martin
^ Description of the church.
↑ Winfried Bräunlich, Dieter Weiss: Signs on the way. Religious small monuments in the communities Georgsberg, Rassach, Stainztal and Stallhof. Verlag Simadruck, Stainz 2012, p. 88.

personal data
SURNAME	Hafner, Anton
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Hafner, Toni
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian painter and composer
DATE OF BIRTH	October 26, 1912
PLACE OF BIRTH	Maria Lankowitz
DATE OF DEATH	April 7, 2012
Place of death	Eibiswald

[1] On the death of akad. Painter Toni Hafner. In: Weststeirische Rundschau. April 13, 2012. Volume 85, No. 15, p. 12.

[2] Description ( memento of April 9, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) of the Church of St. Martin

[3] Description of the church.

[4] Winfried Bräunlich, Dieter Weiss: Signs on the way. Religious small monuments in the communities Georgsberg, Rassach, Stainztal and Stallhof. Verlag Simadruck, Stainz 2012, p. 88.