Viktor Eichler (sculptor)
Viktor Eichler (born February 20, 1897 in Friedland in Bohemia ; † November 8, 1969 in Bonn ) was a German sculptor .
Life
Viktor Eichler received his training in Vienna at the Graphische Lehr- und Versuchsanstalt and then studied at the Academy of Fine Arts , where he was a master student of Ferdinand Andri from 1919 to 1925 .
After the Second World War he lived in Bonn until his death, where he worked as a sculptor in the reconstruction of the old Catholic Church of Peace, today's St. Cyprians Church .
Motivation
One of his consistent motifs was the connection between humans and animals, which is also evident in the portal sculpture "Christ as the Good Shepherd" at the Church of St. Cyprian in Bonn.
Works
- Portal relief and bronze door of St. Cyprian Church in Bonn (approx. 1957)
- Pietà in St. Cyprian's Church Bonn (approx. 1957)
- Bust of the SPD chairman Erich Ollenhauer (around 1960)
Awards
- 1966: Sudeten German Culture Prize for Fine Art and Architecture
- 1967: Liebieg Medal from the Reichenberg home district in Augsburg
Individual evidence
- ↑ Viktor Aschenbrenner: Fertile legacy. 20 years of the Sudeten German Culture Prize . Verlagshaus Sudetenland, 1974, p.
- ^ A b Kurt Pursch: St. Cyprian Bonn . Will and way of a Catholic parish of the old Catholics in the shape of their church. Bonn 1967
- ↑ Werner Vetter: Viktor Eichler . In Sudetendeutscher Kulturalmanach , Bogen-Verlag, 1962, p. 216
- ↑ Group photo with sculptor Viktor Eichler and SPD chairman Erich Ollenhauer , accessed on October 27, 2015
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Eichler, Viktor |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 20, 1897 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Friedland in Bohemia |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 8, 1969 |
| Place of death | Bonn |