Walter Benner
Walter Benner (born October 4, 1912 in Eilendorf , † December 29, 2005 in Kelmis , Belgium ; full name Hugo Ernst Walther Benner) was a German glass painter .
Life
Benner studied from 1930 to 1933 at the Aachen School of Applied Arts and was a master student of the glass painter Wilhelm Rupprecht . From 1934 he worked as a freelance painter and technical draftsman.
In 1948, the first of its kind was the “Maria and John under the Cross” window for St. Martin's Church in Friesheim .
His most famous works are the windows of the Aachen Cathedral Choir , created between 1949 and 1951 . Together with Anton Wendling , he was commissioned in 1949 to redesign the glass windows in the choir hall that had been destroyed in the war. At around 27 meters, the tallest windows in Europe sparked heated discussions in the 1950s about the representability of Christian topics. Artistically, Benner, who painted figures, was based on models from the Middle Ages .
Walter Benner was married to the artist Marga Benner-Royé.
Works (selection)
- Stained glass window
- Aachen Cathedral , Aachen (1949–1951)
- St. Serverin , Aachen Eilendorf
- Town hall, Aachen-Eilendorf
- Senior Center St. Severin, Aachen-Eilendorf
- St. Nikolaus , Aldenhoven-Schleiden
- St. Martin, Baesweiler-Oidtweiler
- St. Peter , Bonn-Vilich
- St. Magdalena , Dortmund-Lütgendortmund
- St. Peter , Dortmund-Syburg
- St. Peter , Düren-Birkesdorf
- St. Suitbertus , Düsseldorf-Kaiserswerth (1948–55)
- St. Aldegundis , Emmerich
- St. Johannes Evangelist , Geilenkirchen-Prummer
- St. Aegidius, Hellenthal-Wolfert
- St. Marien , Herdecke (1958/60)
- St. Antonius , Herten
- St. Mary's Annunciation, Herzogenrath Bank
- St. Josef, Herzogenrath-Straß
- St. Antonius , Huertgenwald-Gey
- St. Peter, Mechernich-Berg
- St. Vitus Minster , Mönchengladbach
- St. Mary's Rosary , Mönchengladbach-Eicken
- St. Marien , Mönchengladbach-Rheydt
- St. Martini , Munster
- Town hall, Munster
- Hüfferstiftung , University of Münster
- Central Clinic , Münster
- St. Marien , Neuss (1953)
- Holy Cross , Nideggen-Wollersheim
- St. Nikolaus , Nörvenich-Rath
- Gymnasium Dionysianum , Rheine
- Cemetery, Schwalmtal-Waldniel
- St. Michael, Schwalmtal-Waldniel
- Rectory, Schwalmtal-Waldniel
- St. Wendelin, Simmerath-Woffelsbach
- St. Johann Baptist, Stolberg-Vicht
- St. Rochus, Zweifall
- St. Katharina, Willich
- St. Sebastian, Würselen
- St. Dionysius, Übach-Palenberg
literature
- Annette Jansen-Winkeln: artist between times . Volume 2. Wissenschafts-Verlag für Glasmalerei, Eitorf 1997, ISBN 3-932623-36-3 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Walter Benner in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ^ Catalog of the German National Library
- ↑ Ruth Schlotterhose: The choir window of the apse . In: Heavenly light in walls made of glass - The windows of Aachen Cathedral, Karlsverein-Dombauverein series of publications, Volume 12, Aachen 2010, p. 15.
- ^ Foundation Research Center for Glass Painting of the 20th Century eV
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Benner, Walter |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German glass painter |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 4, 1912 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Eilendorf |
DATE OF DEATH | December 29, 2005 |
Place of death | Kelmis , Belgium |