Werner Juza

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Werner Juza (born March 22, 1924 in Rodewisch ) is a German painter, draftsman and graphic artist. He lives and works in Wachau near Radeberg . An important aspect of his work are works for churches and other public buildings.

Life

Werner Juza's signature

Juza was born on March 22, 1924 in Rodewisch in Vogtland. His father worked in the Royal Saxon State Sanatorium and Nursing Home for the Mentally Ill in Untergöltzsch . After moving to Dresden , he attended the König-Georg-Gymnasium . In 1941 he began training as an architect at the Dresden State Building School, which he had to break off in 1942 because he was called up for military service. Juza was taken prisoner of war . After the end of the war he began studying architecture in Weimar in 1946 , which he broke off in 1947 to work in an architecture office. From 1951 Juza worked as a freelance artist. The autodidact worked with the pastor and writer Karl Josef Friedrich from Seifersdorf , who supported him and gave him orders in churches that were in need of renovation and restoration due to the effects of the war. Working in the area of ​​church buildings was a niche that enabled Juza to not have to act in accordance with the state during the GDR era. This led to confrontations with government organizations, which led to the closure of exhibitions (including a joint exhibition with Hermann Naumann ) and prevented government contracts for Juza.

Juza's range of work includes drawing (pencil, pen, ballpoint pen drawings) and painting (oil, watercolor), as well as woodworking, copper driving , interior design (especially of church rooms) and the design of glass windows. Much of his work is devoted to Christian topics. Juza's works can be found in many churches, especially in Saxony, for example in the form of altarpieces. Impressions from his homeland are another theme of his work. One of his best-known works is the mural Reconciliation in the Dreikönigskirche in Dresden. Since the Saxon State Parliament had its seat in the church from 1990 to 1993, the mural became a symbol of the political new beginning in Saxony after the fall of the Wall . A reproduction of the picture was installed in the citizens' foyer of the new state parliament building .

Juza received the Saxon Constitutional Medal in 1999 from the Free State of Saxony . He is an honorary member of the Künstlerbund Dresden . The municipality of Wachau made Juza an honorary citizen in 2010 as the first inhabitant of the village . The Saxon Prime Minister Stanislaw Tillich presented him with the honorary citizenship certificate on October 12, 2010.

Works (selection)

"The sinking Peter" (1971) - wall painting made of wrought iron on the meadow house in the Saxon epilepsy center in Radeberg
Memorial plaque for Alois Andritzki in Radibor (1984)

Exhibitions (selection)

  • 1980: painting, graphics. New Dresden gallery.
  • 2004: Galerie Sillack, Dresden-Klotzsche .
  • 2010: Museum Reiterhaus , Neusalza-Spremberg .
  • 2010: 20 years of the mural “Reconciliation”. House of the Church / Dreikönigskirche, Dresden.
  • 2014: Werner Juza and Matthias Lüttig. Painting graphic photography. Museum Schloss Klippenstein , Radeberg.
  • 2918: Werner Juza. Memories. Painting & graphics. O66 Wachau. Exhibition with catalog.
  • 2019: Werner Juza. Special exhibition on the occasion of his 95th birthday, Museum Schloss Klippenstein, Radeberg.

Publications

As an author

  • Painting / graphics. In collaboration with Ingrid Wenzkat, Radeberg 2006.

As an illustrator (selection)

  • Gerhard Rostin : A star is drawn: a Christmas book. VOB Union Verlag, Berlin 1961.
  • Karl Josef Friedrich : Christian witnesses. Evangelical Publishing House, Berlin 1964.
  • Gerhard Bosinski , Paul Toaspern (ed.): Whoever wants to serve me. Evangelical Publishing House, Berlin 1978.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Werner Juza. Picture atlas Art in the GDR , accessed on March 7, 2014 .
  2. ↑ Short biography Werner Juza. Schmidt Kunstauktionen Dresden, archived from the original on April 27, 2017 ; accessed on March 7, 2014 .
  3. ↑ Ingid Wenzkat: There are big stars on the way. In: Neue Zeit , edition of December 10, 1977 ( online ).
  4. ↑ a b New exhibition in the state parliament shows the life's work of the Saxon artist Werner Juza. Saxon State Parliament, archived from the original on February 26, 2016 ; accessed on February 26, 2016 .
  5. ^ Winner of the Saxon Constitutional Medal. (PDF; 42 kB) State Parliament of Saxony, accessed on February 26, 2016 .
  6. ^ Members list. Künstlerbund Dresden, archived from the original on September 9, 2015 ; accessed on March 7, 2014 .
  7. ↑ Werner Juza: Wachau's first honorary citizen. Wachau community, archived from the original on March 4, 2016 ; accessed on March 6, 2014 .
  8. ^ The altarpiece in the Einsiedel church by Werner Juza. Heimatwerk Einsiedel, accessed on March 6, 2014 .
  9. ^ Gudrun Täubert: Art in the public space of the city of Radebeul . In: Association for Monument Preservation and New Building Radebeul (ed.): Contributions to the urban culture of the city of Radebeul . Radebeul 2002. ( online version of the object list )
  10. ↑ Lampertswalde Church. Meißen-Großenhain church district, archived from the original on March 10, 2014 ; accessed on March 6, 2014 .
  11. ↑ St. Matthew's Church. www.dresdner-stadtteile.de, accessed on March 6, 2014 .
  12. ^ Saxon landscape. Picture atlas Art in the GDR , accessed on March 6, 2014 .
  13. ^ Catholic parish of St. Franziskus Chemnitz. Retrieved April 25, 2020 .
  14. ^ Neue Dresdener Galerie (ed.): Werner Juza: Painting, graphics; Exhibition August 1–27, 1980. ( online at Google Books ).
  15. ↑ Ingrid Roßki: Kraftmeier, piercing lady and nature. In: Sächsische Zeitung , edition of July 28, 2004.
  16. ↑ Exhibition history. Neusalza-Spremberg equestrian center, accessed on March 6, 2014 .
  17. ↑ 20 years of mural> RECONCILIATION <in the Dreikönigskirche. (No longer available online.) Evangelical Lutheran Church of Saxony, archived from the original on January 25, 2011 ; accessed on March 6, 2014 .
  18. ↑ Werner Juza and Matthias Lüttig. Painting graphic photography. Museum Schloss Klippenstein, accessed on March 6, 2014 .
  19. ^ Gallery Werner Juza Side. Retrieved May 28, 2019 .
  20. ↑ Werner Juza. Museum Schloss Klippenstein, accessed on March 13, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Juza, Werner
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter
DATE OF BIRTH March 22, 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH Rodewisch