Wilfried Senoner

Wilfried Senoner (born January 20, 1945 in Ortisei in Val Gardena ; † March 26, 1999 ) was a South Tyrolean artist and sculptor .

Life

After completing the art school in Ortisei and training in his father's workshop, he went to Milan in 1964, where he studied at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera under the direction of the sculptors Marino Marini , Francesco Messina and Alik Cavaliere . After four years of study, he was awarded the master's degree in sculpture and art history. During his studies he also visited several painters and studios in order to perfect himself in painting. Between 1972 and 1974 he worked for an architect in Augsburg . When he returned to Val Gardena, he taught at the Ortisei art school. After ten years of teaching, he started his own business as a freelance artist.

He mainly designed altars , sacred art , which he made himself in wood, bronze or stone. Works by Senoner can be seen in churches in Europe.

Create

Among his greatest altars in Germany include

1984 Church design in Schönbrunn (Dachau)
1985/7 main altar and folk altar in arch (height 8 m)
1986/7 Main altar and people's altar St. Laurentius (Eschenbach in der Oberpfalz) (height 14 m)
1988 2 side altars in Pollenfeld (height 7 m)
1985/90 interior design in Rothenkirchen (15 m × 9 m)

Exhibitions

1967 Circle for Art and Culture, Ortisei - sculpture and painting
1972 Piccola Galleria, Brescia - painting and sculpture
1972 Willy Gallery, Vilpian - sculpture
1972 Circle for Art and Culture, Ortisei - outdoor sculpture
1980 Galleria Piccinini, cortina d'Ampezzo - three-dimensional images
1984 Galleria Mazzini 3, Montecchio di Pesaro - sculpture
1985 Circle for Art and Culture, Ortisei (with Heini Unterhofer) - color and sound
1987 Atelier Rudi Oberrauch, Bolzano - sculpture
1987 Galerie Pobitzer, Meran - sculpture and graphics
1989 Galleria Michelangelo, Florence - painting
1989 Galleria S. Francesco, Assisi - Nativity scene
1990 elementary school, St. Magdalena / Villnöss - painting
2001 Memorial exhibition, Katzenzungen Castle, Prissian - painting and sculpture

Collective exhibitions

1966 Palazzo Comunale, Abbiategrasso - graphics
1967 Galleria Permanente, Milan - sculpture
1967 Galleria delle Ore, Milan - graphics and sculpture
1968 Galleria delle Ore, Milan - graphics and sculpture
1970 First art gallery, Gersthofen / Augsburg - sculpture
1972 Stadtturmgalerie, Innsbruck - graphics
1973 “The Great Swabian”, Augsburg - three-dimensional images
1975 Piccola Galleria, Brescia - sculpture
1977 Ruhrland Museum, Essen - Sculpture
1978 Circle for Art and Culture, Ortisei - outdoor sculpture
1979 Circle for Art and Culture, Ortisei - graphics and sculpture
1981 Palais Palffy, Vienna - three-dimensional painting
1981 Galleria Bevilacqua la Masa, Palazzo Correr, Venice
1981 Galleria Aleph, Milan - three-dimensional painting
1982 Center International d'Art contemporain, Paris
1983 Prösels Castle, Völs - three-dimensional painting and sculpture
1983 Expo Arte, Bari - sculpture and painting
1984 Circle for Art and Culture, Ortisei - Sculpture
1984 Galleria Mazzini 3, Montecchio di Pesaro - sculpture
1986 Gallery Museum, Bolzano - sculpture competition
1987 Art gallery, Bolzano - sculpture and painting
1989 Prisma Gallery, Bolzano - sculpture competition
1989 Palazzo Comunale, Assisi - sculpture
1990 cultural center, Weißenstein - sculpture
1990 cultural center, Steinmannwald - sculpture
1990 Palazzo Gementi, Bardolino - sculpture
1994 Arena, Verona - sculpture
1995 Collegio Cairoli, Pavia - sculpture
1996 Trostburg, Waidbruck - sculpture

literature

Eva Senoner, Leander Moroder. Wilfried Senoner. Opres. Istitut Ladin Micurà de Rü 2001. ISBN 8881710323

Web links

official homepage
Senones carving wood Video on YouTube (Italian)

personal data
SURNAME	Senoner, Wilfried
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Italian artist and sculptor (South Tyrol)
DATE OF BIRTH	January 20, 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH	Ortisei in Val Gardena
DATE OF DEATH	March 26, 1999