Wilhelm Nicolaus Prachensky

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Wilhelm Nicolaus Prachensky (born January 23, 1898 in Innsbruck ; † March 11, 1956 there ) was an Austrian painter , graphic artist and architect .

Life

After attending the State Trade School in Innsbruck from 1913 to 1916 and doing military service, Prachensky studied painting from 1918 to 1921 at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich under Angelo Jank . He then worked as a painter, draftsman and commercial artist in Innsbruck. From the 1930s onwards, like his older brother Theodor Prachensky, he also turned to architecture. He was drafted during World War II and had to do military service in Poland and France. After the war he was involved in reconstruction projects. From 1946 to 1955 he formed a working group with his nephew Hubert Prachensky . His son Markus Prachensky worked as a painter and graphic artist in Vienna .

Prachensky was versatile, he painted landscapes and portraits and played a decisive role in the development of modernism in Tyrol. As a graphic artist, he designed, among other things, posters for tourism. In 1925, together with Leo Sebastian Humer , Ernst Nepo , Hans Andre , Franz Santifaller and others, he founded the artist group “Die Waage”, which among other things organized the traveling exhibition “Tyrolean Artists”, which was shown with great success in numerous German cities in 1925/26 . In addition to his graphic work, Prachensky designed buildings and furniture and designed interiors, including for hotels and cinemas.

Works (selection)

Fresco on the war memorial in Roppen
  • Interior, Grand Hotel (today: Parkhotel) Kitzbühel , 1924
  • Interior fittings (paneled room), Gasthaus Weißes Rössl, Gries am Brenner , 1927
  • Thöny residential and commercial building, Innsbruck- Pradl , 1929/30
  • Design of cups and bowls for the 1933 FIS competitions
  • Reconstruction and interior design, Grandhotel Groebner, Gossensaß , 1933
  • Reconstruction and facade design, house Maria-Theresien-Str. 25, Innsbruck, 1933 (with Theodor Prachensky)
  • Schneider residence, Seefeld , 1933
  • Redesign of the central cinema, Innsbruck, 1935–37
  • Soldier returning home, 1940 (published as the cover of the Bergland periodical . Illustrated alpine monthly magazine 11/12, Nov./Dec. 1940)
  • Fresco on the war memorial in Roppen , 1953
  • Barbara Chapel at the Tux magnesite mine , 1953

Web links

Commons : Wilhelm Nicolaus Prachensky  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ I. Dollinger, Wiesauer: Gasthof Weisses Rössl. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved February 4, 2016 .
  2. ↑ Thöny residential and commercial building. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved March 12, 2016 .
  3. ^ Felmayer, Wiesauer: Business and residential buildings. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved September 9, 2015 .
  4. ↑ Carl Kraus , Hannes Obermair (ed.): Myths of dictatorships. Art in Fascism and National Socialism - Miti delle dittature. Art nel fascismo e nazionalsocialismo . South Tyrolean State Museum for Cultural and State History Castle Tyrol, Dorf Tirol 2019, ISBN 978-88-95523-16-3 , p. 140–141 (with ill.) .
  5. ↑ Chapel by the magnesite works, Chapel of St. Barbara, Barbarakapelle, Schrofenkapelle. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved March 12, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Prachensky, Wilhelm Nicolaus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian painter, graphic artist and architect
DATE OF BIRTH January 23, 1898
PLACE OF BIRTH innsbruck
DATE OF DEATH March 11, 1956
Place of death innsbruck