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Title:Michael Gaismair

Object name:graphic

Collection:Provincial Council of South Tyrol

In accordance with the resolution of the Council of the Autonomous Province of South Tyrol of 19 December 1979, No. 12, Art. 19 (Inventories), 106 works of art were transferred from the ownership of the Autonomous Province of Bolzano-South Tyrol to the ownership of the South Tyrolean Provincial Council in autumn 2005 as part of the movable property. The three frescoes by Karl Plattner (‘South Tyrol’), Siegfried Pörnbacher (‘The Harvest’) and Peter Fellin (‘Bridge between North and South’), which are attached to the provincial council building and are therefore immovable, have remained the property of the Autonomous Province of Bolzano-Alto Adige as ‘art in architecture’.

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Created by:Plattner, Karl (Mals, 1919-02-13 - Milan, 1986-12-08) GND Ulan Wikidata Benezit

Production date:1975

Description:Porträt des Michael Gaismair in Frontalansicht, mit breitem Hut, Riemen (für das Gewehr ?) und großem Blatt Papier, hinter einem Tisch sitzend. Im Hintergrund dicht gedrängt Stangen von Hellebarden und anderen Hieb- und Stichwaffen.

Hist. crit. notes:Michael Gaismair, (1490, Sterzing, County of Tyrol – 15 April 1532, Padua, Republic of Venice) was a leader of the German Peasants' War (1524-1525) in Tyrol and the Salzburg region. (Source: Wikipedia, retrieved on 13/12/2023, Alexandra Pan, Office for Culture)

Karl Plattner
Plattner was typically wary of making political statements through his art, and dramatic visuals were not his forte. Nevertheless, his work often carried political messages that were more veiled. […]
His 1975 "Michael Gaismair" serigraph is another of Plattner’s more political works, albeit in retrospective. Starting as a clerk in a mine near Vipiteno/Sterzing, Gaismair took the position of secretary of the Prince-Bishop of Bressanone in 1524. The following year, he led a protracted peasant uprising that escalated in time. Seen as an early champion of egalitarianism, Gaismair sought to reign in the power of the clergy and nobility. Plattner shows Gaismair facing the viewer, his eyes exuding determination. In the background are the amassed weapons of the peasantry, ready for use against their rulers. In the 19th and 20th centuries, Gaismair symbolised a certain kind of popular heroic figure (freedom fighter) who led various political movements in the fight for social justice in Europe. Plattner’s portrayal of Gaismair in the South Tyrolean Council building pays tribute to this legacy.
(Markus Neuwirth, Karl Plattner and the Provincial Council murals, in: Art in the Provincial Council of South Tyrol, Bolzano/Bozen 2024, p. 95, 97)

Material:paper

Technique:printed (screen printing)

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Physical description:Mehrfarbige Serigraphie auf Papier

Institution:Art collections of the Autonomous Province of Bolzano/Bozen – South Tyrol

Street:Department for German Culture, Andreas-Hofer-Straße | via Andreas Hofer, 1

Place:39100 Bolzano/Bozen

Country:Italy

E-mail:kultur@provinz.bz.it

Telephone:+39 0471 413360

Web:http://www.provinz.bz.it/kunst-kultur/kultur

Keyword:Figurative

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