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Details of object number: 4701030
Title:Bischof
Abt von Marienberg
Abt von Marienberg
Object name:print
Collection:Provincial Council of South Tyrol
Created by:Brunner, Joseph (Prad am Stilfser Joch / Vinschgau, 1924-02-08 - Meran/Merano, 2017-02-08)
Production date:(dated) 1983
Description:A bishop or abbot with a beard and mitre and two stars on his robe sitting on a chair with an armrest, with a church or monastery in the background.
On the lower left edge of the sheet, signed with pencil the edition ‘44/200’ on the left and ‘Ios Brunner 1983’ on the right.
From the portfolio ‘Rimpf’ with 6 prints mainly in black and white by the artists Herbert Danler, Joseph Brunner, Karl Grasser, Elmar Peintner, Robert Scherer and Luis Stefan Stecher. Edition 44/200.
On the lower left edge of the sheet, signed with pencil the edition ‘44/200’ on the left and ‘Ios Brunner 1983’ on the right.
From the portfolio ‘Rimpf’ with 6 prints mainly in black and white by the artists Herbert Danler, Joseph Brunner, Karl Grasser, Elmar Peintner, Robert Scherer and Luis Stefan Stecher. Edition 44/200.
Hist. crit. notes:Comprised of six original prints, the unique “Mappe Rimpf” portfolio hanging in the Provincial Council building has its raison d'être in a highly unusual and significant recovery operation. Dating back to at least 1220, the ancient Rimpfhöfe farmhouses near Silandro were once the property of the Marienberg Monastery, which originally leased them to a certain Rimpfer family. After sharecroppers and tenants deserted the area in the early 20th century, the centuries-old leases were terminated, and the buildings fell into disrepair. By 1910, the properties had deteriorated to the point where the rural buildings had to be placed under the administration of the Corces/Kortsch sub-municipal administration (separate administrations of civic use assets). By 1980, the Unterrimpfhof farmhouse (housing one of the oldest gothic rooms in the Val Venosta/Vinschgau valley) had become completely dilapidated. A large-scale recovery operation was initiated two years later to save the crumbling farmhouses from collapse. With renovations completed in 1983, the farmhouses finally reopened to the public in 1987. The newly refurbished buildings now served as a retreat to which artists could retire to write and paint. A group of local artists including Herbert Danler, Joseph Brunner, Karl Grasser, Elmar Peintner, Robert Scherer and Luis Stefan Stecher helped to fund the restoration project. They decided to compile a dossier of their original works to raise money and finance the restoration project. It was thus that the dossier was named the “Rimpfmappe” portfolio. Besides donating their works, the artists also performed manual labour on the construction site-hauling stones and restoring the masonry. (Markus Neuwirth, Moving between North and South, in: Art in the Provincial Council of South Tyrol, Bolzano/Bozen 2024, pp. 167)
Joseph Brunner (1924 - 2017) was born in Prato allo Stelvio/Prad am Stilfser Joch. After completing a stone sculpture course at the Lasa/Laas Technical School from 1938 to 1943 Brunner attended the Viennese Academy of Fine Arts between 1949 and 1953, studying under Franz Santifaller, Fritz Wotruba and Heimo Kuchling. Between 1953 - 1964 he made several journeys abroad, carrying out field studies in places like Venice, Florence, Rome, Naples, Sicily, Spain, France, Turkey and Greece. While his sculptures are well defined, he uses the white of his paper to achieve a linear effect in his woodcuts. In his woodcut of a church, the bishop's mitre could just as easily have been worn by an abbot. (Markus Neuwirth, Moving between North and South, in: Art in the Provincial Council of South Tyrol, Bolzano/Bozen 2024, p. 169, 188-189)
Joseph Brunner (1924 - 2017) was born in Prato allo Stelvio/Prad am Stilfser Joch. After completing a stone sculpture course at the Lasa/Laas Technical School from 1938 to 1943 Brunner attended the Viennese Academy of Fine Arts between 1949 and 1953, studying under Franz Santifaller, Fritz Wotruba and Heimo Kuchling. Between 1953 - 1964 he made several journeys abroad, carrying out field studies in places like Venice, Florence, Rome, Naples, Sicily, Spain, France, Turkey and Greece. While his sculptures are well defined, he uses the white of his paper to achieve a linear effect in his woodcuts. In his woodcut of a church, the bishop's mitre could just as easily have been worn by an abbot. (Markus Neuwirth, Moving between North and South, in: Art in the Provincial Council of South Tyrol, Bolzano/Bozen 2024, p. 169, 188-189)
Material:paper
Technique:gedruckt (Holzschnitt)
Dimensions:
- height: 23.5 cm
width: 18 cm
Physical description:Einfarbiger Holzschnitt auf Papier
Keyword:Landscape with figure