Man and landscape. Wooden figures and pictures in dialogue
Exhibition by Elisabeth Ettl and Herbert Muckenschnabl
17.03.2024 - 30.06.2024 ,
Waldgeschichtliches Museum St. Oswald (Forest History Museum St. Oswald)
Elisabeth Ettl, born in Viechtach in 1951, studied at the University of Education in Munich to become a primary school teacher, including art education, and taught at the secondary schools in Viechtach and Kollnburg until her retirement. She has dedicated herself to wood sculpture for over 20 years. Her expressionist figures, which are sawn and carved from a piece of wood, usually lime wood, and then painted in colour, often show people with an animal or flowers. Her figures, which appear archaic, express feelings and emotions that appeal to the viewer.
Born in Gotteszell in the Bavarian Forest, Herbert Muckenschnabl studied church music in Regensburg and art education in Munich. He worked as a music teacher and art teacher at a secondary school from 1972 to 2010. He has lived and worked in Schönanger in the national park community of Neuschönau since 1984. The 76-year-old is a member of the Professional Association of Visual Artists Lower Bavaria-Upper Palatinate, in 1992 he received the OBAG Cultural Promotion Prize, in 2004 the Cultural Prize of the Freyung-Grafenau district and in 2017 the Cultural Prize of the Bavarian Forest Association.
Last edited on 23.10.2024