Sacred art - Austria / II. Republic of Austria 2010 - 100 Euro Cent

Of the voices that correctly recognized Jakob Adlhart's crucifix in its significance for the Christian art in Austria renewed in Expressionism, quoted the writer Josef August Lux (1871-1947): "The simple, monumental hall of the Benedictine is filled with the saints Showers that emanate the famous larger-than-life crucifix, a work by young master Adlhart in Hallein, onto the observers who move in prayer. Thousands of art pilgrims from all over the world have passed through this hall, shaken by the poignant sermon of this painful man and his sorrowfully mild countenance, which is deeply bent on the observer. In the face of this new work, well-known connoisseurs have announced that they can now believe in a religious revival of art. "The Kollekkreuz, which is now also called" Adlhart Cross "after its creator, hangs since 1926 - only briefly interrupted between 1941 and 1945 - at that place in the foyer of the Kolleg St. Benedikt, the third monastery courtyard of the Archabbey of St. Peter in Salzburg, for which Jakob Adlhart created it. On the history of its origins: St. Peter's Abbey in Salzburg had been headed by Father Petrus Klotz since December 1922 as abbot; this commissioned the German architect Peter Behrens to build the third courtyard of St. Peter's pen as a college St. Benedict. It was to serve as a study house for theology students of the German-speaking world - a structural prerequisite for rebuilding the University of Salzburg. Behrens planned for the foyer a cubist cross sculpture of the German sculptor Ludwig Gies, which, however, displeased. Now the archivist directed Dr. Franz Martin the attention to the Halleiner workshops for church art of the father Jakob Adlhart, which just Abt. Klotz had been commissioned to restore three monumental altar figures by Andreas Lackner from the former Abtenauer altar. The young Jakob Adlhart, born on April 1, 1898 in Munich, returned from his apprenticeship with Prof. Anton Hanak in 1923 and was full of creative energy. His cross model pleased - and the order was issued. Jakob Adlhart created it in the Halleiner workshop, Burgfried 5, where he was assisted by the two "Hanaks" Roland von Bohr and Arthur Rauch. The third artist was Anton Faistauer (1887-1930); He painted the frescoes on the east and south facades of the Kolleghof. Prof. Dr. Adolf Hahnl