Ferch, Franz
Banat Designer & Artist
Franz Ferch was born on 4 September 1900 in Rudolfsgnad, Banat. He attended elementary school in Perjamosch and then the Cadet School in Traiskirchen near Vienna. From 1922-1923, he studied interior design and interior design at the School of Applied Arts in Dresden. From 1925-1927, he studied at the Munich Academy of Art. Afterwards returning to Banat, he worked in Timisoara Künstlerhaus, where he also had several exhibitions. Here he developed a fruitful activity. Still under the influence of neo-Romanticism in Munich created the monumental painting, The Watch and the prayers of the ancestors, two large dimension historical pictures, influenced from the settlement period of the Banat Swabians, the latter by the Stefan Jäger Immigration triptych, is the foundation of the community Bogarosch. A request for the image of the artist in 1930 on an exhibition Timisoara the first prize.
Bilder aus dem Banat : Franz Ferch – Mensch und Werk
“Images from the Banat : Franz Ferch – Man and Work” Publisher: Berlin [inter alia]: Westkreuz-Verl.; 1991
Reprint; Pages: 108 p.; Language: German
Literature:
- “Franz Ferch – ein großer Banater Maler”, v. Hans Bohn, aus “Temeswar / Temeschburg”, Herausgeber: HOG Temeswar, 1994 Karlsruhe – “Franz Ferch – ein großer Maler Banater, v. Hans Bohn, aus “Temeswar / Temeschburg”, Herausgeber: HOG Temeswar, 1994 Karlsruhe
- “Franz Ferch und seine Banater Welt”, v. Franz Heinz, Verlag Südostdeutsches Kulturwerk, 1988 München – “Franz Ferch Banater und seine Welt, v. Franz Heinz Südostdeutsches Kulturwerk Verlag, Munich 1988
- “Franz Ferch – Mensch und Werk / Bilder aus dem Banat”, v. Walter Engel und Franz Heinz, Westkreuz-Verlag Berlin / Bonn, 1991 Berlin – “Franz Ferch – Mensch und Werk / Bilder aus dem Banat”, v. Walter Engel und Franz Heinz Westkreuz-Verlag Berlin / Bonn, Berlin 1991
Photo Credit:
- Foto Franz Ferch, Fotosammlung: H. – Photo Franz Ferch, Fotosammlung H. Kremper-Fackner Kremper-Fackner
- “Die Hauensteiner” v.Franz Ferch, Fotosammlung: H. Kremper-Fackner – “Die Hauensteiner” v.Franz Ferch, Fotosammlung H. Kremper-Fackner
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