Dieter Läpple (artist)

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Dieter Läpple (born November 26, 1938 in Oberheimbach , Maienfels municipality , Württemberg ; † March 6, 2019 ) was a German sculptor and art educator .

Joy , 1966, in front of the Rosa Parks School in Hanover (photo 2012)

Life

Pirate fountain from 1975 in Heilbronn-Böckingen (2008)

Dieter Läpple passed his Abitur examination in Heilbronn in 1958 . From 1958 to 1963 studied with Rudolf Daudert at the State Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart and began an apprenticeship as a stonemason in 1960 .

In 1963 and 1964 Läpple was assistant at the chair for modeling and life drawing at the Technical University of Braunschweig . As a freelance artist, he worked in Hanover from 1965 to 1970 .

In 1965 he won the competition to design the Käthchen fountain in Heilbronn. His figure of Käthchens von Heilbronn , created for the fountain, caused a long controversy among the population, which was reflected in numerous letters to the editor to the Heilbronn voice . The fountain was dismantled in 1989, the figure was still installed in Heilbronn, but was removed from its location at the meat store in autumn 2013 due to a construction site and stored in the old milk farm until further notice . Since September 2016, the sculpture has been located very close to its original location, between the Neckar, Marrahaus and Fleischhaus.

Läpple lived and worked in Heilbronn since 1971. Many of his works were displayed in public spaces in the city and the surrounding area. In Heilbronn he also runs the Heilbronn Academy of Fine Arts - Dieter Läpple , where you can complete classical training with a diploma as a painter and sculptor.

In 2009 Läpple “buried” “ modern art ” and turned back to the form of expression of the fine arts .

In 2011 Läpple was seen in the RTL program "Mitten im Leben", in which his relationship with a Thai woman was discussed.

Exhibitions

Dieter Läpple was regularly involved in the spring and autumn exhibitions of the Kunstverein Hannover and in collective exhibitions in Heilbronn and Göttingen .

Works

Käthchenskulptur from 1965 in Heilbronn (2006)

Sculptures

Numerous works by Läpple can be found in private and public ownership, including:

  • "Heavenly City" , wheel candlestick in Heilbronn's Nikolaikirche .
  • Käthchen , 1965, sculpture in Heilbronn
  • Joy , 1966, sculpture at the elementary school Isernhagener Straße (Hanover), height 250 cm
  • Three water mermaids , 1968, fountain in Wolfenbüttel
  • Winegrowers and ore pourers , 1972, well in Neckarsulm
  • Jonasbrunnen , 1974, Maienfels
  • Seeräuberbrunnen , 1975, Heilbronn-Böckingen
  • Mechitabrunnen , 1979, Möckmühl
  • Three Graces Fountain , 1984, Bad Urach
  • Linsafamer-Brunnen , 1988, Heilbronn-Neckargartach
  • Buttträger und Winterin , 1991, Rathausbrunnen in Bretzfeld

Fonts

literature

  • Ehrtfried Böhm (texts), Reinhold Lessmann (photos): neue plastik in hannover / Kunstsinn, patronage, urban aesthetics / An example in the mirror of two decades , Steinbock-Verlag, Hannover 1967, pp. 70, 81, etc.
  • Culture catalog 1993, City of Heilbronn 1993, p. 158.

Web links

Commons : Dieter Läpple  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Dieter Läpple: My Vita
  2. ↑ Käthchen's father Dieter Läpple is dead . Stimme.de , March 10, 2019
  3. ↑ standard data entry (GND 128,815,582 ) of the German National Library . Query date: December 17, 2016.
  4. ↑ a b c new plastic in hannover ...
  5. ↑ Uwe Jacobi : Heilbronn. Days that moved the city , Gudensberg 2007, p. 31.
  6. ^ Kilian Krauth: Käthchen pushed from the base . In: Heilbronn voice . 21st September 2013.
  7. ↑ Bärbel Kistner: Heilbronner Käthchen has floated in . In: Heilbronn voice . 20th September 2016.
  8. ↑ Heilbronn Academy of Fine Arts - Dieter Läpple ( Memento of the original from October 20, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bildhauer-laepple.de
  9. ↑ Venus 2009 and the rebirth of the "fine arts"
  10. ↑ Käthchenbildhauer is the protagonist in a TV show
personal data
SURNAME Läpple, Dieter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH November 26, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH Oberheimbach , municipality of Maienfels , Württemberg
DATE OF DEATH March 6, 2019