Georg Arfmann

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Georg Arfmann (born June 20, 1927 in Bremen ; † August 9, 2015 in Königslutter ) was a German sculptor .

Life

Georg Arfmann designed with clay and modeling clay at an early age, as evidenced by a small animal sculpture of the twelve year old boy. His talent was promoted and discovered by his grandfather, a blacksmith.

Arfmann began an apprenticeship as a stonemason and sculptor in 1944 , which he had to interrupt when he was drafted into the Reich Labor Service . He completed his craft training in 1946 with the grade very good . His journeyman's piece was a lion, which he modeled at Ernst Gorsemann .

From 1946 to 1950 he studied sculpture at the "State Art School", today the Bremen University of the Arts , from which he graduated with honors as a graduate sculptor. He then started working as a freelance sculptor. In 1972 he began to teach as a specialist teacher at the stone mason and sculpture school in Königslutter. In 1984 he was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit.

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One focus of Arfmann's work was the reconstruction and restoration of buildings and facades. He carried out such work in Bremen, Hanover , Hildesheim , Norden and Braunschweig, among others . In addition, he created works for public and private clients and successfully participated in tenders for art in construction. His own works mostly depict animals or people in bronze or stone. He also made more stylized and abstract works. All of his work lies in the area of ​​tension between sculpture and handicraft.

Works in public space

  • Braunlage - squirrel fountain
  • Braunschweig - Lion and Falcon (1984) on the gable crown of Dankwarderode Castle made of Elm limestone ; two glass windows in the Paul Gerhardt Church; a 2 m high bronze cross in the St. Luke Church
  • Bremen
    Monument to the defenders of the Bremen Soviet Republic in Bremen made of Michelnauer Tuff
    - Reconstructions of the commercial building , the community center , the Sparkasse am Markt, reconstruction of the gable figure and the lions on the Schütting , facade decorations on the Neelmeyer bank , production of copies of the figures of Plato the Wise (1961) and Elector of Bavaria at the Bremen town hall . Own works: Bremen Town Musicians at Hotel Schaper-Siedenburg, squirrel fountain in front of the Sparkasse in Waller Heerstraße, memorial for the fallen defenders of the Bremen Soviet Republic and as a replacement for the Pietà from 1922 by Bernhard Hoetger , which was destroyed by the Nazis in 1938 , memorial for 29 fallen defenders of the Soviet Republic made of three stone blocks and 29 columns on the Waller Friedhof , wall relief for the Roland barracks, wall relief for the city library in Bremen-Lesum made of bronze (1969)
  • Bremerhaven - two fountains
  • Donaustauf - bust of Carl Friedrich Gauß (2007) made of Carrara marble for the Walhalla memorial
  • Emden - Reliefs on the Emden town hall (1963) made of Obernkirchen sandstone
  • Hankensbüttel - Group of pigs with girls (1991) made of bronze
  • Hanover - Reconstruction of the facade of the Leibnizhaus (1979–1983) with 400 individual blocks made of Obernkirchen sandstone and the Georg von Cöllin House, reconstruction of the roof crown of the Duve Chapel on the Kreuzkirche . Own works: sandstone medallions at the Braunschweigerplatz underground station, bronze bust of Johann Adam Kersting (1987), the first director of the University of Veterinary Medicine
  • Helmstedt - Herzog-Julius monument, bronze sculpture (2010)
  • Hildesheim - Reconstruction of the market fountain, the Roland house and on the facade of the imperial house, new creation of a relief stone column with bronze plates in the Nämisch Park, three stone figures on the Hildesheim imperial house (1988)
  • Königslutter - herbalist (bronze) in front of the cathedral pharmacy
  • Mine - "Farmers harvesting beets" (2001) with four life-size bronze sculptures
Beet farmers in Meine
Monument in the "Schweinwinkel" in Vorsfelde
  • North - Reconstruction of figures, coats of arms and writing from the Ludgeri Church
  • Rolândia ( Brazil ) - Copy of the Bremen Roland (1957) with a size of 7.50 m made from Obernkirchen sandstone
  • Scheden - Monument to Johann Joachim Quantz (1991) made of bronze
  • Groß-Schwülper - Asparagus Cutters (1997) made of bronze
  • Wittingen - Gänseliesel-Brunnen (1991), statures of the shoemaker boy (1996), the master brewer (1998), farmer, cow and horse in front of a drinking trough with a pump (1995), a Gutenberg sculpture with a youngster (2002) (all made of bronze) and the city coat of arms ( limestone column with bronze lions)
  • Wolfsburg- Hehlingen - Roland with bronze horse (2012)
  • Wolfsburg- Vorsfelde - pork rot with herding boy made of bronze (2002)

literature

  • Gerd Biegel : Animals - People - Fantasies. A reflection on Georg Arfmann. Publication of the museums of the city of Königslutter, sponsored by Braunschweiger Kulturbesitz Foundation, Heckner-Print, Wolfenbüttel 2008.
  • Julia Taut : “… and I've done it all?” From the quarterly publication of the Braunschweigischer Kulturbesitz Foundation, 4th year No. 15 Winter 2014, ISSN  2192-600X

Web links

Commons : Georg Arfmann  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Obituary notice. In: Weser Kurier , August 15, 2015. Retrieved August 16, 2015.
personal data
SURNAME Arfmann, Georg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH June 20, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH Bremen
DATE OF DEATH August 9, 2015
Place of death Königslutter