Richard Heß (sculptor)

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Richard Heß (born April 6, 1937 in Berlin ; † June 9, 2017 there ) was a German visual artist .

Life

In the years 1952 to 1955 Richard Heß completed an apprenticeship as wood sculptor. From 1956 to 1961 he studied sculpture at the Berlin University of the Arts before he became a master student with Bernhard Heiliger in 1961/62 . After this time he worked as a freelancer in Berlin from 1963 to 1965, and then from 1965 to 1968 he became Jürgen Weber's assistant at the architecture faculty of the Technical University of Braunschweig . Then he was assistant to Waldemar Grzimek at the architecture faculty of the then Technical University of Darmstadt (1968–1971), later lecturer at the same position (1971–1980). In 1980 he followed a call to Bielefeld , where he worked as a professor at the local university of applied sciences until 2001 . In the same year Hess returned to his native Berlin, where he has lived and worked ever since. The list of his sculptural work includes 724 works, 144 of which were created for public space.

Heß was a member of the Association of Visual Artists Berlin, the Artists' Association in Germany , the Accademia Nazionale di San Luca, Rome and the Darmstadt Secession .

Sculptures (selection)

Awards

literature

  • Bernd Krimmel (Ed.): Richard Heß, sculptures and drawings. Catalog of the exhibition on the occasion of the awarding of the Darmstadt Art Prize, Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt , December 12, 1982 - February 13, 1983.
  • Francesco Butturini (Ed.): Richard Hess, omaggio a Mantegna. Exhibition catalog, Casa del Mantegna, September 8th - October 6th 1996. Verona (Ghelfi) 1996.
  • Friedhelm Häring (Ed.): From the meaning of things and the interpretation of the world. Catalog of the exhibition RICHARD HESS, Reliefs and New Sculptures, GALERIE ARTIS, Darmstadt, March 18 - April 30, 2005 and MUZEUM NARODOWE W POZNANIU, Poznań, June 10 - July 12, 2005
  • Helmut Börsch-Supan (Ed.): Forming the observed. RICHARD HESS, EDITORIALE GIORGIO MONDADORI, Milano, 2001
  • Wolfgang Schuster, Elke Messer (Eds.): Richard Heß, Seine Lehrer - seine Schüler, catalog of the exhibition from the Kunstamt Berlin-Neukölln, 7 July - 25 August 1985
  • Friedhelm Häring (ed.): The dignity of the ordinary, on the work of Richard Heß, RICHARD HESS - PLASTIKEN, catalog for the exhibition in the OBERHESSISCHEN MUSEUM, Giessen , September 9 - November 6, 1994
  • Gabriele Cappelletti (Ed.): RICHARD HESS, catalog for the exhibition in the Galleria Cappelletti, Milano, October 21, 1999 - January 21, 2000
  • Francesco Butturini (ed.): Le Giuliette di RICHARD HESS, catalog for the exhibition at CASA di GIULIETTA, Verona , December 5, 1991 - January 31, 1992
  • Franco Basile, Hans Dieter Mück (ed.): RICHARD HESS, catalog for the exhibition in San Giorgetto. Verona, August 12th - November 11th, 1988.
  • Francesco Butturini, Roberto Lambarelli (eds.): RICHARD HESS, Edizioni Ghelfi, Verona 1993
  • Angelika Ulrike Schmid (ed.): The figurative sculptor Richard Heß - art as an expression of social reality, Deutsche Hochschulschriften 1177, 2000, ISBN 3-8267-1177-7
  • Mario de Micheli, Marisa Zattini (ed.): Richard Hess, catalog for the exhibition in Cesena : Rocca Malatestiana, July 11th - September 28th, 1997
  • Francesco Butturini (Ed.): Richard Hess: sculture per il III millennio, catalog for the exhibition Centenario della Biennale di Venezia - XLVI ESPOSIZIONE INTERNATIONALE D'ARTE 1995, branch: Vicenza: Teatro Olimpico, Museo Civico, Palazzo Trissino July 1 - 30 November 1995
  • Marisa Zattini, Marco Di Capua (eds.): ROCCHE & SCULTORI CONTEMPORANEI - 2001 nel segno del tempo - RICHARD HESS, catalog for the exhibition in Imola : Rocca Sforzesca, June 1 - November 30, 2001
  • Marisa Zattini (ed.): Richard Hess - Donne & Arcano, catalog for the exhibition in Tredozio: Palazzo Fantini 14 July - 10 September 2006
  • Francesco Butturini (Ed.): Richard Hess, INTERCOLUMNIE, catalog for the exhibition at MUSEO D'ARTE MODERNA, Bozen / Bolzano March 1992
  • Bernd Krimmel (Ed.): Maestri della Scultura Europea, RICHARD HESS, Ediarte, 1989
  • Andreas Pfeiffer (Ed.): Richard Heß - sculptures and drawings 1970–1980, catalog for the exhibition in the Städtische Museen Heilbronn July 18 - September 21, 1980
  • F. Häring: "RICHARD HESS - SCULPTOR", exhibition catalog, Neustrelitz Castle Church , 2007
  • Horst Schwebel: "RICHARD HESS - SITTING - STANDING - LYING", exhibition catalog DASA Galerie, Dortmund , 2007

Web links

Commons : Richard Heß  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Richard Hess died at the age of 80. In: Der Tagesspiegel . Verlag Der Tagesspiegel GmbH, June 12, 2017, accessed on June 12, 2017.
  2. ↑ Luisenstädtischer Friedhof on friedhofsfinder.stiftung-historische-friedhoefe.de
personal data
SURNAME Hess, Richard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German visual artist
DATE OF BIRTH April 6, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin , German Empire
DATE OF DEATH June 9, 2017
Place of death Berlin , Germany