Sepp Hürten

Sepp Hürten (born May 1, 1928 in Cologne ; † April 24, 2018 ) was a German sculptor .

Life

After military service and imprisonment from 1945/1946 to 1951, Hürten studied sculpture with Wolfgang Wallner and Ludwig Gies at the Cologne factory schools; He also received training in carving from Robert Peter Karge in Cologne. From 1951 he became a freelance artist and from then on was mainly active in the field of church art, preferably in the churches of the dioceses of Cologne, Trier and Paderborn.

In 1956 he took part in the exhibition "The New Church, Building and Equipment" on the occasion of the Catholic Day in Cologne. In 1960 he was a guest at the exhibition "New Churches in the Archdiocese of Cologne 1950/1960" in Bologna and from 1962 to 1963 at the exhibitions "Contemporary Christian Art in the Archdiocese of Cologne 1945–1962" in the Galerie Creuze / Paris and in Tongeren. In 1964, Hürten was a guest at the exhibition “Ars sacra. Church art in the Archdiocese of Cologne 1945 to 1964 "and 1975 in" Ars sacra '75. Contemporary Church Art ”, both in Cologne. Hürten lived in Cologne-Hochkirchen .

He died on the night of April 24, 2018.

Works

The statues of Karl Trimborn and Mathilde von Mevissen at Cologne City Hall (2009)

Cologne, Gürzenich , participation in the refurbishment, 1954.
Horrem , St. Clemens , altar, design, 1959.
Cologne, St. Pantaleon , grave of St. Bruno, floor grating, slate, design, 1961; Sarcophagus of Empress Theophanu , marble, design, 1965.
Cologne- Höhenhaus , To the Holy Family , crowning of the tower, copper, draft 1963.
Cologne, St. Georg , altar island with altar, candlestick, ambo, eternal light, tabernacle grille, Easter candlestick, portal with handles, draft, 1963 to 1971.
Cologne, St. Aposteln , Stations of the Cross, cross as crowning of the dome, high altar with canopy, design, 1970 to 1975.
Cologne, St. Laurentius , parts of the interior
Cologne- Brück , St. Hubertus , Pieta made of bronze
Cologne, Severinskirchplatz , Severins-Brunnen with the figure of Stollwerck girl around 1900, set up in 1990
Cologne, Council Tower , two figures, 1991 to 1992; replaced by copies, 2008.
Bonn-Buschdorf , interior fittings and bronze portal of St. Aegidius Church , 1980s
Bonn- Castell , St. Joseph , bronze figures on the Josephsbrunnen
Königswinter , Niederdollendorf district , Catholic parish church St. Michael , fountain and column with statue, 1989
Wipperfürth , St. Nikolaus, altar, ambo, tabernacle
Wipperfürth, Klosterstrasse, Saint Francis
Wipperfürth- Neye , St. Michael, u. a. altar
Wipperfürth- Ommerborn , St. Johannes, Tabernakel u. chandelier
Breinig , St. Barbara , Sacrament Chapel (with Hermann Frey), altar, cross of the crucifixion group

Web links

Commons : Sepp Hürten - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

^ Commemorative page by Sepp Hürten. In: wirtrauern.de. April 28, 2018. Retrieved May 11, 2018 .
↑ Norbert Schloßmacher ; Rheinischer Verein für Denkmalpflege und Landschaftsschutz (Ed.): Rheinische Kunststätten . Catholic churches in the valley area of the city of Königswinter , issue 411, 1st edition, Neusser Druckerei und Verlag, Cologne 1995, ISBN 3-88094-787-2 , p. 20.

personal data
SURNAME	Hürten, Sepp
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH	May 1, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH	Cologne
DATE OF DEATH	April 24, 2018

[1] Commemorative page by Sepp Hürten. In: wirtrauern.de. April 28, 2018. Retrieved May 11, 2018 .

[2] Norbert Schloßmacher ; Rheinischer Verein für Denkmalpflege und Landschaftsschutz (Ed.): Rheinische Kunststätten . Catholic churches in the valley area of the city of Königswinter , issue 411, 1st edition, Neusser Druckerei und Verlag, Cologne 1995, ISBN 3-88094-787-2 , p. 20.