Albert Bocklage

Albert Bocklage (* 1938 in Vechta ) is a German painter and sculptor .

Albert Bocklage studied painting and glass painting at the Düsseldorf Art Academy and in Krefeld from 1959 to 1964 . Since completing his studies he has been working as a freelance artist; From 1972 to 1989 he taught art at the Lohne grammar school . His studio is in the east of Vechta.

One focus of Albert Bocklage's work is the design of sacred spaces. By 2012 he had created or renovated windows in more than 50 churches, chapels, etc. throughout north-west Germany. Also altars and other sacred objects were designed by him. In addition, Albert Bocklage created a large number of sculptures , mainly made of bronze , and made paintings, mostly with acrylic paints .

Works (in selection)

Sacred art

Memorial column for Father Titus in Füchtel (Vechta)

St. Gottfried Church ( Ahlen 1973)

Cardinal-von-Galen-Stift ( Angelmodde 1996)

Church of St. Hedwig and Barbara ( Barnstorf 1989)

St. Evermarus Church ( Borth 1996)

St. Jakobi Church ( Coesfeld 1986)

Hospital Chapel ( Damme 1989)

Chapel at the Dammer Berge motorway service station (1970)

St. Agatha Church ( Datteln 1990)

St. Agatha Church ( Dorsten 1994)

St. Josef Church ( Dülmen 1986)

Cemetery chapel (Dülmen 2002)

Church of St. Josef (Kampe near Friesoythe 1995)

St. Anna Monastery ( Kroge 1993)

Church of St. Peter ( Lastrup 1972)

Cemetery chapel (Lastrup 1993)

St. Lambertus Church ( Lippramsdorf 1988)

Bronze sculpture "St. Elisabeth among the poor "( Kiel 1999)

Cemetery chapel ( Lohne 1978)

St. Joseph Church ( Lünen 2006)

St. Boniface Church ( Marl 1969)

St. Agatha Church ( Mettingen 1989)

Chapel of the St. Franziskus Hospital ( Münster 1992)

Christ König Church (Münster 1994)

St. Erpho Church (Münster 1974)

Chapel of the clinic ( Neuenkirchen 1988)

St. Josef Church ( Oelde 1988)

St. Urban Church ( Ottmarsbocholt 2003)

St. Ludgerus Church ( Rheine 1976)

Christ the King Church ( Rheinhausen 1973)

St. Michael Church ( Schafberg 1971)

St. Martini Church ( Sendenhorst 1989)

St. Marien Church (Sendenhorst 1996)

Dominican monastery church (Vechta 1979)

Monument (stone column with bronze plate) for Father Titus at the Dominican Church in Vechta (1989)

St. Alexander Church ( Wallenhorst 2000)

Profane art

Bronze sculpture with stele of Junkers Voss on the history of the Bakum municipality (Bakum 2009)
Barrier-free bronze relief with the cityscape of Cloppenburg and Krapendorf in 1650 (Cloppenburg 2011)
Bronze relief with the cityscape of Friesoyth from the 15th century ( Friesoythe 2005)
Bronze sculpture "Dei Müse van Aite" ( Oythe (Vechta) 1986)
Memorial stone in memory of the former synagogue in Vechta (1981)
Open sculpture " Heinrich Klingenberg " ( Visbek 2013)
Sculpture "Driver with Sheep" ( Wittmund 1999)