Albert Sous

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Sous tower Aurich

Albert Sous (* 24. April 1935 in Stolberg (Rheinland) ) is a contemporary German goldsmith and metal - sculptor . He lives in Würselen .

education

Sous grew up as one of eight siblings in Stolberg and, after finishing school, trained as a silversmith and church goldsmith from 1953 to 1956. He then studied sculpture at the Werkkunstschule Aachen from 1956 to 1960 and passed his master's examination as a goldsmith and silversmith in 1961 .

Sous created numerous sculptures and monuments for public spaces, including for the cities of Esens , Aachen , Würselen, Mönchengladbach , Aurich and Mainz . For his achievements he was honored with the jewel of the year in 1962 and received the Bavarian State Prize for Jewelry in 1966 and the State Prize for Goldsmithing in North Rhine-Westphalia in 1983.

Albert Sous is married and has four children, all of whom are also artistically active.

Works (selection)

Ball fountain Aachen
  • 1971: Ambo, Easter candle holder, altar table and two-story tabernacle for St. Gregorius in Aachen-Burtscheid
  • 1974: Stainless steel main portal for St. Corpus Christi in Aachen
  • 1976: Stainless steel fountain on Lindenplatz in Würselen
  • 1977: Kugelbrunnen in Adalbertstraße, Aachen (1st prize in the competition for the redesign of the pedestrian zone 1976)
  • 1980: Fountain on the market square in Mönchengladbach-Hardt
  • 1980: Paper fountain on Adenauerplatz in Bergisch Gladbach
  • 1983: Stainless steel locomotive in front of Aachen West Station
  • 1984: Flying object on the market square in Würselen- Broichweiden
  • 1985: Phoenix , sculpture in front of the Rhenish School for the Hearing Impaired and Visually Impaired, Aachen
  • 1986: Roman horse and rider in the LVR-Park in Xanten
  • 1986: Citizens of Morlaix in front of the new Würselen town hall
  • 1988: Grand Prix of Aachen , horse sculpture in Aachen
  • 1990: Sous tower in Aurich, East Frisia
  • 1997: St. Martin , equestrian sculpture in the old town of Mainz
  • 2000: Six stainless steel columns in front of the Carolus Thermen in Aachen
  • 2006: Stainless steel chair sculpture for the Würselen / Verlautenheidener Strasse roundabout

  • Stainless steel locomotive Aachen

  • Equestrian sculpture St. Martin, Mainz

  • Roman horse with rider, Xanten

literature

  • Peter Cornelius, Albert Sous (Editor): Sous, Unter Goldschmied . Aachen 1987. ISBN 3-923773-05-6
  • Wolfgang Becker : Albert Sous. Miniature Monument. EA., Aachen, 2001
  • Albert Sous: Principle Finder Reward - Autobiography . Self-published, Würselen 2018. ISBN 978-3-00-059726-8

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Würselen artist Albert Sous is 80 years old , in Aachener Zeitung on April 18, 2015

Web links

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personal data
SURNAME Sous, Albert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German goldsmith and sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH April 24, 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH Stolberg (Rhineland)