Alexander Gonda

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Alexander Gonda (born April 5, 1905 in Timisoara , Hungary ; † February 25, 1977 in Berlin ) was a Hungarian-German sculptor , graphic artist and author .

life and work

Alexander Gonda studied from 1923 to 1930 at the Dresden Art Academy with Karl Albiker and Wilhelm Gerstel , after which he moved to Berlin. In addition to his work as an artist, he was also an author who illustrated his books himself. Gonda was appointed as a university professor at the Berlin School of Fine Arts in Charlottenburg . In 1953 he was awarded the Berlin Art Prize. From 1968 to 1970 Alexander Gonda was a member of the executive board of the Deutscher Künstlerbund , at the DKB annual exhibitions between 1951 (with the marble sculpture Fisch and the terracotta sculptures Vogel and Badende , all 1951) and 1971 (with two constructivist works in ink on paper) attended a total of seventeen times. Gonda belonged to Karl Hofer's close circle of friends .

Alexander Gonda died in Berlin in February 1977 at the age of 71. He was buried in the state-owned cemetery in Heerstraße in today's Berlin-Westend district (grave location: I-Ur-53). The tomb has not been preserved.

Works in public space

photos

  • Fountain stele (1966)

  • Eternit object (1967)

  • Eternit object (1967)

  • Silhouette of a Dancer (1967)

literature

  • Gonda, Alexander in: Hans Vollmer (Ed.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists of the XX. Century. Second volume (EJ) , EA Seemann, Leipzig 1999 (study edition). ISBN 3-363-00730-2 (p. 272)
  • 1947: The poor Centaur , Der Neue Geist Verlag, Berlin
  • 1948: On sweet and sour kitsch , Der neue Geist Verlag, Berlin
  • 1952: The green garter , Vorwärts-Verlag , Berlin

Web links

Commons : Alexander Gonda  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hans Vollmer (Ed.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists of the XX. Century . Seemann, Leipzig 1999.
  2. ↑ kuenstlerbund.de: Board members of the German Association of Artists since 1951 ( Memento from December 17, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ^ Catalog of the Deutscher Künstlerbund 1950. First exhibition in Berlin 1951, in the rooms of the Bild University. Arts, Hardenbergstr. 33 , complete production: Brüder Hartmann, Berlin 1951 (without page numbers; catalog numbers 242, 244 and 243 Vogel with ill.)
  4. ^ "Prisma '70", catalog for the 18th DKB exhibition in the Rheinisches Landesmuseum in Bonn, catalog no. 129 ( No. 17 , 88 × 62 cm), 130 ( No. 18 , 86 × 61 cm, with ill.), Both 1970.
  5. ↑ s. the group picture of the artist cone round around Karl Hofer (from the Max Kaus estate in the DKA ), online (accessed April 1, 2016)
  6. ↑ Gonda's grave in 1996 at www.luise-berlin.de. Hans-Jürgen Mende : Lexicon of Berlin burial places . Pharus-Plan, Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-86514-206-1 . P. 486.
  7. ↑ bildhauerei-in-berlin.de: Illustration of the ensemble ( memo from December 29, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
personal data
SURNAME Gonda, Alexander
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH April 5, 1905
PLACE OF BIRTH Timișoara , Hungary
DATE OF DEATH February 25, 1977
Place of death Berlin