Alfred Erhart
Alfred Erhart (born March 12, 1928 in Freiburg im Breisgau ; † January 18, 1984 in Stegen-Eschbach ) was a German sculptor .
After graduating from the Berthold-Gymnasium Freiburg in 1947, he studied at the State Higher Technical School for Precious Metals in Schwäbisch Gmünd until 1952 . Then he set up his first workshop in Freiburg's Talstrasse. In 1958 he married the teacher Maria Stella Karle, with whom he had five children. In 1966/68 he built his own house in the Eschbach district of Stegen. At the St. Sebastian College in Stegen, he also worked as a craft teacher for fine arts from 1972. He also published essays on art history.
He designed numerous religious art objects, mostly made of metal and mainly in Baden-Württemberg . Hermann Brommer lists 77 larger works in a provisional list, including the tabernacle and ambo of the parish church of St. Urban in Freiburg-Herdern and the main portal of St. Stephan in Karlsruhe. After he had made the pastoral staff for the Freiburg Archbishop Oskar Saier in 1972, he created the pastoral staff for Karl Lehmann, who was appointed Bishop of Mainz, in 1983 as his last work .
literature
- Hermann Brommer: Alfred Erhart (1928–1984). On the death of the Freiburg sculptor. In: Schau-ins-Land 103, 1984, pp. 209-217 ( digitized version ).
- Hermann Brommer: Alfred Erhart In: Baden-Württembergische Biographien Bd. 4, Stuttgart 2007, pp. 70-72 ( digitized version ).
Individual evidence
- ^ Alfred Erhart: The monastery treasure of St. Peter . In: Hans Otto Mühleisen: St. Peter in the Black Forest. Schnell und Steiner publishing house, Munich 1977; Alfred Erhart: Crucifixes made of brass in and around St. Märgen. In: Badische Heimat 60th year, No. 4, 1981 = Ekkhart, pp. 129-134.
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| SURNAME | Erhart, Alfred |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 12, 1928 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Freiburg in Breisgau |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 18, 1984 |
| Place of death | Webs |