Alwin Blue

Alwin Arthur Robert Blaue (born September 6, 1896 in Hamburg , † November 28, 1958 in Kiel ) was a German painter , graphic artist , sculptor and craftsman .

Life

Blaue is primarily known as a sculptor for architectural sculptures on public and private buildings as well as for sculptures in free space, especially in Kiel . He learned his craft from 1919 to 1924 at the Hamburg School of Applied Arts with Johann Michael Bossard and Richard Luksch . From 1928 to 1930 he worked for Kieler Kunst-Keramik AG, where he only designed architectural sculptures. From 1929 to the end of 1930 he headed the building ceramics department there. Together with Fritz Theilmann , he was responsible for the architectural decoration of the buildings in the Kiel marine quarter. In addition to the ornaments and figurative reliefs in the marine quarter, sculptural works by Alwin Blaue can also be found at the hospital in Metzstrasse.

Alwin Blaue was married to the painter Illa Blaue from 1956 until his death .

Works

Neptune advertisement in Lübeck (1930)

Corner pillars on the parapets of the new Wipper Bridge

• 1928: Design of the entrance hall in the St. Vinzenz Hospital, Cologne-Nippes
• 1929–1930: Building ceramics on the former naval settlement in Kiel
• 1929: Fichtestrasse 33 in Kiel, tympanum above the entrance
• Fichtestrasse 31 and 33 in Kiel, eight ceramic wall reliefs made of clinker ceramic in the inner courtyard
• Kleiststrasse 43–47 in Kiel, zigzag band with seven different fish each in the inner courtyard
• Niebuhrstraße in Kiel, hollow relief over two floors with five different fish made of clinker ceramic
• 1930: Hardenbergstrasse in Kiel, eight ceramic medallions depicting the four seasons
• 1930: Neptune advertisement for the open-air theater in Lübeck
• 1930: Telegraph Office in Kiel, eagle sculpture, tape (the building was destroyed in World War II)
• 1931: Wipper bridge over the Elbe-Trave canal in Lübeck, lighting pillars made of ceramic relief, the reliefs showed depictions of the history of the canal and maritime symbols. (The bridge was bombed in World War II)
• Undated: Swan made of copper, still preserved today as the door crown of a new building in downtown Tondern, Storegade 6.
• 1931: Eagle sculpture at the post office in Eutin
• 1931: Maritime Soldiers Memorial on Hindenburgufer (corner of Bellevue) in Kiel, built by Hermann Suhr , stele made of Baltic granite quarders designed by Blaue
• 1931: Eagle sculpture at the post office in Niebüll , no longer existing today, around the building ceramic medallions with symbols of the post office.
• 1933: The Marientempel in Kiel was converted into a consecration place by Rudolf Schroeder in 1933 , Blau designed the memorial plaque with the names of the fallen (destroyed in the war)
• 1935: Fachklinik Aukrug , two sculptures on the facade of the tuberculosis aftercare home Heidhof , showing a shepherd with a lamb and a gardener with tools and a beehive.
• Ludwig-Nissen-Haus , ceramics on the entrance facade

Church furnishings

• 1933: A new wooden antependium for the Johanniskirche in Krummesse . The four evangelist symbols are shown .
• 1936: Sculpture work in the church in Brande-Hörnerkirchen
• 1958: Angel for the church in Dänischenhagen , bronze, memorial for the victims of both world wars

Barracks

• 1935: Main entrance and a tiled wall in the officers' home of the naval air base in Kiel-Holtenau.

schools

• 1930: Klosterhof school in Lübeck, portal figure and floor mosaic
• 1950: Goethe School in Kiel, foal group
• 1954: Eckernförde elementary and community school , north location, former Gudewerdt school, children in the boat (mural)

Interior design

• 1930: Telegraph Office in Kiel, ceramic mosaic floor (the building was destroyed in World War II)

Information signs

In Kiel, Blaue created signs, company signs, house numbers and dates for many private and public clients, some of which are still preserved today.

Grave decorations

Alwin Blaue executed numerous tombstones and tombs, about the whereabouts of which nothing is known. He also designed some grave crosses and grave sculptures.

literature

• Bärbel Manitz / Hans-Günther Andresen: Kieler Kunst-Keramik , Neumünster, 2004 (special publications by the Society for Kiel City History 49). ISBN 3-529-02662-X .
• Swantje Schollmeyer: The sculptor, artisan and graphic artist Alwin Blaue. 1896-1958. Life and Work , Berlin: WVB, Wiss. Verl. Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-86573-142-2 (diss.).
• Ulrich Schulte-Wülwer: Alwin Blaue. In: same: Kiel artist. Volume 3: In the Weimar Republic and National Socialism 1918–1945 , Heide: Boyens 2019 (special publications by the Society for Kiel City History; 88), ISBN 978-3-8042-1493-4 , pp. 384–392.
• Helmut Trede: Die Hörner Dörfer - From the history of Bokel, Bokelseß, Brande-Hörnerkirchen, Osterhorn and Westerhorn (self-published 1989).

Web links

Commons : Alwin Blaue  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Literature by and about Alwin Blaue in the catalog of the German National Library