Gertrud Angelika Wetzel
Gertrud Angelika Wetzel (* 1934 in Häfnerhaslach ; † August 5, 2011 in Stuttgart ) was a German sculptor , graphic artist and medalist in Stuttgart.
Life
Gertrud Angelika Wetzel was born as the daughter of the Planck couple. In 1953 she graduated from the Hölderlingymnasium in Stuttgart. From 1954 to 1961 she studied sculpture at the State Academies in Carrara / Italy with Emilio Greco , in Stuttgart with Hugo Peters and Christoff Schellenberger , in Berlin at the University of Fine Arts with Bernhard Heiliger and in Stuttgart with Heinrich Wildemann and Peter Otto Heim . Since 1961 Gertrud Angelika Wetzel worked as a freelance medalist and sculptor in Stuttgart.
In 1958 she married the architect Johannes Wetzel, with whom she had three children. From 1959 she worked as a sculptor in connection with architecture. Since 1966 she was a member of the Künstlerbund Baden-Württemberg, the GEDOK and the artists' group of medalists in Munich .
reception
- Half-hour film on German television, 1st program "With spatula and chisel, portrait of a sculptor", Saarländischer Rundfunk in 1965
Prizes and awards
- 1959: 1st prize for small sculptures at the National Competition for the 1960 Olympics in Rome in Munich
- 1981: Winner of the "Hommage à Baden-Baden" competition
- 2000: Maria Ensle Prize from the Baden-Württemberg Art Foundation
- 2003: Erich Heckel Prize from the Baden-Württemberg Artists Association
- 2008: Hilde Broër Prize of the German Society for Medal Art , awarded in Kressbronn
literature
- 4 in the nineties II , catalog. Cosmos, Città di Chieri 1999.
- Mantovani, Pino: Schwäbisches Künstlerlexikon , Verlag Kunst und Antiquitäten GmbH, Munich 1986
- G. Angelika Wetzel, sculptures and drawings 1986-1999 . Catalog. Stuttgart: Cantz 1986.
- Hilde Broër Prize for Medal Art 2005-2008 , catalog of the German Society for Medal Art, Kressbronn 2008
- Weber, S. Ingrid: The Artists' Circle of Medalists Munich 1988-2003 , German Society for Medal Art eV, Gebr. Mann Verlag Berlin 2003
- G. Angelika Wetzel, sculptures and drawings, 1986-1999 . Catalog. Turin 1999
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Article in Neckar-Echo of August 15, 1962, No. 187, p. 5 Above the gate entrance to Deutschhof ...
- ↑ artist. Gertrud Angelika Wetzel. German Society for Medal Art, accessed on July 27, 2016 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wetzel, Gertrud Angelika |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German sculptor, graphic artist and medalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1934 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Häfnerhaslach |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 5, 2011 |
| Place of death | Stuttgart |