Arnd Wittig
Arnd Wittig (born October 13, 1921 in Großbauchlitz near Döbeln , Saxony; † June 7, 1999 in Schwedt / Oder ) was a German sculptor .
Life
Arnd Wittig took his first visual arts lessons from the painter Ewald Schönberg (1882–1949) during his commercial training in Dresden . From 1941 he was a soldier in World War II and was briefly captured at the end of the war. Then in 1951 Wittig began studying plastic at the Dresden Academy with Eugen Hoffmann . When his teacher was discredited in the " formalism dispute " and was no longer allowed to accept students, Wittig left the university and worked as a freelance sculptor from 1952; until 1967 in Dresden and then in Frankfurt (Oder) . In 1971 Wittig moved to Schwedt, first becoming a lecturer at the Berlin-Weißensee School of Art and then from 1979 to 1986 professor at the Dresden University of Fine Arts.
Awards
In 1963 Wittig received the Nexö Art Prize of the City of Dresden, and in 1969 the Kleist Art Prize of the City of Frankfurt (Oder). In 1972 he was awarded for the German-Polish War Memorial in Berlin Friedrichshain the National Prize of East Germany and the Cavalier Cross of the Order of Poland Reborn .
Works (selection)
- 1963 Group of figures for the Münchner Platz Memorial in Dresden
- 1972 Memorial to the Polish soldier and German anti-fascist , Berlin-Friedrichshain
- 1984 Stele “The Power of Socialist Culture” in front of the Uckermärkische Bühnen in Schwedt
- 1986 Monument "Antifascist Resistance" in Frankfurt (Oder)
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wittig, Arnd |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wittig, Arndt |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 13, 1921 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Großbauchlitz near Döbeln , Saxony |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 7, 1999 |
| Place of death | Schwedt / Oder |