Axel F. Otterbach

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Fountain sculpture (marble) in Ravensburg

Axel F. Otterbach (* 1948 in Isny im Allgäu ) is a German sculptor.

life and work

From 1965 to 1969, Axel Otterbach was a student at the technical school for arts and crafts and design in Munich and from 1973 to 1976 he was trained as a restorer in Ulm . After receiving a scholarship from the Kunststiftung Baden / Wttbg. In 1979 in Florence and Carrara , he studied with Professor Carlo Nicoli .

Otterbach was a lecturer at the Free Art Academy of Uhldingen-Mühlhofen on Lake Constance from 1998 to 2000 . In 2000 he opened his own atelier / school Otterbach in Bad Waldsee-Osterhofen and in the same year became a lecturer for three-dimensional design at the Academy for Design of the Chamber of Crafts in Ulm .

He led numerous solo exhibitions and participations at home and abroad, took part in international sculpture symposia, such as the Oggelshausen sculpture symposium . Otterbach received commissions in the private, public and church areas, and he also published several publications (catalogs and films).

Work (selection)

  • Fountain sculpture - marble (1979) in Ravensburg-Weststadt
  • Sculpture - Travertine (1984), spa gardens in Bad Waldsee
  • Two discs - marble / steel (1987/88), bank building in Ravensburg
  • Fischer, raftsman and tanner stone marble (1989), fishing district in Ulm
  • Three Steles - Marble (1989), Sculpture Path : Ulm University Art Path in Ulm
  • Fountain sculpture - marble (1990), Unterer Buchhornplatz in Friedrichshafen
  • Weissenhorn Perspective - Marble (1991) in Weißenhorn
  • Untitled - Pietra Dorata sandstone (1992), Lake Como ( Italy )
  • Fountain sculpture - marble (1993), Leutkirch im Allgäu
  • Fountain sculpture - marble / steel (1994/95), Villingen-Schwenningen
  • Water gate fountain system - granite / steel (1997), Herbertingen
  • Zeitfeld - Marmor (1998), Federseeklinik in Bad Buchau
  • Jump in time - travertine (2000), sculpture symposium Oggelshausen in Oggelshausen
  • Two light rooms - marble (2001), Ravensburg district office
  • Large clear space - marble / steel (1996/2002), Landratsamt Bodenseekreis in Friedrichshafen
  • Design of the chancel , marble (2004), St. Oswald, Heudorf am Bussen
  • Well design (2006), Federseeklinik in Bad Buchau
  • Rotation , Stahl (2006), Memmingen
  • Fountain sculptures and multi-part sculpture , granite (2007), Rathausplatz, Meßstetten ,
  • Aufbruch , Bronze (2016), Zwick / Roell company premises in Einsingen
  • Grosser Lichtklang, (2018), schoolyard of the secondary school and grammar school Weingarten

  • Lichtraum (2001) in Ravensburg

  • Three steles (1989) in Ulm

Web links

Commons : Axel F. Otterbach  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence


personal data
SURNAME Otterbach, Axel F.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Isny in the Allgäu
  1. ↑ Otterbach's website . Retrieved July 29, 2010