Axel Schulz (sculptor)

Axel Schulz (born May 20, 1937 in Königs Wusterhausen ; † March 4, 2012 in Neuentempel ) was a German sculptor and graphic artist.

Life

Schulz studied sculpture from 1955 to 1960 at the Berlin-Weißensee School of Art under Heinrich Drake . After a brief activity in the Schwedt / Oder concrete plant and a six-month traineeship with Selman Selmanagić , he began to work as a freelance sculptor in Berlin in 1961. In 1963 he moved to Schwedt. For the city council, through which he received further commissioned works in public spaces, he created the sculpture Lovers , which was unveiled on May 1, 1965 shortly after the May demonstration. "... The coming times [...] could hardly have been illustrated more optimistically than through this sculpture."

Axel Schulz was married to the artist Cornelia Schulz (* 1940) since 1958. They lived on the edge of the center of Schwedt in a picturesque half-timbered house. The couple had four children.

Works (selection)

Works, some in public spaces, are u. a .: roller skater , bronze (1962); Young couple , Sandstein (1982); Uzbek donkey riders are undated , bronze; Construction worker , bronze; Mongolian grandmother , bronze; Mermaids , bronze, in Bad Saarow. As an act of appreciation, the posthumous cast of the bronze sculpture Goldener Reiter for the Huguenot Park in Schwedt / Oder took place in 2012 after a posthumous model .

Memorial plaque for Oskar and Cécile Vogt in Berlin-Buch (1965)
Sculptures in Eberswalde , Wildparkstraße by Baldur Schönfelder and Axel Schulz (1966)
"Circus rider" in Frankfurt (Oder) (1977)
"Neptune" in Bad Saarow (1978)
"Musician" in Frankfurt (Oder) (1981–84)

Exhibitions

Schulz had his first solo exhibition in 1987 in Schwedt, which was followed by others in Eisenhüttenstadt, Seelow and Eberswalde. Since 1962 he participated in the German art exhibition in Dresden, later the art exhibition of the GDR (1972, 1977, 1982), as well as in various district art exhibitions in Frankfurt / Oder and Gera, as well as exhibitions of the Association of Visual Artists of the GDR. On the occasion of his 70th birthday, the Schwedt art association honored Axel Schulz with the exhibition 40 years of the Monplaisir sculpture studio . In the joint exhibition Order: Art, the German Historical Museum showed its young construction worker from 1963 as an exemplary example of GDR art at the time.

literature

Schulz, Axel. In: Dietmar Eisold (Hrsg.): Lexicon artists in the GDR. 1st edition. Verlag Neues Leben, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-355-01761-9 , p. 866.

Web links

Commons : Axel Schulz - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Obituary of the city of Schwedt with photo series
Renate Rauch: Art space on the edge of the refinery. Exhibition honors 40th anniversary of the Schwedt picture studio Monplaisir. In: Berliner Zeitung , May 23, 2007.

Individual evidence

↑ Philipp Springer: Built-up dreams: rule, urban development and real life in the socialist industrial city of Schwedt . Research on the GDR society, Ch. Links Verlag, 2006 ISBN 978-3-86153396-2 , p. 9.
↑ Illustration of the sculpture Lovers , Review of Philipp Springer: Built-in dreams by Peter Hübner in sehepunkte. Review organ for historians.
^ "Goldener Reiter enthroned in the park" ; published in: Märkische Oderzeitung, ZDB -ID 2803310-3 of December 3, 2012, accessed on January 27, 2020
↑ IX. Art exhibition of the German Democratic Republic. Association of Visual Artists of the GDR, Dresden 1982, p. 302 and 313 (architecture-related art).
↑ 40 Years Sculpture Studio Monplaisir "- Axel Schulz on the 70th ( Memento from April 7, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Exhibition on the 70th birthday of Axel Schulz in 2007.
^ Young construction worker , bronze, 1963 .
↑ Order: Art. 1949 - 1990. Visual artists in the GDR between aesthetics and politics. Catalog for the exhibition of the German Historical Museum from January 27 to April 14, 1995. [Exhibition locations: German Historical Museum, Zeughaus, January 27 to April 18, 1995, Arbejdermuseet, Copenhagen, October 6 to December 17, 1995]. Edited by Monika Flacke. German Historical Museum, Berlin 1995.

personal data
SURNAME	Schulz, Axel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH	May 20, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH	King Wusterhausen
DATE OF DEATH	March 4, 2012
Place of death	New Temple

[1] Philipp Springer: Built-up dreams: rule, urban development and real life in the socialist industrial city of Schwedt . Research on the GDR society, Ch. Links Verlag, 2006 ISBN 978-3-86153396-2 , p. 9.

[2] Illustration of the sculpture Lovers , Review of Philipp Springer: Built-in dreams by Peter Hübner in sehepunkte. Review organ for historians.

[3] "Goldener Reiter enthroned in the park" ; published in: Märkische Oderzeitung, ZDB -ID 2803310-3 of December 3, 2012, accessed on January 27, 2020

[4] IX. Art exhibition of the German Democratic Republic. Association of Visual Artists of the GDR, Dresden 1982, p. 302 and 313 (architecture-related art).

[5] 40 Years Sculpture Studio Monplaisir "- Axel Schulz on the 70th ( Memento from April 7, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Exhibition on the 70th birthday of Axel Schulz in 2007.

[6] Young construction worker , bronze, 1963 .

[7] Order: Art. 1949 - 1990. Visual artists in the GDR between aesthetics and politics. Catalog for the exhibition of the German Historical Museum from January 27 to April 14, 1995. [Exhibition locations: German Historical Museum, Zeughaus, January 27 to April 18, 1995, Arbejdermuseet, Copenhagen, October 6 to December 17, 1995]. Edited by Monika Flacke. German Historical Museum, Berlin 1995.