Baldur Schönfelder

Vogelbrunnen, Schönfelder's factory, inaugurated in 1981

Baldur Schönfelder (* 1934 in Hasenthal / Thuringia) is a German sculptor who mainly worked in Berlin . In addition to sculptures , his numerous works also include drawings and installations .

Life

After attending school, Schönfelder completed an apprenticeship as a ceramic modeler from 1949 to 1951 , after which he worked at the State Porcelain Manufactory in Meissen . From 1954 Baldur Schönfelder moved to the Berlin Academy of the Arts , where he became Will Lammert's assistant . In the following year he began studying at the University of Fine and Applied Arts in Berlin-Weißensee . He was a master student of Waldemar Grzimek . He has been running his own studio since 1962 and mainly carried out commissioned work for the Berlin magistrate . From 1979 to 1981 he taught at the Humboldt University and since 1985 he has also been an honorary professor at the Weißenseer Kunsthochschule.

Works (selection)

Three graces

The curators at the Museum Junge Kunst , which houses several of his works, formulate Schönfelder's credo as follows: “The presence of people in the form of their absence”.

• 1963: female nude
• 1969: Man flies
• 1975: popular instrument
• 1976: Vogelbrunnen , copper drifting and steel, erected in 1981 in Berlin-Fennpfuhl
• 1979: Veiled torso
• 1983: Three Graces , bronze group, location Kniprodestrasse / Hans-Eisler-Strasse in Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg
• 1985: Sphinx
• 1988: Mother Courage
• 1993: eerie sewing device
• 1999: From German gardens group of works (Die Fallen), wood and wire
• 2006: Art Nouveau vase with funnel flowers

• 1966: Design of 4 clay reliefs at the Karl Marx Oberschule in Eberswalde
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• The district office of Pankow organized an exhibition in 2009 in the Galerie Parterre with works by him and some of his former students .

Web links

Commons : Baldur Schönfelder  - Collection of Images

• Catalog Sculpture in Berlin with a short biography and an overview of Baldur Schönfelder's works
• Detailed description of works and the work of Schönfelders, also (following pages) biographical information
• Catalog raisonné of Baldur Schönfelder's oeuvre

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ALDUR SCHÖNFELDER and graduates of the Kunsthochschule Berlin-Weißensee ( memento from June 15, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), poster from the 2009 art exhibition (pdf; 3.8 MB)
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g} Baldur Schönfelder: FROM GERMAN GARDENS , on kunstaspekte.art, accessed on March 17, 2020
3. ^ Art on the way website with picture and brief information about the Vogelbrunnen (street names no longer current), accessed on August 29, 2011
4. ↑ Baldur Schönfelder and graduates of the Berlin-Weißensee School of Art ( Memento from January 22, 2011 in the Internet Archive ), on the website / archive of the Pankow Art Office , accessed on August 29, 2011