Christian Eisbein

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Christian Eisbein (born July 5, 1917 in Halle (Saale) ; † July 1, 2009 in Westerholt , East Friesland ) was a sculptor , book author and conservationist .

Life

The trained farmer and art teacher Christian Eisbein became known for his commitment to the preservation of the Lower Saxony Wadden Sea and the ban on seal hunting .

He was a founding member of the Ostfriesischer Kunstkreis.

In the 1980s and 90s Christian Eisbein published the club magazine “Die Wattläufer eV” with comments and glosses on current events. He liked to describe himself as a troublemaker and underlined this in 1993 with the publication of his book "A 'troublemaker' survived".

Works

Keerlke in the courtyard of the town hall in Leer

Fonts

  • Watt in need - from the diary of a Watt walker . Verlagsgruppe Droemer Knaur, Munich 1987, ISBN 3-426-03858-7 .
  • A “troublemaker” survived - contemporary history from the frog's perspective of someone who quacks a lot . Coastal publisher Krug, Wangerland-Hohenkirchen 1993, ISBN 3-929901-05-6 .
  • Christian Eisbein, Manfred Paape: Beloved Wadden Sea . Paschke Verlag, Westerholt 1993, DNB 1093242086 .
  • Wonderland Wadden Sea - eyes glances from a long-standing passionate love affair . Coastal publisher Krug, Wangerland-Hohenkirchen 1994, ISBN 3-929901-01-3 .

Sculptures (selection)

  • Grandmother and grandson (1970) in front of the Helenenstift in Hage , Hauptstrasse.
  • Keerlke (created in 1985 based on the fictional character in Wilhelmine Siefkes' great novel "Keerlke") in the courtyard of the town hall of Leer . A scaled-down form of the clay sculpture has been awarded annually as the Keerlke Prize since 1993 .
  • Lüttje Dirk (1997) on Ostertorstrasse in Remels . Dirk Flitz, called "Lüttje Dirk", was a Remels original.
  • He is buten bleven (1998) on Störtebekerstraße in Dornumersiel . The sadly melancholy sculpture shows a sailor's wife with her child, whose husband “stayed at sea”.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b On the death of Christian Eisbein. In: Ostfriesen-Zeitung . July 7, 2009.
  2. ^ Sculpture Grandmother and Grandchildren , accessed on September 23, 2018.
  3. ^ Oostfreeske Taal: Keerlke Prize , accessed on September 23, 2018.
  4. ^ Sculpture Lüttje Dirk , accessed on September 23, 2018.
  5. ↑ Monuments in East Friesland: Dirk Folkert Flitz ( Lüttje Dirk ) , accessed on September 23, 2018.
  6. ^ Sculpture He is buten bleven , accessed on September 23, 2018.
  7. ↑ On the trail of female sculptures , accessed on September 23, 2018.
personal data
SURNAME Eisbein, Christian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor, author and conservationist
DATE OF BIRTH July 5, 1917
PLACE OF BIRTH Halle (Saale)
DATE OF DEATH July 1, 2009
Place of death Westerholt , East Frisia