Christian Höpfner

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Christian Höpfner (born March 5, 1939 in Burgstall , Altmark , † December 4, 2014 in Berlin ) was a German sculptor , medalist , graphic artist and university lecturer.

Live and act

From 1958 to 1964 he studied at the Berlin College of Fine Arts (with Richard Scheibe ). Höpfner finished his studies as Scheibe's master class student. From 1964 to 1969 he worked as a laborer and freelance sculptor in Berlin.

In 1969 he became Waldemar Grzimek's assistant at the chair for sculptural design in the architecture department at the Technical University of Darmstadt , and in 1972 he became a lecturer in the architecture department of the TH Darmstadt. In 1977 he was appointed to a chair for sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Nuremberg .

He is a member of several artists' associations: Darmstädter Sezession , Künstlergilde Esslingen , Schadowgesellschaft Berlin , Künstlerbund Schwabach , founding member and long-time board member of the Künstleronderbund in Germany , German Society for Medal Art , as well as the group of Berlin Medalists.

His complete oeuvre includes the classic nude figure, the torso and the portrait , mostly modeled in bronze for casting. Small-format plastic studies, drawings and graphics complete the work. In 1976 he worked on sculptures by Gerhard Marcks .

Höpfner designed several motifs for 10 euro silver commemorative coins .

Höpfner lived and worked in Berlin and Nuremberg.

Christian Höpfner died on December 4, 2014 at the age of 75.

Awards

literature

  • Wolfgang Steguweit : Christian Höpfner and the medals of his sculpting students. In: The Art Medal in Germany. 10, Berlin 1999, pp. 45-52.
  • Martin Heidemann: Christian Höpfner. In: The Art Medal in Germany. 10, Berlin 1999, p. 139.
  • Ulf Dräger, Andrea Stock (ed.): The world »en miniature«. German medal art today, 2000–2006 (= The Art Medal in Germany. 23). Moritzburg Foundation, Halle 2007, ISBN 978-3-937751-54-2 .
  • Joachim Kruse: The sculptures by the sculptor Christian Höpfner. Intersections of reality and fantasy. In: Daniela Anton (Ed.): Placed Art. Exhibition catalog Jena, Jena 1996, pp. 48–51.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Christian Höpfner in: German Society for Medal Art eV
personal data
SURNAME Höpfner, Christian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor, medalist, graphic artist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH March 5, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Burgstall , Altmark
DATE OF DEATH 4th December 2014
Place of death Berlin