Christian Schulze (sculptor)

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Sandstone sculpture, standing 1977
Woman with billy goat. Hotel Bellevue, Dresden 1986
Nosseni altar in the Loschwitz church
Fountain of life Frankfurt / Oder
Mendelssohn monument in Leipzig
Semperoper Dresden, Psyche
Dresden. Model of old parapet in the large courtyard
Zwickau Marienkirche sculpture Ruth, 2015

Christian Schulze (born October 13, 1946 in Biesnitz , today Görlitz ) is a German sculptor and restorer and lives in Dresden .

Live and act

Christian Schulze was born in Biesnitz in 1946 as the son of a decorative painter and grew up in this suburb of Görlitz. His father, who had attended the Johannes Wüsten painting school in Görlitz Kahle 7 as a teenager , was friends with Walther Rhaue, a trained painter and former student of the Breslau Art Academy , who had been running an artistically ambitious pottery on the neighboring property since 1927 . There he discovered his special love for clay early on. Later he attended the painting and drawing circle of Werner Panitz, a master student of Otto Mueller , in preparation for the entrance examination for an apprenticeship at the Meissen porcelain factory . During his training as a porcelain lathe operator in Meißen from 1963 to 1966, he received artistic support from Lothar Sell and Peter Strang . From 1966 to 1971 he studied with Gerd Jaeger , Herbert Naumann and Walter Arnold at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts . Following his diploma thesis, the design and execution of a porcelain wall for the stairwell of the Scientific-Technical Center of the Fine Ceramics Industry of the GDR in Meißen (WTK), he worked as a design sculptor in this institute from 1971 to 1974.

Since 1974 he has been working as a freelancer in Dresden . From 1975 to 1978 he received a grant for young artists. Study trips took him to the Baltic States , Poland and Hungary . Since for years he only had his own living room in an old Dresden farmhouse and later in an attic as a work space, he mainly concentrated on the year-round outdoor work in sandstone . A series of larger works for public spaces was created, partly at sculpture symposia .

In 1979, sculptors were sought for the faithful restoration of the auditorium of the Dresden Semperoper . He took the first opportunity since completing his studies to be able to model larger works in clay under good working conditions in the specially built, temporary sculptor's joint studio of the Semperoper. In 1982, after completing the sculpting work there, he was able to move into his own studio for the first time . He had a ceramic kiln built and began to work primarily in terracotta . He soon found his own, somewhat more abstract form, appropriate to the material.

Since Saxony tried hard to close the countless wounds that the Second World War had left on the historical heritage, he continued to receive many challenging and interesting tasks in the field of reconstruction and restoration in the following decades , but tried despite the often high workload always not to lose sight of his free artistic work. A grant from the Kulturfonds Foundation in 1992 was both recognition and support. In the meantime, however, he saw that his world of ceramic shapes, developed according to the material, would always be limited to a play with proportions. When working with sandstone, it was also important to consider the material. Now he was looking for a way to react to what he had experienced immediately and in a way that was easy to understand using the language of the sculptor. In addition to being interested in the human body, he also wanted to express feelings and human individuality. He began systematically to investigate, regardless of future material implementation, how conscious changes in proportions, individual body shapes, facial expressions, gestures and strong movements of the figure in space can be made to serve the respective message. If it is possible to bring strong changes in shape of a figure into balance with one another, they can be perceived as natural body shapes. In 2004 he presented the results of his changing new way of working for the first time. If he was initially looking for a consistent break with his previous way of working, built internal forms soon tightened and enriched his sculptures again. He is always looking for the big shape that a topic can open up immediately, but wants to stay close to people in detail without digressions.

Exhibition participation, selection

  • 1974: Young artists of the GDR , Frankfurt / Oder .
  • 1975: Dresden sculptor , Dresden, glockenspiel pavilion in the Zwinger , Dresden.
  • 1979: 10th district exhibition in Dresden.
  • 1980: Young artists of the GDR , Frankfurt / Oder.
  • 1985: To new splendor , Semperoper Dresden
  • 1986: State art trade of the GDR, Berlin.
  • 1990: Gallery-Atelier Bihlmann, Leonberg .
  • 1991: Small gallery, Radebeul .
  • 1991: Galerie am Friedrichsplatz, Mannheim .
  • 1992: Hand drawings and small sculptures, Galerie Rähnitzgasse Dresden.
  • 1994: Ernst Rietschel Art Award, Pulsnitz
  • 2004: Dresden artist under the stone bell , Saxon Ministry of Finance, Dresden
  • 2005 to 2010: Special exhibition on the reconstruction of the Frauenkirche , Dresden City Museum .
  • 2013: Pirna Summer of Culture .
  • 2013 ArtDocks Gallery , Bremen

Personal exhibitions, selection

  • 1993: Christian Schulze: Sculptures ; Leonhardi Museum Dresden
  • 1994: Galerie Goppelsröder, Bretten
  • 2001: Exhibition on the Nosseni Altar , Villa Eschebach , Dresden.
  • 2012: Heringsdorf Art Pavilion
  • 2013: Nikolaikirche Görlitz,

Works (selection

  • 1974: Reclining , sandstone sculpture Nuremberg Egg in Dresden
  • 1975: Small crouching woman , sandstone sculpture , Dresden City Museum
  • 1975 to 1980: Four seasons , concrete reliefs, Striesener Straße Dresden.
  • 1977: Standing sandstone sculpture Sternplatz Dresden
  • 1978 to 1979: Sandstone group for the 71st POS (Polytechnische Oberschule) Wilhelm Dieckmann, Franzweg, Dresden
  • 1978 to 1985: Life , sandstone fountain with group of sculptures, Frankfurt / O.
  • 1979 to 1982: Reconstruction of the sculptures Amor and Psyche, the reliefs Pegasus and Sphinx as well as decorative elements of the parapets, all stucco, Semperoper Dresden
  • 1985 to 1986: Woman with billy goat sandstone group, garden at Hotel Bellevue, Dresden
  • 1985 to 1988: Reconstruction of six larger-than-life statues of postal workers and stucco sculptures, Museum for Communication Berlin .
  • 1987–1990: Fertility , three terracotta steles, Borthen, now Dohna
  • 1990: Reconstruction of the plastic decoration of the main facade, Dresden theater
  • 1990 to 1991: Tamed flames , terracotta stele, Meissen.
  • 1992: Restoration of a Gothic snake vault, application technology, St. Marien , Zwickau
  • 1992 to 1996: Restoration of the beautiful door , sandstone, St. Anne's Church in Annaberg
  • 1993 to 1994: Reconstruction of the plastic interior decoration, mainly stucco, Italian village , Dresden
  • 1993 to 1995: Reconstruction of the sculptural decoration of the parapets, ceiling vaults and proscenium boxes - stucco, Dresden theater
  • 1994: Reconstruction of a hand, sandstone, tulip pulpit in Freiberg Cathedral , Freiberg
  • 1994: Reconstruction of the Gothic head console K.Tretwein - sandstone, St. Marien Cathedral, Zwickau
  • 1994 to 1995: Restoration of the figure program of the south facade and the bridal portal - limestone, St. Marien, Zwickau
  • 1995 and 2000: Restoration work in the high choir in Meissen Cathedral
  • 1995: Gallery parapet, 1: 1 model, Frauenkirche Dresden
  • 1996 to 1997: gallery console, 1: 1 models, Frauenkirche Dresden.
  • 1997: Radiant wreath with band of clouds, 1: 1 model for tower cross - Frauenkirche Dresden.
  • 1998 to 2000: Restoration or reconstruction of the sculptural elements of the Nosseni altar , stucco marble and alabaster , Loschwitz Church, Dresden,
  • 2001: Reconstruction of two parapet fields of the Altlan, 1: 1 models for sandstone, Dresden Residenzschloss
  • 2001: Restoration of the rood screen in the monastery church in Wechselburg
  • 2002–2003: the organ brochure , 1: 1 model for wood, Frauenkirche Dresden.
  • 2005 to 2008: Reconstruction of the Mendelssoh monument , models for bronze casting, Leipzig
  • 2007: Reconstruction of the Angel of the Annunciation, limestone, St. Marien, Zwickau
  • 2008: Reconstruction of an overhead door, 1: 1 model of the English staircase , Dresden Castle
  • 2010: Restoration of four groups of putti, stucco, Annenkirche Dresden
  • 2011: Restoration of the figure program and the ornamental gable of the north facade in limestone or sandstone St. Marien, Zwickau
  • 2013 to 2014: Reconstruction of 2 figural console stones, sandstone, St. Marien, Zwickau
  • 2014 to 2015: Reconstruction of 2 pilaster reliefs and the master builder bust on the southwest stair tower, models for sandstone, Dresden Residenzschloss
  • 2015: Reconstruction of the figure of Ruth , Kalkstein, St. Marien, Zwickau
  • 2016: Design and execution of a new halo for the altar, wood, stucco, Annenkirche Dresden

literature

  • Council of the District of Dresden , Association of Visual Artists of the GDR : Exhibition catalog: 10th district exhibition in Dresden; September 16 to December 11, 1979.
  • Werner Klugmann: They adorn the cityscape, fountains in Frankfurt / O .; Daily newspaper Neuer Tag Frankfurt / O .; October 31, 1987.
  • Exhibition catalog Galerie-Atelier Heide Bihlmann, Leonberg; September 16 to October 14, 1990.
  • Exhibition catalog, hand drawings and small sculptures Galerie Rähnitzgasse Dresden; February 2 to March 22, 1992.
  • City administration Dresden, Christian Schulze: Sculptures and reliefs, Leonhardimuseum Dresden exhibition catalog | 1992 January 14 to February 16.
  • City administration Dresden, Christian Schulze: Sculptures, Leonhardimuseum Dresden exhibition catalog, 1993 January 16 to February 14.
  • Gerlinde Adam: Free space for indispensable values; Saxon Newspaper ; January 12, 1992 January.
  • Ingrid Roßki: Marble, plaster and 200 pieces combine to create a work of art, Nosseni altar at Loschwitz Church, Dresden; Saxon Newspaper; 4th August 1995.
  • Ingrid Roßki: Eye to eye with the altar figures, Nosseni Altar Loschwitz Church Dresden; Saxon Newspaper; November 29, 2000.
  • R. Bonß: So beautiful and yet only a model, organ prospectus Frauenkirche Dresden; Saxon Newspaper; December 24, 2002.
  • Heike Sabel: Surprising reunion, exhibition Leonhardi Museum, fertility stele Borthen (now Dohna); Saxon Newspaper; March 5, 2013.
  • Hertha Fürch: Galerie F Dresden: Exhibition catalog: Dresden artists under the stone bell; Saxon Ministry of Finance Dresden; November 16 to December 17, 2004; P. 19ff
  • Dr. Barbara Bechter: Exhibition catalog: Die Frauenkirche zu Dresden; Frauenkirche Foundation Dresden; 2005; P. 135ff.
  • Christine Baumsteiger-Uhlig: Dresden Angel Bavarian - Baroque; Süddeutsche Zeitung March 10, 2004; P. 50
  • Thomas Lehmann : The tower cross is back; Saxon Newspaper; April 22, 2004.
  • Kasi: building raised after lowering, St.Marien Zwickau; Free Press Zwickau; January 6, 1996. p. 8
  • Bernd Klempnow: A sense of the art of the old masters, Schauspielhaus Dresden; Saxon Newspaper; April 28, 1994.
  • Christine Reuther: The churches of the Elbe slope, Loschwitz church; Sunday; June 27, 1999 June
  • Heinrich Magirius : Intimate theater space of noble form, Schauspielhaus Dresden; Saxon Newspaper; 5th September 1995.
  • Andy Dallmann: The sculptor himself is; Atelier-Galerie Christian Schulz; Saxon Newspaper, May 14, 2008
  • Ingrid Roßki: Rescued by stubborn heads, Loschwitz Church; Dresden City Tour - History; January 20, 2003.
  • Ackermann: beauty treatment for an altar, Nosseni altar; Morgenpost Dresden; September 9, 1998
  • Matthias Donath : Spitzisen & Injection, 800 years of building at Meißner Dom, Hochstift Meißen, Verlag Gering Verlagsgesellschaft mbH Merseburg, 1997, p. 20ff
  • Daniel Jacob: Sculpture Guide Dresden: From Aphrodite to Zwillingsbrunnen, ISBN 3-942098-05-9 , p. 115.
  • City of Dresden, Cultural Office: Der 26er Ring Dresden - Art in Public Space; Stoba Druck GmbH Lambertswalde, December 1996. S16

Web links

Commons : Christian Schulze  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Archive of the Dresden University of Fine Arts
  2. ↑ Christian Schulze website (sculptor)
  3. ↑ Archive Christian Schulze (sculptor)
  4. ↑ Christian Schulze website (sculptor)
  5. ↑ Archive Christian Schulze (sculptor)
  6. ↑ Lieratur: Daniel Jacob: Sculptures leader Dresden: From Aphrodite to twin fountains, ISBN 3-942098-05-9 , p 115
  7. ↑ Archive Christian Schulze (sculptor)
  8. ↑ Archive Christian Schulze (sculptor)
personal data
SURNAME Schulze, Christian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH October 13, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH Goerlitz