Christoph Bechteler

Christoph Bechteler (* 1935 in Berlin ) is a freelance metal sculptor .

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Christoph Bechteler was born in 1935 as the son of Theo Bechteler in Berlin. He lived in Immenstadt from 1943 and did an engine construction apprenticeship, which he completed with an examination in Berlin. Until 1959 he worked as a toolmaker in Immenstadt and Augsburg . From 1959 to 1962 he attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich (with Heinrich Kirchner ), later he studied at the University of Fine Arts in Hamburg with Gustav Seitz . Since 1966 he has lived as a freelance metal sculptor in Augsburg.

Works (selection)

• Working in Augsburg
  • Chrome steel sculpture at the vocational school (1970)
  • Fountain at the Rudolf-Diesel-Gymnasium (1973)
  • Bronze fountain on the station forecourt (1986/87, together with his father Theo Bechteler )
  • Bowl fountain at Tobias House in (1991)
  • Tower in Pferseepark in (1996)

Prizes and awards

• Promotion Prize of the City of Augsburg (1966)
• Art Prize of the Diocese of Augsburg (1969, together with his father Theo Bechteler and his sister Else Bechteler-Moses )

source

• The emigrated by Gunther le Maire
• Homepage of Christoph Bechteler