Christoph Weihe

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Christoph Weihe (born March 5, 1954 in Halberstadt ) is a German sculptor , medalist and stonemason .

Live and act

Christoph Weihe grew up in Brehna , where he became familiar with the art of sculpture and stonemasonry in his father's workshop. He comes from a family in which there are many artists and pastors, his grandfather was the Halberstadt cathedral preacher Paulus Hinz. He is related to the sculptors Erdmann-Michael Hinz and Johann-Peter Hinz . After graduating from high school in 1972, he studied from 1974 to 1980 at the College of Industrial Design in Halle, Burg Giebichenstein with Gerhard Lichtenfeld and Bernd Göbel . Since 1981 he has been working as a freelancer in Halle (Saale) . He has created several works of art for public spaces .

Weihe also works as a medalist , among others he designed the silver festival medal “Stars of Halle” for the 1200th anniversary of Halle / Saale together with five colleagues ( Bernd Göbel , Carsten Theumer, Marcus Golter, Heidi Wagner-Kerkhof , Maya Graber ). This work was chosen in 2006 when the German Medalist Award "Johann Veit Döll" was awarded for the first time by the German Society for Medal Art among the "ten best contemporary medals" of the year. The medal was also shown in the German contribution to the World Medal Exhibition (FIDEM) 2007 in Colorado Springs . Then a copy was bought by the coin collection of the British Museum and the Moritzburg Art Museum in Halle / Saale.

Weihe has been married since 1982 and has three children. He is the brother of the sculptor Michael Weihe .

Working in public space (selection)

  • Brunnenstein (chameleon fountain) in Halle (Saale), Geiststraße (1992)

  • Chameleon fountain

  • Mauritius, equestrian figure in sandstone, in Halle (Saale), Brunos Warte, (1987)

  • Weather vane on the church in Nietleben

literature

  • Anniversary medal for Halle for the 1200th anniversary in: German Medal Award 2006 "Johann Veit Döll", City of Suhl, published by the German Society for Medal Art and City Administration of Suhl
  • Volume 17 DGMK, 2002: Martin Heidemann, Wolfgang Steguweit (eds.): Thanks to the castle. Medal art in Halle in the 20th century. ISBN 3-7861-2462-0
  • Hans-Georg Sehrt (Ed.): Figure and figurative things: contemporary Halle small sculptures. Hallescher Kunstverein, Halle 2005. ( Hallescher Kunstverein. 82). (For the exhibition of the Hallesches Kunstverein eV Figure and figurative objects in the Christian-Wolff-Haus, Stadtmuseum Halle from June 12th to July 24th, 2005. Concept, editing: Hans-Georg Sehrt).
  • Ulf Dräger, Andrea Stock (editor): The world in miniature: German medal art today, 2000 - 2006. Moritzburg Foundation, Halle 2007, ISBN 978-3-937751-54-2 , pp. 301–303. ( The Art Medal in Germany. Vol. 23) (On the occasion of the exhibition Die Welt "en Miniature". German Medal Art Today from July 15 to October 7, 2007 in the Moritzburg Foundation, Art Museum of the State of Saxony-Anhalt).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Christoph Weihe. Artist. German Society for Medal Art, accessed on December 2, 2015 .
  2. ↑ artist. Christoph Weihe. German Society for Medal Art, archived from the original on October 6, 2014 ; accessed on November 16, 2014 .
  3. ↑ a b c d Chameleon Fountain on the website of the city of Halle
  4. ↑ "Johann Veit Döll" Prize awarded for the first time. ( Memento from December 7, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Press release of the German Society for Medal Art from November 19, 2006. (Accessed October 24, 2008.)
  5. ↑ FIDEM XXX ( Memento of 25 April 2006 at the Internet Archive ) Colorado Spring 2007 American Numismatic Association. (Retrieved October 24, 2008.)
personal data
SURNAME Consecration, Christoph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor and stonemason
DATE OF BIRTH March 5, 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH Halberstadt