Rolf Crummenauer

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Rolf Crummenauer (born June 24, 1925 in Duisburg-Ruhrort ; † January 3, 1999 in Meerbusch-Osterath ) was a German artist and university professor .

Life

In 1943 and 1944 he studied with Professors Paul Bindel and Wilhelm Schmurr at the Düsseldorf Art Academy . After military service and captivity in England and France, he continued his studies at the Düsseldorf Art Academy from 1946 to 1949, with Heinrich Kamps and Otto Coester , among others . In the architecture classes of Walter Köngeter and Hans Schwippert he received a teaching assignment for freehand drawing. Rolf Crummenauer had been in permanent employment since 1952 and was appointed professor in 1967. Since 1972 he had his own class for the artistic teaching post and for free art.

In his lectures, Professor Rolf Crummenauer took the view that the so-called play instinct of people is an essential motor of creative activity ( homo ludens ).

According to one of his students, Rolf Crummenauer used the recordings (prints) from Karl Blossfeldt's (1865–1932) work “Urformen der Kunst” as template material in his preliminary course at the Düsseldorf Art Academy .

Works

Relief made of cast aluminum at the Hagen University of Applied Sciences

Some of his works can be seen in the Museum Schloss Moyland (Kleve district). a. Carpets, glass cuts, glass windows, floors and murals. Rolf Crummenauer also often designed exterior facades and created numerous reliefs made of steel , cast aluminum and bronze . A special focus in his only sparsely documented oeuvre is the redesign of historical sacred buildings commissioned by the Diocese of Münster , such as the grave of St. Ida in the pilgrimage church of St. Ida in Herzfeld (Lippetal) (1981), which was carried out in the course of the 2nd Vatican Council necessary redesign of the altar rooms of the provost church St. Ludgerus in Billerbeck (1975) and the parish church St. Andreas in Ahaus-Wüllen (1977). The new version of the grave of Cardinal von Galen in the chapel wreath of the High Cathedral of St. Paul in Münster in 1988 (here: altar, lecture cross, showcase, floor, etc.) is considered to be the highlight and end point of his work . Profane art in public space is one of his works. a. to see in Hagen .

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SURNAME Crummenauer, Rolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German artist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH June 24, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH Duisburg-Ruhrort
DATE OF DEATH January 3, 1999
Place of death Meerbusch-Osterath