Dieter Borchardt

Dieter Borchardt (born December 6, 1931 in Emmeringen ) is a German sculptor .

Life

Dieter Borchardt grew up in Emmeringen and Hornhausen . After completing 8th grade at elementary school , he began training as a painter . When the director of the elementary school recognized Borchardt's talent, she sent his works to the Berlin-Weißensee School of Art . He broke off his training and went to the Oschersleben secondary school , which he graduated from high school in 1951 . This was followed by studies at the Kunsthochschule Berlin-Weißensee in the field of plastic with Fritz Koelle and Heinrich Drake . From 1954 to 1960 he was delegated to the Academy of Fine Arts , where he studied at the Repin Institute.

He has lived in Magdeburg since 1961 and worked as a freelance artist in rooms on Otto-von-Guericke-Straße . In September 1960 he was a co-founder of the sculptors section in the Magdeburg district and its section head as well as a member of the district board of the Association of Visual Artists of the GDR .

Works (selection)

Maned Jumper in Magdeburg Zoo

Wild boar sculpture in Christianental Wernigerode

Borchardt created many sculptures and sculptures from the 1960s to the 1980s , most of which are still in public space. He preferred to use the materials polyester concrete and bronze , which were cast according to his models in the Lauchhammer art and bell foundry .

• Memorial plaque for Eduard Soermus at the Kristall-Palast Magdeburg , 1975 (together with Wolfgang Roßdeutscher ).
• Memorial plaque for Carl von Clausewitz on Rolandplatz in Burg , 1980.
• Plastic jackets and wild geese (bronze) in the Magdeburg Zoo .
• Plastic girls with tires at the “Maxim Gorki” POS in Wernigerode (1971, moved to the Giesserweg sports hall before the school building was demolished).
• Plastic wild boar (polyester concrete) in the Christianental animal park in Wernigerode. 2004 copy as bronze cast.
• Sculpture Venus or Eva (sandstone) in Wolmirstedt , moved to Farsleber Straße in 2014.
• Plastic woman with mirror (polyester concrete) in Halberstadt and in the park at Magdeburg University Hospital Leipziger Strasse.
• Sculptures at the goose fountain (bronze) on the market square in Arendsee (Altmark) (1988).
• Plastic The Fettered (polyester concrete) at first Technical University of Magdeburg , now presumably Monastery of Our Dear Women Magdeburg.
• Plastic Sputnikgucker (bronze) at the bird song school in Magdeburg.
• Plastic group of children with rooster (bronze) at the school in Bergstrasse in Stendal .

Awards

• 1953: Karl Marx grant
• 1979: Art Prize of the Council of the Magdeburg District
• Entry in the book of honor of the district leadership of the SED , banner of work II class

Web links

Commons : Dieter Borchardt  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Dieter Borchardt - oblivion-art.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} Vita, Borchhardt In: oblivion-art.de , accessed on May 22, 2019.
2. ↑ Works in polyester concrete , etc. In: oblivion-art.de , accessed on May 22, 2019.
3. ↑ Bronzen, Borchhardt In: oblivion-art.de , accessed on May 22, 2019.
4. ^ Heinz Gerling : Monuments of the City of Magdeburg , Helmuth-Block-Verlag, Magdeburg 1991. ISBN 978-3-910173-13-2 , p. 19.
5. ^ The population of the GDR honored Carl von Clausewitz: Memorial event for his 200th birthday in Burg . In: Berliner Zeitung . June 2, 1980, p. 2 .
6. ↑ Magdeburg sculptor designed sports motifs . In: New Germany . March 27, 1971, p. 8 .
7. ↑ Gudrun Billowie: Dieter Borchardt gives his Venus. In: volksstimme.de. April 25, 2014, accessed May 22, 2019 . 
8. ↑ The beautiful detail ... Dieter Borchardt: An "Eva" for Wolmirstedt In: brunnenturmfigur.de , accessed on May 22, 2019.
9. ↑ “Woman with a mirror” revealed at a new location In: halberstadt.de , accessed on May 22, 2019.
10. ↑ Dieter Borchhardt: Frau mit Spiegel In: oblivion-art.de , accessed on May 22, 2019.
11. ↑ Eckehard Schwarz: Landmarks of the city center | Arendsee In: az-online.de , accessed on May 22, 2019.
12. ↑ The Librarian . tape 37 . Volk und Wissen Verlag, 1983, p. 509 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
13. ^ Art prizes from districts for deserving cultural workers . In: New Germany . October 3, 1979, p. 4 .