Dieter Paffrath
Dieter Waldemar Paffrath (born March 20, 1936 in Marburg ; † May 14, 2002 in Trarego , Italy) was a German master sculptor, artist and lecturer in sculpture .
Life
Dieter Paffrath comes from a traditional family of sculptors.
From 1952 to 1955 he completed his apprenticeship as a sculptor and stonemason in his parents' sculpture workshop in Marburg on Ockershäuser Allee. From 1955 to 1958 he was a student of the East German expressionist sculptor Joachim Utech . During this time (1958–1960) Dieter Paffrath was a master sculptor with a diploma at the State Building School in Munich with Gustav Albert in the master class for sculptors and stonemasons.
During his student days he got to know and love Christa Mahler from Wasungen . In 1960 he married in Marburg, and in May 1961 his son Thomas was born.
In 1962 he became a member of the Marburg Artists' Circle. In the following years he took part in group exhibitions in Hessen . Some of his sculptures were also acquired by the Hessian Ministry of Culture (since 1984 Hessian Ministry for Science and Art ).
At the end of May in 1964, daughter Christine was born, son Dietmar (Didi) followed in August 1965. From 1968 to 1970 he was a lecturer in sculpture at the adult education center in Marburg.
For health reasons, the family decided in 1971 to move to Switzerland on Lake Constance. There he worked for a few years as a master sculptor in a sculpture workshop in Kreuzlingen . In 1973 he was accepted into the Thurgau artist group. In 1974 he was able to take over the Jermann sculpture workshop in Weinfelden as a freelance sculptor and artist. The family followed in the same year to Weinfelden and restored an old farmhouse on Gässliweg.
In addition to tombs, many commissions for public and private buildings in eastern Switzerland followed. The art collection of the canton of Thurgau acquired some sculptures (1970 - Phoenix, 1958 - cube stool), which can be seen in the art museum of the canton in Kartauser Ittingen .
Various commissions in the 80s to enlarge some sculptures by Vadim Sidur , a Russian sculptor, which were made in Düsseldorf (1985 - Der Mahner ), in Offenburg Bürgerpark (1984 - death through love), in Berlin (1979 - Treblinka ), in Würzburg ( 1987 - death by bombs ) and in Konstanz (1981 - today's situation) in the Federal Republic of Germany were set up larger than life. In connection with this work, the two artists met in Moscow in 1984 , which led to a deepening of the friendly relationship and collaboration that lasted until Sidur's death in 1986.
In 1989 a solo exhibition in the Haffterhaus in Weinfelden was very well received. Encouraged, further exhibitions followed in 1990 in Sens and Fontainebleau in France .
In 1992 he handed over the sculpture Paffrath & Sohn to his son Dietmar due to his pneumonia disease and founded a new studio, the "Casa Scultore" in northern Italy on Lake Maggiore . The southern climate and the fauna enabled him to breathe more freely and gave new inspiration for further works. Dieter Paffrath lived and worked with his wife Christa in Trarego / Viggiona until his death in May 2002.
Works (excerpt)
Public works and restorations
- 1960 Memorial and memorial for the victims of the Second World War in Büdingen
- 1961 Memorial in Speckswinkel
- 1961 Fountain of the university for the blind at the University of Marburg
- 1963 Altar and cross in the abdication chapel in Helmstedt
- 1979–1987 enlargements of the sculptures by Vadim Sidur ( Treblinka , The Today's Situation , Der Mahner, Death through Love and Death through Bombs )
- 1975 Renovation work on the Protestant church in Weinfelden
- 1978 Fountain sculpture, Arbon vocational school
- 1980 Well system and wooden relief, Arbon retirement home
- 1982 Sculpture "Holdertor" for the city of Frauenfeld
- 1982 Well system, Model Holding in Weinfelden
- 1984 Laser 2 sculpture Swiss Bank Corporation (UBS) in Arbon
- 1987 hands ceramic relief, Thurgauer Kantonalbank Weinfelden
- 1989 Movable fountain system Haus Cordes in Egnach
- 1997 Max Zeller Söhne AG movable fountain system in Romanshorn
Exhibitions
- 1964 Exhibition of young artists in the Kunsthalle Mannheim
- 1969 First solo exhibition in the patrician house in Marburg
- 1975–1992 Participation in many group exhibitions in Eastern Switzerland, in the Zurich area and in the southern Baden region
- 1981 Dieter Paffrath (sculptor) / Sepp Schwarz (painter) in Arbon Castle in Arbon
- 1989 Solo exhibition in the Haffterhaus in Weinfelden
- 1990 exhibitions in Sens and Fontainebleau in France
- 1995 Solo exhibition at the Kleine Galerie Schloss Weiher in the Ahorntal near Bayreuth
- 1997 Art und Weise - platform for 65 Thurgau artists in the Amriswil festival hut
- 1998 Solo exhibition La Galleria a amici dell 'Arte in Brissago
- 1999 sculpture exhibition in the old town of Cannero
- 2006 Father and son retrospective in the Haffterhaus in Weinfelden
literature
Dino Larese: Fifty years of the Thurgau artist group . [Texts:] Arthur Hafter and hari [Hansruedy Rickenbach]. Amriswiler Library, [1990]
Web links
Chronicle of the Paffrath family, as of 2013 Paffrath, Dieter - SIKART Lexicon on art in Switzerland.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Vadim Sidur: Death through love. In: Bürgerpark / Villa Billet Offenburg. Retrieved April 2, 2019 .
- ↑ Vadim Sidur: The current situation. In: Art in architecture. December 1981, Retrieved March 8, 2019 .
- ↑ paffrath.ch | home. Retrieved March 2, 2019 .
- ^ Dino Larese: Fifty Years of Thurgau Artists' Group. Texts: Arthur Hafter and hari [Hansruedy Rickenbach] . Ed .: Thurgau artist group. tape III . Amriswiler Library, 1990.
- ^ Walter Paffrath: Chronicle of the Paffrath family. Retrieved March 1, 2019 .
- ↑ Paffrath, Dieter - SIKART Lexicon on Art in Switzerland. Retrieved March 8, 2019 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Paffrath, Dieter |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Paffrath, Dieter Waldemar (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German master sculptor, artist and lecturer in sculpture |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 20, 1936 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Marburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 14, 2002 |
| Place of death | Trarego , Italy |