Eberhard Roßdeutscher

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GDR postage stamp from 1974 depicting a relief by Eberhard Roßdeutscher

Eberhard Roßdeutscher (born January 28, 1921 in Weißenfels ; † May 27, 1980 in Magdeburg , Saxony-Anhalt ) was a German sculptor , sculptor and restorer.

Life

After finishing school, Roßdeutscher learned the profession of stonemason and stone sculptor from 1937 to 1940 with his father Max Roßdeutscher in Magdeburg. From 1926 to 1929 his father was the director of the Magdeburg Dombauhütte and created sculptural busts and medals.

In this early period Eberhard Roßdeutscher attended the School for Graphics and Design in Magdeburg . In 1946 he studied at the Bremen State Art School with Herbert Kubica and from 1955 to 1963 he was a visiting professor at the Art School in Magdeburg. From 1952 he worked as a freelance artist and created portrait and animal sculptures, while from 1967 he turned to monuments and larger sculptural ensembles.

From 1957 he initiated the once a year sculpture symposium in Ummendorf in the Ummendorf sandstone quarry , in which he always took part until he fell ill in 1978.

Roßdeutscher worked mainly in bronze , stone and terracotta.

Eberhard Roßdeutscher's son is Wolfgang Roßdeutscher , a sculptor, like his father Max Roßdeutscher.

Works in public space (selection)

After Magdalena George, Eberhard Roßdeutscher gains his characteristic style in dealing with the sculpture of our century, which he documents most convincingly in his small sculptures. His subjects were depictions of people and animals, especially in groups.

  • Flamingo group , bronze, Tierpark Berlin (Friedrichsfelde) (1959)
  • Olympic Thought , bronze, Artur-Becker-Oberschule Magdeburg (1968)
  • Memorial at Langenstein-Zwieberge Concentration Camp , bronze (1969)
  • Praise of the revolutionary , limestone , four reliefs based on Brecht's five poems of praise (based on designs by Joachim Jastram ). Brückenstrasse in Chemnitz (1972)
  • The ferryman , limestone, Elbuferpromenade Magdeburg, (1972–1974)
  • Memorial for the Magdeburg resistance fighters , bronze relief and concrete, Steubenpark in Magdeburg (1975)
  • Six Magdeburg originals , Bulgarian limestone, Fischerufer Magdeburg, (1976)
  • Telemann and the 4 Temperaments , bronze (base made of Rochlitzer porphyry ), Magdeburg (erected in 1981)
  • Wall design with 14 restored house signs , Buttergasse at the Alter Markt in Magdeburg

Photo gallery

  • Memorial for the Magdeburg resistance fighters (Magdeburg)

  • The ferryman (Magdeburg)

  • Flamingo group (Berlin)

  • Fountain, (bronze) Wilhelm-Külz-Strasse in Magdeburg

  • Praise of the revolutionary, one of four reliefs based on Brecht's five poems of praise ( Chemnitz )

Awards

literature

  • Gabriele Baumgartner, Dieter Hebig (Hrsg.): Biographisches Handbuch der SBZ / DDR. 1945–1990 . Volume 2: Maassen - Zylla . KG Saur, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-598-11177-0 , p. 734.

Web links

  • forum-gestaltung.de (PDF; 251 kB): Invitation to the opening of the exhibition: [Stone Age] Three generations of sculptors in Magdeburg. An art and life story.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Norbert Eisold, Norbert Pohlmann (Ed.): [Stone Age] Rossdeutscher. An art and life story. Three generations of sculptors in Magdeburg . P. 84 ff. Calbe 2010. ISBN 978-3-9813652-07
  2. ↑ uni-magdeburg : Roßdeutscher, Eberhard , accessed on October 16, 2011
  3. ↑ Norbert Eisold, Norbert Pohlmann (Ed.): [Stone Age] Rossdeutscher. An art and life story. Three generations of sculptors in Magdeburg . P. 38. Calbe 2010. ISBN 978-3-9813652-07
personal data
SURNAME Roßdeutscher, Eberhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor, stone mason and stone sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH January 28, 1921
PLACE OF BIRTH Weissenfels
DATE OF DEATH May 27, 1980
Place of death Magdeburg