Eckhard Herrmann

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Andreas Bogdain (left) and Eckhard Herrmann

Eckhard Herrmann (born July 24, 1949 in Finowfurt ) is a German artist and metal sculptor .

Life

Eckhard Herrmann learned the trade of mechanical fitter. From 1969 to 1974 he studied metal design at the college for industrial design in Halle, Burg Giebichenstein and graduated with a diploma. Since 1974 he has been working as a freelance artist in Eberswalde .

He mainly makes sculptures , sculptures and models as well as metal pictures from various materials, preferably copper , stainless steel, brass , steel, aluminum , natural stone and enamel . Herrmann specializes in architecture-related art both indoors and outdoors.

His studio is located in the Eberswalde family garden , in the former sheet metal house. Many of his sculptures adorn the cityscape of Eberswalde, for example in front of the Goethe secondary school, the hospital, the savings bank or in the family garden. Other sculptures by him can be found in the Havellandklinik Nauen , the Asklepios Klinik Birkenwerder , in Frankfurt (Oder) - Neuberesinchen , in Eisenhüttenstadt and in Hanau . The sculpture in Hanau was stolen in 2007 but handed over again as a duplicate on September 15, 2008. In 2013, a group of sculptures with three Nordic goddesses of fate was unveiled in Althüttendorf . In 2014 Herrmann was commissioned to erect a monument in Anklam in honor of Otto Lilienthal and Gustav Lilienthal . He created a four-meter-high column of copper on which a two-meter-high figure stands.

Works by the artist (selection)

  • Sculpture in front of the forest solar home

  • Metal print "Everyone"

  • Group of statues in front of the secondary school "finis coronat opus" (the end crowns the work)

  • Sculpture in Eberswalde station: "Bäckerbursche"

  • Sculpture group in Frankfurt (Oder)

  • Sculpture in the Eberswalde family garden: "Bride of the Wind"

  • Stele Eberswalder Goldschatz

  • "Visitors", Frankfurt (Oder)

  • "Die Rufende" at the Eberswalde market square

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Unknown steal sculpture from private garden, provocative sculpture by the artist Eckhard Herrmann denounces the invasion of Iraq by the USA , Frankfurter Rundschau, October 23, 2007
  2. ↑ Three Goddesses and the Creator . In: Märkische Onlinezeitung , June 21, 2013
  3. ↑ Sven Klamann: Barnimer artist honors the Lilienthal brothers. In: MOZ of November 8, 2013. Retrieved on August 29, 2016 .

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personal data
SURNAME Herrmann, Eckhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German artist and metal sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH July 24, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH Finowfurt