Eckhart Dietz

Eckhart Dietz 2005

Eckhart Dietz (born October 31, 1933 in Pfäffingen near Tübingen ; † January 2, 2019 ) was a German sculptor who lived and worked in Schwäbisch Gmünd .

Life

Eckhart Dietz graduated from Parler-Gymnasium in Schwäbisch Gmünd in 1952. After studying biology, he studied from 1955 to 1961 at the Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart under Otto Baum, among others . From 1962 he was a freelance sculptor in Schwäbisch Gmünd. He taught at several universities and was an advisor to the art commission in Baden-Württemberg.

Dietz is the father of the Green politician Ricarda Lang (* 1994).

Exhibitions (selection)

• Stuttgart, Galerie Henn, sculptures, September 11th to October 25th, 2008
• Association building of Südwestmetall in Aalen : sculptures, drawings and photo works (2006)
• New work, Preacher, Schwäbisch Gmünd, February 26 to April 25, 2010
• Schwäbisch Gmünd, “Over the Years”, Gmünder Kunstverein , November 8th to December 22nd, 2013
• Schwäbisch Gmünd, “The way I am”, Gmünder Kunstverein , 25 November to 23 December 2016

Works

Works by Dietz in public spaces include:

• Female torso , cast stainless steel 1987, sculpture tour Schorndorf
• Group of those arriving , cast stainless steel 1996, Schwäbisch Gmünd train station
• See the dawn in the east , stainless steel casting 2002, ways to art

gallery

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  Female torso , cast stainless steel 1987, sculpture tour Schorndorf

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  Incoming , cast stainless steel 1996, Schwäbisch Gmünd station

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  See the dawn in the east , stainless steel casting 2002, ways to art

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  Eckhart Dietz 2005 with students

literature

• Marc Fredric Gundel: Artistic educational work during and after the Second World War. To Otto Baum (1900-1977) as private teacher of Gudrun Krüger and art college teacher . In: Peter Anselm Riedl; Marc Gundel: Gudrun Krüger - Beginning - Present , Eningen unter Achalm 1997, page 8.
• Dieter Weber (Ed.), Eckhart Dietz - New Work . Modo, Freiburg 2010.

Web links

Commons : Eckhart Dietz  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Literature by and about Eckhart Dietz in the catalog of the German National Library
• Homepage of Eckhart Dietz