Egmar Ponndorf

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Relief on the pedestrian tunnel at Neustädter Markt in Dresden: Altendresden and Dresden's old town in the 18th century

Egmar Ponndorf (born October 1, 1929 in Dresden ; † January 1, 2015 ) was a German stone sculptor .

life and work

After attending the Musisches Gymnasium in Leipzig , Ponndorf trained as a stone sculptor between 1946 and 1948. During his apprenticeship and then until 1960 he worked for Werner Hempel in the preservation of monuments . From 1948 to 1959, Ponndorf participated in the reconstruction of the Dresden Zwinger and the Catholic Court Church . From 1952 to 1955 Ponndorf was a trainee with Walter Arnold and Hans Steger at the Dresden University of Fine Arts , plastic department. In 1956 Ponndorf acquired the title of master stone sculptor.

Ponndorf's relief in memory of Peter Joseph Lenné

Between 1960 and 2000 Ponndorf was a member of the Kunst am Bau production cooperative , from 1965 a member of the Association of Visual Artists of the GDR and from 1990 a member of the Saxon Artists' Association.

In 1964 Ponndorf was given a teaching position at the University of Fine Arts in Dresden, plastic department. From 1966 he was responsible for setting up a restoration workshop in Potsdam- Sanssouci , which he managed until 1968.

From 1991 to 1997 Ponndorf was the artistic director of the sculpting work in the reconstruction of the Dresden residential palace .

In addition to his work as a sculptor, Ponndorf also created paintings.

Private

Ponndorf had been married since 1956 and was an enthusiastic mountaineer until the beginning of the 1990s (since 1948 a member of TC Bergfreunde 16). As such, he was the rope companion of pastor Roland Adolph, who was murdered in 1997 .

Ponndorf died on January 1, 2015 after a serious illness.

Awards

Selection of works

Bronze relief "Lifetimes" in Dresden-Johannstadt
Sorbian couple in Cottbus

Dresden

  • 1967–1969: Restoration of the Peace Fountain
  • 1976: Sculpture construction workers made of red granite for the 125th POS (Heinrich Heine School) in Zschertnitz
  • 1977: Relief Altendresden around 1700 on the pedestrian tunnel under the Neustädter Markt
  • 1982: Ceramic relief Four Seasons at the intersection of Striesener Strasse and Pöppelmannstrasse
  • from 1983: restoration of the relief Dresden Dance of Death (from 1983)
  • 1984: Four ceramic elements for a school in Dresden- Prohlis , Gamigstrasse
  • 1987: Fairytale fountain on the Gorbitz high promenade
  • 1988: Ceramic sculpture family-youth-love in Zschertnitz
  • 1989: Lenné monument on Lennéplatz

Outside of Dresden

  • 1969: Decorative wall made of assembled concrete blocks with a sequence of numbers 1969, Carl-Friedrich-Gauß-Gymnasium, Schwedt / Oder (together with Johannes Peschel , both PGH Kunst am Bau )
  • 1974: 28 meter long and four meter wide concrete relief on the history of the labor movement at the teacher's house in Halle (Saale) together with Rudolf Sitte , Vinzenz Wanitschke and Hans Peschel
  • until 1980: Implementation and restoration of the north portal of the Chemnitz Castle Church
  • 1983: Plastic lying woman at the Kroko-Fit swimming pool in Radebeul ; Copy in concrete in the garden of the atelier house PGH Kunst am Bau
  • 1988: Sorbian couple made of ceramics, Cottbus pedestrian zone
  • 1988: Sandstone figure group at the Marktbrunnen in Cottbus (together with Johannes Peschel)
  • Securing numerous sculptures and monuments in Moritzburg , Augustusburg and Leipzig; also own building-related sculptures and small sculptures

literature

  • Freie Akademie Kunst + Bau eG (Ed.): Egmar Ponndorf. In: Production cooperative Kunst am Bau Dresden. 1958-1990. Dresden, o. JS 20-23.

Web links

Commons : Egmar Ponndorf  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ponndorf, Egmar ( memento of March 17, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), biographical data on personal wiki.slub-dresden.de
  2. ↑ a b c d Heinz Weißflog: Committed to the legacy - On the death of the Dresden sculptor Egmar Ponndorf . In: Dresdner Latest News . February 17, 2015 ( online [accessed February 17, 2015]).
  3. ^ Decision-making art buyers . In: Berliner Zeitung . August 11, 1972 ( online after free registration [accessed April 29, 2013]).
  4. ↑ Portrait: Egmar Ponndorf . In: Sächsischer Bergsteigerbunde eV (Ed.): The new Saxon mountaineer . INFORMATION SHEET OF THE SBB - SECTION OF THE DAV. No. 3 , September 2009, p. 26–28 ( online [PDF; 687 kB ; accessed on November 18, 2013]).
  5. ^ The prices of the FDGB . In: New Germany . June 10, 1974 ( online after free registration [accessed April 29, 2013]).
  6. ↑ Jochen Hänsch: The fountain of peace that survived the war . In: Saxon newspaper . November 28, 2009 ( online [accessed April 24, 2013]).
  7. ↑ Damage, restoration and conservation work on the Dresden Dance of Death relief  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at baufachinformation.de, accessed on April 24, 2013@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.baufachinformation.de  
  8. ↑ Living testimony carved in stone . In: New Germany . August 25, 1973 ( online after free registration [accessed April 29, 2013]).
personal data
SURNAME Ponndorf, Egmar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH October 1, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH Dresden
DATE OF DEATH January 1, 2015