Elisabeth Altenrichter-Dicke

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Bronze sculpture "Open hand" from 1986 on the market square in Hagen-Helfe
Bronze sculpture "Open Hand" (1986) on the market square in Hagen-Helfe
Sgraffito in Hagen by Elisabeth Altenrichter-Dicke

Elisabeth Altenrichter-Dicke (born April 28, 1929 near Ennepetal ; † December 28, 2013 in Ennepetal) was a German painter, sculptor, graphic artist, textile artist and glass painter.

Life

Elisabeth Dicke grew up with three siblings on the Fuhr in Milspe . Her father was a master painter and painter as well as a hobby painter. She attended secondary school in Voerde and high school in Gevelsberg . After graduating from high school, she studied free and applied painting at the Werkkunstschule Wuppertal, among others with Ernst Oberhoff , where she graduated as a muralist. Afterwards, Dicke studied sculpture at the Munich Art Academy . From 1951 she worked as a freelance artist. Elisabeth Altenrichter-Dickes' area of ​​work included wall painting, metal sculpture, glass painting and the design of tapestries. She lived with her husband, the Hagen artist Hans Altenrichter, on Jellinghauser Weg in Ennepetal.

plant

Elisabeth Altenrichter-Dicke designed more than 160 churches in Germany and other countries. She created more than 2000 stained glass windows for church and secular buildings.

  • 1955: Sgraffito "The Three Elements" in Hagen , Springe 8-10
  • 1964: Colored glazing in the St. Bonifatius church in Dortmund-Lichtendorf (executed by Steffens & K.)
  • 1965: Wall sculptures in Hagen, Buschstrasse 89 + 101, Helfer Strasse 15, Wichernstrasse 1 and Lasallestrasse 1
  • 1984: Bronze sculpture "Opened Hand" on the market square in Hagen-Helfe
  • 1984: Color glazing of the choir windows of the Evangelical Church in Witten-Rüdinghausen
  • between 1986 and 1994: colored glazing in the Evangelical Kreuzkirche in Hamm-Bockum-Hövel
  • 1994: Choir painting "Jesus Christ - living water", Christ Church Hamm , Lange Str. 74
  • 1994: new interior design of the Petruskirche in Bestwig- Ramsbeck , Schulstraße 21
  • 1995: new interior design of the Luther Church in Dortmund-Hörde

literature

  • J. Rüenauver: (without title) In: Das Münster , 20th year 1967, p. 94.
  • Economic Association of Visual Artists NRW eV, District Association of South and North Westphalia (Ed.): Visual artists in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. Volume 1, Recklinghausen 1966, p. 13.
  • Horst Groth, Meine Tante Elisabeth , documentary, 2018, 14 min

Web links

Commons : Elisabeth Altenrichter-Dicke  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Bärbel Jäger: Elisabeth Altenrichter-Dicke - Life for Art and Design. (PDF; 18.2 kB) In: schwelm.de. Retrieved October 12, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Hartmut Breyer: Artist Elisabeth Altenrichter-Dicke has died. In: wp.de. January 16, 2014, accessed October 12, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Hartmut Breyer: Horst Groth receives prize for "My Tante Elisabeth". In: wp.de. March 17, 2018, accessed October 12, 2019 .
  4. ^ Hans-Jochem Schulte: The film is reminiscent of Ennepetal's greatest female artist. In: wp.de. April 25, 2018, accessed October 12, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Altenrichter-Dicke, Elisabeth
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Liesel thickness
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter, sculptor, graphic artist, textile artist and glass painter
DATE OF BIRTH April 28, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH near Ennepetal
DATE OF DEATH December 28, 2013
Place of death Ennepetal