Elmar Dietz

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Elmar Georg Dietz (born December 30, 1902 in Jesserndorf ; † November 7, 1996 in Munich ) was a German sculptor .

Life

The artist, born in Jesserndorf, today a district of Ebern , studied under Hermann Hahn at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich . From 1931 he worked as a freelance artist in Munich. From 1937 on, Elmar Dietz was married for a few years to the Austrian writer Gertrud Fussenegger , who had four children from him - Ricarda , Traudi, Dorothea and Raimund - but lived separately from him from 1943 until the divorce in 1947.

During the Nazi era , he took part in the Great German Art Exhibition in the House of German Art in Munich with his work The Bull (which was later available for purchase as a limited edition cast ) .

Together with his older brother Lothar Dietz , a sculpture workshop had been operated in the still-preserved studio building in the backyard of Amalienstraße 81 in Munich since 1923. In 1936, the two artists trained at the academy parted ways. From then on Lother was registered at Schwedenstrasse 40.

Works (selection)

The Siegestor in Munich
Nymphenbrunnen, Munich, status 2008

Awards

In 1971 he received the Schwabing Art Prize .

family

Elmar Dietz is the younger brother of the sculptor Lothar Dietz , the artist Ricarda Dietz is his daughter. The former Bavarian Minister for Science and Art Wolfgang Heubisch is his nephew.

literature

  • Ulrich Christoffel: A new fountain by Elmar Dietz . In: Die Kunst , issue 76 / 1937,2. Munich 1937, pp. 112-114.
  • Ulrich Christoffel: The Munich sculptor Elmar Dietz . In: The art . Issue 89 / 1944,1. Munich 1944, pp. 40-45.
  • Georg Constantin: Away from the art world? On the work of the sculptor Elmar Dietz . In: Art and the beautiful home . Issue 63/1965, pp. 144-146.
  • Elmar Dietz. Sculptures, drawings, watercolors . Exhibition from April 22nd to May 22nd, 1966 at the Kunstverein München e. V. Munich 1966.
  • Clemens Jöckle: Elmar Dietz. Examples from figurative work . In: Yearbook of the Association for Christian Art in Munich . Issue 20/1998, Munich 1998, pp. 57-64.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Obituary for Gertrud Fussenegger, Kleine Zeitung Graz v. March 19, 2009
  2. ^ A b C. Benzenberg: Monuments for the resistance group 'White Rose' in Munich and Hamburg. Bonn, 1993 (Lothar Dietz CV, pp. 74/75)
  3. ↑ a b Munich address book: 1951 p. 166 / no. 173 sculptors
  4. ^ Bistritzki: Fountain in Munich. Calwey, Munich 1974/1980 p. 72 Brunnen Nr. 38, Here the year of the first installation is given as 1934 (Even the day of the unveiling is known, August 28, 1934)
  5. ↑ The art for everyone. Issue 3, December 1934. Nixenbrunnen at Gollierplatz , based on the photo board in the issue, already set up in 1934.
  6. ^ Bistritzki: Fountain in Munich. Calwey, Munich 1974/1980 p. 185 Fountain No. 499
  7. ^ Bistritzki: Fountain in Munich. Calwey, Munich 1974/1980 p. 161 Fountain No. 411
  8. ^ Bistritzki: Fountain in Munich. Calwey, Munich 1974/1980 p. 180 Fountain No. 455
  9. ↑ Denis A. Chevalley, Timm Weski: State Capital Munich - Southwest (= Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation [Hrsg.]: Monuments in Bavaria . Volume I.2 / 2 ). Karl M. Lipp Verlag, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-87490-584-5 , p. 225 .
  10. ↑ "Science Minister has roots in Erlenbach". In: Main-Post from November 16, 2008
personal data
SURNAME Dietz, Elmar
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dietz, Elmar Georg (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH December 30, 1902
PLACE OF BIRTH Jesserndorf , Lower Franconia
DATE OF DEATH November 7, 1996
Place of death Munich