Elmar Hillebrand

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Nepomuk figure from Cologne Cathedral , which Elmar Hillebrand had erected on the Weißer Rheinbogen in 1978 .

Elmar Hillebrand (born October 11, 1925 in Cologne ; † January 8, 2016 there ) was a German sculptor .

Life and education

After graduating from high school at Apostelgymnasium (1943) and then doing military service and being a prisoner of war , Elmar Hillebrand studied from 1946 to 1950 at the Düsseldorf Art Academy with Joseph Enseling and as a master student with Ewald Mataré , among others with Joseph Beuys . After studying at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière in Paris with Ossip Zadkine as well as stays abroad and trips (including to Algeria ), he exhibited his own work for the first time in 1952.

After working at the Dombauhütte in Cologne , he was appointed associate professor for sculpture at the Faculty of Architecture at RWTH Aachen University in 1964 (full professor from 1967, emeritus since 1988 ). In 1968, together with numerous other professors from RWTH Aachen University, he was one of the signatories of the “ Marburg Manifesto ”, which formed an academic front against the emerging co-determination at universities.

Hillebrand created a large number of works that were visibly displayed in public spaces, including the statue in the lobby of the UN City of Vienna as well as statues in churches and in various public places in Europe. The main altar of Cologne Cathedral is considered to be Hillebrand's main work . His involvement in the reconstruction of the Romanesque church buildings in Cologne, where he worked closely with architects such as Hans Schilling and Gottfried Böhm , was also formative for his work . What was important for Elmar Hillebrand was the collegial collaboration with artist colleagues from the Cologne School such as Theo Heiermann , Jochem Pechau , Hans Karl Burgeff , Karl Matthäus Winter , Klaus Balke and others.

Hillebrand lived and worked in Cologne-Weiß . His son Johannes Hillebrand is also a sculptor, his son Clemens Hillebrand a painter.

In May 2011 he handed over his estate from 1952 to 2009 to the Historical Archives of the Archdiocese of Cologne .

honors and awards

Publications

Works (selection)

City hall tower Cologne, on the right Hillebrand's statue of Cardinal Frings
Figure group at the west portal of the Liebfrauenkirche (Trier) , statue of Adam von Hillebrand

literature

  • New works by German sculptors. In: Das Münster , born 1959, issue 7/8/9, pp. 250–261, Verlag Schnell and Steiner, Munich 1959.
  • New sculptural works in the Christian area. In: Das Münster , 18th year, pp. 328–329, Schnell und Steiner publishing house, Munich 1965.
  • The sculptor's notebook. In: Das Münster , 20th year, pp. 225–226, Verlag Schnell and Steiner, Munich 1967.
  • The Pax Christi Church in Essen , published by Karl Johannes Heyer , Verlag Hans Driewer, Essen, 1968.
  • Artist in the Cologne district, Professor Elmar Hillebrand by Dr. Hans Reykers. In: District of Cologne, Yearbook 1970 , self-published by the District of Cologne, 1970.
  • 85th German Catholic Day in Freiburg im Breisgau. In: Das Münster , year 1987, issue 3, p. 234, Schnell und Steiner publishing house, Freiburg 1987.
  • Elmar Hillebrand: sculptures, drawings. A documentation of the 8th stable exhibition in the van der Grinten house, Kranenburg, Niederrhein, September 21 to October 19, 1969. Bösmann, Kleve 1969. (catalog)
  • Elmar Hillebrand: sculptures and drawings. Suermondt-Ludwig-Museum and Museumsverein Aachen , April 29 to June 11, 1984. Suermondt-Ludwig-Museum, Aachen 1984. (Catalog)
  • Space in space. Elmar Hillebrand, bronzes of landscapes and spaces. Edition Lubcaparellalo, Cologne 2009, ISBN 978-3-9810490-2-2 (editor: Clemens Hillebrand and Diocesan Center for the Hearing Impaired in the Archdiocese of Cologne and the Integrative Community of St. Georg ).
  • Clemens Hillebrand : Capriccios in Architecture. Architectural sculptures and drawings by Elmar Hillebrand. Edition Lubcaparellalo, Cologne 2008, ISBN 978-3-9810490-1-5 .
  • Clemens Hillebrand: Elmar Hillebrand. Works 1942–2015 and catalog raisonné of works in public space. Edition Lubcaparellalo, Cologne 2018, ISBN 978-3-9810490-4-6 .
  • Gustav René Hocke : Contemporary Painting. Neo Mannerism. Limes Verlag, Wiesbaden and Munich 1975, ISBN 3-8090-2072-9 , pp. 155-163.
  • Ferdinand Dahl: Elmar Hillebrand , in this: Catalog for the exhibition Kunstmedals - Medaillenkunst , part 3 (= Der Steckenreiter. Ancillary hours devoted to the pleasure of coins. A coin post of the Numismatic Society Bonner Münzfreunde eV , volume 93). Numismatic Society of Bonner Münzfreunde, Bonn 2014, p. 8ff. (with pictures); Long-term saved ( memento from April 5, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) as a PDF document
  • Johann Caspar Goethe : Journey through Italy in 1740. Edited by the German-Italian Association, Frankfurt am Main. Translated from Italian and commented by Albert Meier with the assistance of Heide Hollmer. With 15 drawings by Elmar Hillebrand. 4th edition, dtv, Munich 1999, ISBN 978-3-423-12680-9 .
  • Dorothee Haentjes-Holländer : The pilgrimage church of St. Adelheid am Pützchen , discovery of an art space. Monument and History Association Bonn-Rechtsrheinisch eV, Bonn 2015, ISBN 978-3-9812164-4-8 .
  • Toys on marquetry. The inlay carpet by Elmar Hillebrand in the Paul Ehrlich Institute in Langen and some of his toys. Editor: Clemens Hillebrand, Edition Lubcaparellalo, Cologne, October 2015.
  • Peter Wallmann (Ed.): Pax Christi Church in Essen, memorial for the victims of violence , Essen, 2017, ISBN 978-3-00-055837-5 .

Web links

Commons : Elmar Hillebrand  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Peter Pies (ed.): The community white, now part of Cologne. Volume 4. Rheinlandia Verlag Klaus Walterscheid, Siegburg 2015, pp. 17-20.
  2. ↑ Hiltrud Kier , Bernd Ernsting , Ulrich Krings : Cologne, the council tower: its history and its program of figures . Ed .: City of Cologne. JP Bachem Verlag , Cologne 1996, ISBN 3-7616-0858-6 , p. 660 .
  3. ↑ a b c Cologne sculptor Elmar Hillebrand is dead ( Memento of the original from January 11, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , WDR , January 11, 2016  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www1.wdr.de
  4. ↑ Hans Reykers: Artists in the Cologne District, Professor Elmar Hillebrand in the Cologne District (Hrsg.): Yearbook 1970, p. 55 ff.
  5. ↑ Wording and list of signatures of the manifesto against the politicization of universities ( memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , in: Blätter für German and international politics , born in 1968; Issue 8 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.dearchiv.de
  6. ^ Marburg Manifesto , in: Der Spiegel of July 22, 1968
  7. ↑ Dorothee Haentjes-Holländer presents a new book. General-Anzeiger (Bonn) , accessed on January 20, 2016 .
  8. ↑ The whole "stuff" is now in the archive ( Memento from May 21, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  9. ^ Career and honors after Reykers
  10. ↑ a b c d e Bruno Sonnen: Craftsmen and Artists in Paulinus, weekly newspaper in the Diocese of Trier, January 31, 2016
  11. ^ Heinz Firmenich: St. Andreas in Cologne . Ed .: Rhenish Association for Monument Preservation and Landscape Protection. 2nd Edition. Society for book printing, Neuss 1975, exterior construction, p. 10 .
  12. ↑ Hermann Siemer: Hope full of immortality. The memorial for the synagogue on Lappenberg in Hildesheim: origin, shape, interpretation. Edited by the Friedrich Weinhagen Foundation. Bernward-Verlag, Hildesheim 1989, ISBN 3-87065-529-1 .
  13. ^ Hegne, monastery church and crypt. Peda Art Guide No. 367, Passau 1996, ISBN 3-89643-023-8 ; Norbert Ruf : Quiet words of the blessed Ulrika spiritually considered. Beuroner Kunstverlag, Beuron 1997, ISBN 3-87071-077-2 .
  14. ↑ Michel Schmitt: Esch-sur-Alzette: Catholic parish church of St. Heinrich. Schnell and Steiner, Regensburg 2002, ISBN 3-7954-6388-2 (description of the equipment with works by Elmar Hillebrand).
  15. ^ Dorothee Haentjes-Holländer : The pilgrimage church of St. Adelheid am Pützchen, discovery of an art space . Ed .: Monument and History Association Bonn-Rechtsrheinisch e. V. 1st edition. Rhineland Regional Council, Bonn 2015.
personal data
SURNAME Hillebrand, Elmar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH October 11, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH Cologne , North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany
DATE OF DEATH January 8, 2016
Place of death Cologne , North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany