Erich Sauer (artist)

Erich Sauer (* 17th February 1931 in Frankenthal / Palatinate ) is a German sculptor who mainly sculptures from bronze manufactures. He lives in his native city.

education

Sauer first completed a technical training course. 1962/1963 he studied in Mannheim with Elisabeth T. Veith . In 1964 he opened a bronze foundry in Frankenthal . From 1968 to 1971 he continued his studies in Salzburg with Heinrich Kirchner , Max Rieder and Marcello Mascherini . With a scholarship from the Austrian state for the International Summer Academy for Fine Arts in Salzburg , he became a master student of Mascherini. In 1973 he took up his own teaching activity.

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meaning

The themes that Sauer primarily deals with in his artistic activities include coping with the Holocaust and the image of people in their environment . Most of the time his concern is already evident from the title of his work . In doing so he tries to bring the viewer closer to the humanism that inspires him. On sculptor workshop days and summer academies - e.g. B. in Frankenthal's twin town Strausberg - Sauer passes on his knowledge and technical skills to artist colleagues and talented newcomers.

Sauer is Frankenthal's best-known contemporary artist and a member of the board of the Palatinate Artists Working Group . His sculptures can now be found as commissioned work all over the world, just as Sauer is represented at exhibitions around the world . In 2005 a discussion arose in his hometown as to whether a planned artist house should be dedicated to him alone or to other artists in the city. Sauer himself advocated a general art house and finally prevailed. The Kunsthaus Frankenthal was opened on September 7, 2007 in the listed Philipp-Karcher -Haus with an exhibition of works by Erwin Wortelkamp .

Sculptures

Curiosity , Luisenpark (Mannheim, 2002)

• 1976: The Treidler , bronze
• 1977: The world we live in , bronze, 30 cm
• 1987: Time bracket , bronze, Luisenpark Mannheim
• 1991: The politician and his conscience , bronze, 182 cm
• 1992: The Narcissus , bronze, 60 cm
• 1993: Immunodeficiency , bronze, 240 cm
• 1997: Interpersonal relationship , bronze, 202 cm (location: Willy-Brandt-Anlage, Frankenthal)
• 1998: Mobility , bronze, 185 cm
• 1998: Specimen copy , bronze, 170 cm
• 1999: Media Terror , bronze, 210 cm
• Traces , bronze
• One side doesn't know what the other is doing , bronze
• Abnormal , bronze
• 2002: Curiosity , bronze, Luisenpark Mannheim
• 2003: Marien-Engel , bronze
• La Facciata , bronze
• 2008: The Political Whore , bronze
• 2013: Openness - Transparency , Bronze
• 2013: mort d'el art , bronze

Solo exhibitions

• 1994: Palais des Nations (seat of the United Nations), Geneva
• 1995: Romanesque cellar, Salzburg
• 1996: Parlement Européen, Strasbourg ; Tarkett Gallery, Stockholm
• 1997: Palais am Festungsgraben, Unter den Linden, Berlin
• 1998: Museum Theo Kerg, Schriesheim
• 2000: The Jerusalem Center for the Performing Arts, Jerusalem ; Salle de Fêtes et de la Culture, Colombes ( France )

Awards

• 1964: 1st prize in the ideas competition of the Lutherkirche Frankenthal
• 1967: 1st prize in the ideas competition of the city of Kaiserslautern
• 1970: Prize of the City of Salzburg for Fine Arts
• 1971: 1st prize from the city of Colombes
• 1975: State Prize for Art in Architecture
• 1976: 1st prize from the city of Colombes
• 1982: 1st prize from the city of Colombes
• 1988: 1st prize of the city of Colombes for sculptures
• 1989: 1st prize in the ideas competition of the city of Kandel
• 1994: Award (first award) by the United Nations as "Artist for Peace"
• 2012: Max Slevogt Medal of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate

Web links

Commons : Erich Sauer  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Erich Sauer's website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Kunsthaus Frankenthal .
2. ↑ ( page no longer available , search in web archives: City of Frankenthal ), speech by Mayor Theo Wieder on September 7, 2007 (PDF)
3. ↑ ^{a b} Jochen Kronjäger, Christmut Präger (ed.): Figure and abstraction: sculptures and sculptures from the Heinrich Vetter collection . Ilvesheim 2007.