Erika Maria Wiegand

Erika Maria Wiegand (* December 5, 1921 as Erika Maria Lindner in Fischhausen , Samland ; † April 27, 2009 in Kassel ) was a German artist and sculptor .

Youth and education

Erika Maria Lindner moved with her family to Allenstein in 1927 . After graduating from high school, she began studying at the Königsberg Art Academy in 1940 , first at the state masters ateliers for the fine arts , then she studied sculpture with Professor Hans Wissel and then art history . In 1943 she married Gerhard Wiegand in Allenstein. At the end of January 1945 she fled from the approaching Red Army , passed the Oder Bridge and had lived in Haldensleben in the Soviet occupation zone since the beginning of May .

Working as an artist

In the years 1946–1958 she accepted church commissions as a freelance sculptor and designed several sacred sculptures , sculptures and portraits . In 1952 she moved to live with her husband in Kassel, worked as an artist and sculptor and went on research trips to Italy, Poland, Turkey, England and Tunisia. From 1985 to 1993 she taught as a lecturer in figure modeling at the local community college. She preferred to work in terracotta - she would like the red color that is created when the clay is fired. She also burned multicolored sculptures by using different earths. Your work is characterized by an enormous range; from sacred art , three-dimensional fairy tale characters, portraits and busts to two-dimensional reliefs .

On the occasion of the documenta she opened her art exhibition in the Königs-Galerie Kassel on July 4th, 2007 and accepted the honorary letter from the state of Hesse including a pin.

Works of art (selection)

Bust of Maximilian Kallers in the cathedral of Frombork

Brothers Grimm monument in Kassel

Sculpture "The Brave Little Tailor"

Sacred art

1947: Winged altar ( triptych , terracotta) in Schmölln near Altenburg , Thuringia
1948: Way of the Cross (14 groups of figures, terracotta) in Gröningen near Halberstadt
1949: Pietà (terracotta 90 cm) in St. Liborius, Haldensleben
1950: Nativity scene (terracotta) in St. Liborius, Haldensleben
1969: Refuge - Madonna (terracotta 230 cm high) in Herolz near Schüchtern
1976: Protective mantle Madonna (terracotta 65 cm) in the girls' education center of the Sisters of the Holy Cross in Gemünden am Main
1993: Altar cross (350 cm high) with 15 relief panels in the Herz-Mariä-Kirche in Kassel- Harleshausen
1997: Elias and the angel (relief in three different colored tones 200 × 100 cm) at Nellini's pen in Frankfurt

Fairy tale characters

1978: Fairytale woman Dorothea Viehmann (bronze) in Niederzwehren -Kassel
- 2002: Dorothea Viehmann (bronze relief 170 cm high) on the outer wall of the Dorothea Viehmann School in Kassel-Niederzwehren
1985: Memorial of the Brothers Grimm (bronze 165 cm) on the Brothers Grimm Square in Kassel
1998: Puss in Boots (bronze 120 cm) in Rengershausen (Baunatal)
1999: Rumpelstiltskin (bronze 85 cm) fountain figure in Helsa near Kassel
2002: Hans im Glück (bronze 125 cm) in front of the Hotel Hans im Glück in Hofgeismar
2003: Sterntaler (bronze cast 25 cm)
2004: Sterntaler (bronze 130 cm) in Guntershausen (Baunatal)
2004: The brave little tailor (bronze 25 cm)
2006: The brave little tailor (90 cm)
2007: Goldmarie (bronze) fountain rim statue in Vockerode (Meißner) in the nature park Hoher Meißner
Sleeping Beauty (terracotta)

Portraits

1974: Wilhelm Busch (40 cm) in the Wilhelm Busch Memorial Mühle- Ebergötzen
1980: Bishop Maximilian Kaller (Bust, terracotta 50 cm) bronze casts in the cathedral at Frombork , St. James Church in Olsztyn , St. Boniface Church in Bergen auf Rügen and St. Michael's Church in Berlin-Mitte
1982: Ephesus and Cupilla (terracotta 60 cm) in Kassel
1995: Makkiko Makamura ( bust , terracotta)
2000: Nikolaus Kopernikus (relief in three different colored tones 100 cm) in the Ermlandhaus, Münster and in the Kopernikushaus of the German minority (AGDM) in Olsztyn
2000: painter Ferdinand von Reitzenstein (bust, terracotta 50 cm)
2000: Portrait of a girl (bust, bronze 50 cm)
2004: Sophie Henschel (bust, bronze 60 cm)

Awards

2007: Letter of honor from the State of Hesse with a pin from the Hessian Ministry of Science and Art on July 4, 2007.
2009: Badge of Honor of the City of Kassel documenta –Stadt Kassel awarded by Bertram Hilgen on May 11, 2009 ( posthumously ).

literature

Norbert Polomski: Erika Maria Wiegand. Asleep peacefully after a full life . In: Warmia letters 2009/2 Pentecost . P. 17 and 23.
Horst Tuguntke : Death of the sculptor EM Wiegand . In: 40th Heimatjahrbuch Weihnachten 2009 , pp. 162–163.
Mechthild Wolff: Sculptor Erika Maria Wiegand. Unforgotten . In: Warmia Book 2010 . Pp. 55-56.

Web links

Commons : Erika Maria Wiegand - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

^ The state master studios for the fine arts, Königsberg Art Academy (PR). limited preview in Google Book search
^ Exhibition in the Königs-Galerie of the sculptor Erika Maria Wiegand. In: koenigsgalerie.de. July 4, 2007, archived from the original on January 2, 2015 ; accessed on January 2, 2015 .
^ City of Kassel: kassel.de - Kassel and the region - badge of honor of the city of Kassel. In: stadt-kassel.de. February 23, 1992, accessed January 2, 2015 .

personal data
SURNAME	Wiegand, Erika Maria
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Lindner, Erika Maria (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German artist and sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH	December 5, 1921
PLACE OF BIRTH	Fischhausen , Samland
DATE OF DEATH	April 27, 2009
Place of death	kassel

[buch-e4dqPgAACAAJ--1] The state master studios for the fine arts, Königsberg Art Academy (PR). limited preview in Google Book search

[2] Exhibition in the Königs-Galerie of the sculptor Erika Maria Wiegand. In: koenigsgalerie.de. July 4, 2007, archived from the original on January 2, 2015 ; accessed on January 2, 2015 .

[3] City of Kassel: kassel.de - Kassel and the region - badge of honor of the city of Kassel. In: stadt-kassel.de. February 23, 1992, accessed January 2, 2015 .