Ernst Günter Herrmann

Water feature and sculpture in front of the Friedrichsbau in Stuttgart

Sculpture of mail in front of the Neue Hauptpost in Heilbronn

Ernst Günter Herrmann (* 1941 in Erfurt ) is a German sculptor and landscape architect .

life and work

Herrmann studied architecture in Berlin and London from 1961 to 1968 . He completed his training in 1969 at the University of Stuttgart . From 1969 to 1974 he was a lecturer at the University of Berkeley in California . In 1974 he returned to Europe and worked as a freelance artist in Provence in France until 1978 .

Since 1979 he has been working as a sculptor and architect in Ostfildern near Stuttgart. He works primarily as a designer of public spaces, gardens, water features and sculptures and from 1995 as a freelance landscape architect. Since 2010 he has been working as an artist in Lacoste (southern France) in the field of minimalist spatial sculpture made of stainless steel. He was represented at numerous exhibitions, mainly in France.

Public works (selection)

1978: Landscape sculpture on the banks of the Danube in Ulm
1982: Sculpture / relief in front of the German Embassy in Buenos Aires in Argentina
1983: Sculpture - town hall in Korntal-Münchingen
1984: Stream - Green City Center in Leonberg in Baden-Württemberg
1988: 2-storey water sculpture - city center (town hall) in Wendlingen
1989: Brunnen - market square in Schwieberdingen
1989: Square design and water sculpture - Forum am Schlosspark in Ludwigsburg
1989: Bulach water cascade - cascade at the tunnel of the Albanlage in Karlsruhe
1990: Fountain - water feature on Leopoldsplatz in Baden-Baden
1990: Mail , - Bahnhofstrasse in Heilbronn
1990/91: Untitled , - Konrad-Adenauer-Straße in Tübingen
1991: Facility for bears and climbing animals - Stuttgart Zoological Garden
1991: Fountain - water feature and sculpture on the church square in Blaubeuren
1993: Untitled - sculpture, water feature and square design in front of the Friedrichsbau on Börsenplatz in Stuttgart
1993: Sculpture landscape , branch: Würth Collection - Portugal in Lisbon
1999: Play garden - in front of Daimler AG in Stuttgart-Möhringen
1999: Water sculpture - Old Town Hall in Ostfildern-Scharnhausen
2001: Senior garden - gardens in Weinstadt
2009: Four pillars in the roundabout - in Schwaikheim

Photos (selection)

Water sculpture (1999) Scharnhausen
Brunnen (1989) Schwieberdingen
Square design and water sculpture (1989) Ludwigsburg
Untitled (1990/91) Tübingen
Bürgerbrunnen (1993) Vaihingen an der Enz
Water sculpture (1988) Wendlingen
4 pillars in the roundabout (2009) Schwaikheim

literature

Gerd Leibrock, Karin Mader: Kunst im Kreis, BW Volume 3, Verlag BoD - Books on Demand, 2010 ISBN 978-3-8391-3884-7 , pages 76 and 77, (description and photo of the work in Schwaikheim)

Web links

Commons : Ernst Günter Herrmann - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Website of Herrmann's studio

Individual evidence

Space sculpture category

personal data
SURNAME	Herrmann, Ernst Günter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German sculptor and landscape architect
DATE OF BIRTH	1941
PLACE OF BIRTH	Erfurt

[1] Figure in the Karlsruhe city wiki: "Bulacher Wasserkaskade"

[2] Figure "Fountain Leopoldsplatz" in Baden-Baden

[3] Illustration: "Fountain / Sculpture" in Blaubeuren

[4] Illustration of sculptures in front of the Würth company's branch in Portugal