Ernst Thomann

Ernst Thomann (born May 6, 1910 in Emmendingen ; † February 1, 2009 there ) was a German sculptor .

Ernst Thomann with sound sculptures

life and work

Ernst Thomann had been married to the artist Margret Thomann-Hegner, who died in 2005, since 1939 and is the father of the photo artist and photo journalist Peter Thomann, who was born in 1940 .

Growing up in his southern Baden place of birth, Thomann moved to Berlin in 1930 and studied at the United State Schools for Free and Applied Arts with Alfred Vocke and was a master student of Ludwig Gies .

He designed works of art in welding technology , especially in stainless steel , and designed works for government, church and private buildings, using light as a design tool to dematerialize his objects (including mobiles ). His guiding principle was the fairness of materials combined with the courage to experiment. He came to his central topic, metal, because there was no shortage of scrap scraps available in the post-war period.

Thomann's works are in private and public collections, including:

• Museum Würth , Künzelsau
• Museum of New Art Freiburg
• Sculpture Path, Emmendingen
• University of Freiburg, Faculty of Theology

Some of Ernst Thomann's sculptures are sound objects . For example, six different metal objects “untitled” (made of stainless steel and copper ) were used by the contemporary composer Roland Breitenfeld from Freiburg im Breisgau . The work is called OTETH , is a composition for sound objects and electronics and was recorded in October 1998 in the experimental studio of the Heinrich Strobel Foundation by Südwestfunk in Freiburg.

museum

In 2012 a museum was set up in the former home of the Thomann family. This museum includes the former studio and an adjacent sculpture garden and exhibits works by the artist couple Margret Thomann-Hegner and Ernst Thomann.

Awards

• 1987: Culture Prize of the City of Emmendingen, together with his wife and son.

Publications

• Cordula Grewe (text): Ernst Thomann - Insights. Catalog for the retrospective of his complete oeuvre. Municipal gallery Emmendingen, 1990, ISBN 3-925928-13-8

Individual evidence

1. ^ Bird migration , wall relief, plaster cut, 1954, website of the Theological Faculty of the University of Freiburg
2. ↑ Article in the Netmuseum, museums and exhibitions in Baden-Württemberg  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.