Franz Bernhard (sculptor)

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Franz Bernhard (born January 17, 1934 in Neuhäuser , Czechoslovakia; † May 28, 2013 in Jockgrim ) was a German sculptor . He worked mainly in Baden-Württemberg .

Life

Franz Bernhard's father was a master baker and farmer in the Bohemian Forest . As a result of the expulsion of the Germans from Czechoslovakia , he grew up in Siegelsbach in the Heilbronn district . In 1949 he began an apprenticeship as a carpenter. From 1950 to 1956 he attended grammar school and worked in various professions after graduating from high school. From 1959 he studied sculpture with Wilhelm Loth and Fritz Klemm at the Karlsruhe Art Academy . In 1963 he received a scholarship from the German National Academic Foundation and finished his studies in 1966. He married Lucia Baum in 1969 and moved in 1972 to Jockgrim in the district of Germersheim (Palatinate), where he lived until his death. In 1977 he was a participant in documenta 6 .

Bernhard's sculptures are mainly made of wood and COR-TEN steel . They depict the human body in a simple, highly abstracted form. One of his better-known works is the sculpture Große Mannheimerin in the east of Mannheim at the Mannheim Planetarium in the middle of the avenue B 37 (Wilhelm-Varnholt-Allee), which leads to the A 656 transforms.

“I create transitions. I do things. My things reach into space. I design rooms. "

- Franz Bernhard

Bernhard was a member of the Akademie der Künste (Berlin) from 1990 to 1992 and first chairman of the Baden-Württemberg Artists Association from 1994 to 2001. As a full member of the German Association of Artists , Franz Bernhard took part in many of the major annual exhibitions of the DKB between 1967 and 1990.

Honors

Awards and grants

Lörracher Seated Woman (1992)

Exhibitions

In addition, Bernhard's work is regularly shown in the Ruppert Gallery, Landau in the Palatinate , and the Rothe Gallery, Frankfurt am Main .

Works

The head , 2000, Berlin-Kreuzberg
  • "Ulmer Knie" (1980, Ulm, Friedrichsau, on the occasion of the horticultural exhibition in Ulm 1980)
  • "Konstanzer Liegende" (1983, Konstanz, outdoor area of ​​the university)
  • "Vitale Form" (1983, Karlsruhe, Badisches Staatstheater)
  • Untitled (1987, Braunschweig, at the employment office, intersection Cyriaksring / Münchenstrasse)
  • "Große Mannheimerin" (1993, Mannheim, Wilhelm-Varnholt-Platz)
  • "Saarbrücker Kopf" (1994, Saarbrücken, at the employment office, Hafenstrasse)
  • "Freiburger Sitzende" (1996, Freiburg, Albert Ludwigs University, Freiburg Materials Research Center )
  • "Bridgeheads" at the Friedrich Ebert Bridge in Heilbronn (1997 and 2001)
  • three steel sculptures "Rising Head", "Balanced Head", "Threatening Head" (Mainz, in front of the employment office)
  • "Standing figure" (Sigmaringen, Commercial School, Hohenzollernstrasse)
  • "Head" Berlin-Kreuzberg , Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Stresemannstrasse (2000)
  • “Sitting figure” (2006, Neckarsulm, market square, temporarily until September 23, 2007 as part of the “KUNSTBEWEGT Neckarsulm 2007” project).
  • "Big head, floating" (2007, since 2012 on the station forecourt in Iserlohn)
  • "Bust" (2013, Darmstadt, central square Campus Stadtmitte).

Other works by the artist are displayed in Stuttgart, on the Lörracher Skulpturenweg , Villingen, Remchingen, Marbach and Nürtingen , among others . His sculpture "Vitale Liegende" (1990) is located in Lübeck (Schleswig-Holstein). In the parish church in Waibstadt , Bernhard created the depiction of the Way of the Cross from reddish-burned clay as half relief panels. In the Eschelbronn St. Josef Church ( branch church in Waibstadt) Bernhard created the depiction of the Way of the Cross and a hanging cross made of mosaic .

literature

Web links

Commons : Franz Bernhard  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Family obituary , Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , June 1, 2013, issue No. 127, page 7
  2. ^ Franz Bernhard - Biography ( Memento from February 9, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ Obituary in the daily newspaper Die Rheinpfalz from June 1, 2013
  4. ↑ kuenstlerbund.de: Exhibitions since 1951 ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed October 29, 2015)
  5. ↑ Information from the Office of the Federal President
  6. ↑ lehmbruckmuseum.de: Franz Bernhard, drawings and sculptures. Exhibition of the Lehmbruck Prize Winner 1971 (accessed on June 8, 2015)
  7. ↑ ( page no longer available , search in web archives: information on artists of the Archdiocese of Bamberg )@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.eo-bamberg.de
  8. ^ Kunstverein Germersheim on the art portal Pfalz
  9. ↑ Franz Bernhard sculpture “Big head floating” , Kunstverein Villa Wessel, Iserlohn, March 24, 2013
  10. ^ Assumption of the Virgin Mary, Waibstadt. Retrieved February 8, 2020 .
  11. ↑ Katharina Graupner: On the history of the Catholics of the branch church St. Josef zu Eschelbronn in 1200 years Eschelbronn 789–1989 , Mayor's office of the municipality of Eschelbronn, page 67 ff.
personal data
SURNAME Bernhard, Franz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH January 17, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH Neuhäuser, Nová Pec
DATE OF DEATH May 28, 2013
Place of death Jockgrim