Friedrich Schötschel

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Four-part relief on the portal of the Catholic St. Mary's Church in Biesenthal

Friedrich Schötschel (born July 16, 1926 in Halle (Saale) ) is a German sculptor and painter . His focus is the furnishing of church buildings .

Live and act

School, war and imprisonment

Even before he graduated from school, Friedrich Schötschel was called up as an anti-aircraft helper in the Wehrmacht and then joined the infantry on the western front. In February 1945 he was taken prisoner by the Americans, but was handed over to the French troops with numerous other prisoners of war. So Schötschel got to France and there several times in other camps. Among other things, he had to work in the quarry and in an iron foundry. An art competition was held in one of the camps, in which Friedrich Schötschel took part with a figure carved into a paving stone. He scratched the figure with a steel needle and won the first prize. Imprisoned artists, including a sculptor and a master carver , soon allowed Schötschel to actively participate after making a sample. They also gave him valuable tips for further work of his own and thus deepened his interest in art.

Art education and work after graduation

In 1948 he was released from captivity and went back to his native Halle. The experience in the camp had awakened in him the desire to become a visual artist . Schötschel began studying sculpture at the Burg Giebichenstein Art College in autumn 1948 . He became a student of Gustav Weidanz . He began to use a wide variety of materials for his work.

In 1952/53 Friedrich Schötschel got the opportunity to work with other artists on the reconstruction of the Berlin State Opera . He particularly remembers a female figure above the stage and studies in Sanssouci Palace and the New Palace in Potsdam. Friedrich Schötschel became a freelance artist and turned to church art at an early stage due to his Christian outlook. He designed and manufactured numerous furnishings for church buildings such as altars , baptismal fonts , figures of Mary , tabernacles , church doors, stalls, church windows . The bishop's staff and the bishop's cross for Rudolf Müller in Görlitz also come from his workshop (1987). Schötschel's artistic work uses all common materials such as stone, steel and iron, copper, bronze, silver, enamel, and precious stones. He did not manufacture everything himself; this was done by stonemasons or in collaboration with an art locksmith. Most of his works, which can be found in around 60 cities in the GDR, are documented himself. Friedrich Schötschel did not finish his work until he was over 80 years old.

Personal

Schötschel was married to Margit, née Gabriel, daughter of a Berlin architect. Margit Schötschel was also a trained sculptor. The family has lived and worked in Biesenthal near Bernau since 1964 . She has two sons, one of whom co-founded and ran a local restoration workshop. Friedrich Schötschel was a member of the Association of Visual Artists of the GDR from 1960 until the fall of the Wall . He is still a member of the "Förderkreis Bildende Kunst eV Galerie Bernau".

Works (selection)

Tabernacle cladding on the theme of the Lord's Supper , cover for the baptismal font, Legile Der Doubting Thomas . Material copper with enamel
Altar relief with a scene of homage; a tabernacle stele made of stone, the tabernacle in silver set with rock crystals ; Design of the inner door leaf; a cross with silver and enamel; an ambo depicting a dove symbolizing the Holy Spirit
Altar table, lecture cross and the church portal with the parts of the birth of Jesus , descent from the cross , expulsion from paradise , Cain kills Abel (see introductory picture). On the inside of the portal, verses by Gertrud von le Fort and Rainer Maria Rilke are worked into copper.
  • after 1971; Catholic Christ Church in Rostock:
Altar; Ambo; Baptismal font; Tabernacle stele made of stone, the tabernacle in silver and set with rock crystals
  • 1976: fountain with metal sculpture :
commissioned by the Berlin commission for the construction of new districts.
The fountain was set up in front of the social center in the new building district of Lichtenberg-Nord (today the district of Fennpfuhl ). It splashed until around 2005, then the water was turned off and around 2010 the district office had the metal sculpture dismantled, it was stored. The remaining artificial stone basin was completely redesigned as a raised bed at the end of 2011.
Relief for the church portal calling the apostles in copper drifting with a saying by Bishop Nils Stensen ; Tabernacle with bronze reliefs The disciples of Emmaus and Christ ; Altar (perforated concrete), altar cross made of copper melted with silver and set with rock crystals; the organ prospectus
Altar; Tabernacle stele; Ambo and six altar candlesticks as well as the church door embossed in copper with the denial of Peter (left side) and the blinding of Paul before Damascus (right side). In the 1990s, the church was rebuilt on a larger scale to its original appearance. The stated works of art continue to decorate the church interior.
Man with goat
  • 1989: man with goat :
a commission for the city administration of Bernau ;
set up in the Goethepark Bernau, bronze, 2.40 meters high.
With this sculpture, Schötschel expressed the close but also very problematic human-animal relationship that had developed over the centuries. The heavy animal is supported by the man's legs and tries to keep his balance over his shoulder because it depends on humans. The man turns away from the animal and thereby expresses his conflict ( ambivalent ) for “first care for - then eat”. When the order was placed, the city leaders wanted a more contemporary depiction like a farmer or a railroad worker with a goat. Later, some viewers made a mental connection to the couplet “Zickenschulze from Bernau”, which, however, was expressly not the artist's intention.
  • A memorial inaugurated in 1995 to commemorate the more than 600 people who died of malnutrition and illness in the village of Lobetal between 1945 and 1947, at the Lobetal cemetery:
The memorial element is an upright concrete segment in which a bronze heart was hung between bars and inserted so that it can be seen from both sides. The heart uses built-in electronics to generate sounds similar to a person's heartbeat . A vertical crack runs through the concrete slab, symbolizing the “lost home” or “destroyed people”. The sculptor himself explains the design as follows: The memorial “... is intended to be reminiscent of ruins that shaped the image in cities and villages. In addition to the structural ruins, it also means the many human ruins, the destroyed fates and hopes. ”The heartbeat, on the other hand, expresses the principle of“ hope ”. The following inscription was placed in the base part:
00“1945–1947. Mass grave for more than 600 refugees and residents - victims of the consequences of National Socialist tyranny.
00Unknown and yet known. 2 cor 69 ".
Deserters Monument, Bernau
Eisenhüttenstadt: tabernacle copper and enamel; Figure of Mary in wood; Baptismal font inside with the representation of the baptism of Christ ; Altar, ambo and tabernacle stele made of stone
Klettwitz Church : Apocalyptic lamb outside above the entrance portal, processional cross
Schwarzheide: figure of Mary in wood, altar
Ruhland: Window and tabernacle on the subject of The Sermon on the Mount
at the Bernau city wall, Mühlenstrasse
  • 2002; Catholic Church To the holy guardian angels in Hennigsdorf :
Concrete font with a three-dimensional symbolic dove on the copper lid; Altar, tabernacle stele and ambo in steel with bronze structures; Design for window
  • numerous watercolors with the landscapes of the Mark Brandenburg.

Schötschel more in some work on copper - embossed works , because the procurement of cast material for bronze works in the GDR was problematic.

Exhibitions (selection)

solo

  • As part of a spring festival and on the occasion of Friedrich Schötschel's 80th birthday, the city of Biesenthal designed the exhibition Landscapes in its Old Town Hall in 2006 . The artist's watercolors were shown here. The exhibition prompted the city administration to set up a permanent art gallery in the town hall .
  • In 2009 , the exhibition Watercolors - Works by Friedrich Schötschel took place in the Cathedral Forum of St. Hedwig's Cathedral in Berlin from September to November .

Community

  • In 2007, a joint art exhibition in the foyer of the newly renovated St. Hedwig's Cathedral in Berlin-Mitte showed not only watercolors by Friedrich Schötschel but also photos of his church works of art and selected church utensils.
  • In 2008 the exhibition City, Country - Views of Berlin and Brandenburg was organized in the Bernau Gallery . These were mainly exhibits from the rbb's holdings , including objects by Schötschel. In the following years the exhibition was shown in Prenzlau , Wittenberge (2009) and Eisenhüttenstadt (2010).
  • The Rathausgalerie Biesenthal organized the exhibition Kunst im Quadrat in 2009 . It contained works by 39 artists from Barnim in the fields of painting, graphics and collage, including objects by Margit and Friedrich Schötschel.
  • In 2011 the Biesenthaler Rathausgalerie showed the exhibition Art – City – Landscape in connection with the German-Polish art workshop taking place at the same time. In addition to works by Eckhard Hermann, the gallery exhibition also contained exhibits by Friedrich Schötschel.

Web links

Commons : Friedrich Schötschel  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c d e Information from Friedrich Schötschel on the occasion of a visit by “ 44Pinguine ” on November 13th and 27th, 2012
  2. ↑ Reconciliation in Trust in God , Märkische Oderzeitung , October 11, 2009; Catholic Church Biesenthal on atelier-be.de accessed on November 2, 2012
  3. ↑ Information on Rostock culture , The Rostock Christ Church on the Häktweg
  4. ↑ Brief information and view of the fountain with metal sculpture on stadtentwicklung.berlin.de
  5. ↑ Once upon a time there were many neat little fountains ...; Morgenpost-online.de , accessed on November 15, 2012 ( Memento from April 15, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  6. ↑ “The redesign here in the 90s was only a substantial reduction in the architectural structure of the church before the architecture-changing reconstruction of the 70s / 80s and did not significantly change the works of Mr. Schötschel, but at least partially gave the church its architectural accents. In this respect, the church was not significantly changed after the creation of the works of Mr. Schötschel, but before. ”Information from Pastor B. Kohnke on an inquiry about the furnishings, November 27, 2012
  7. ↑ Märkische Oderzeitung from September 7, 2011
  8. ↑ Parish Ruhland, Klettwitz and Schwarzheide on schwarzheide.kathweb.de ( Memento of the original from April 22, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed November 1, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / schwarzheide.kathweb.de
  9. ^ Watercolor exhibition by F. Schötschel on erzbistumberlin.de , accessed on November 2, 2012
  10. ↑ Parish letter of St. Hedwig's Cathedral No. 8-9 (2009) (PDF; 1.8 MB) , accessed on November 2, 2012
  11. ^ Artworks owned by rbb can be seen in Bernau for a week. , Märkische Oderzeitung , October 17, 2008; Retrieved November 2, 2012
  12. ↑ Information from the Potsdamer Bürgerzeitung on the exhibition in Biesenthal 2009 ( Memento of the original from July 15, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 329 kB), accessed on November 2, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.potsdamer-buergerzeitung.de
  13. ↑ Brigitte Horn: Biesenthal richer about sculptures path , Märkische Oderzeitung , April 3, 2011; Retrieved November 2, 2012
personal data
SURNAME Schötschel, Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor and painter
DATE OF BIRTH July 16, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH Halle (Saale)