Fritz Fleer
Fritz Fleer (born November 21, 1921 in Berlin ; † June 6, 1997 in Hamburg ) was a German sculptor .
biography
In 1940 Fritz Fleer graduated from high school and spent the end of the war in 1945 as a marine in Norway. Fleer studied from 1946 to 1950 at the Hamburg State Art School - the later Hamburg University of Fine Arts (HFBK) - in the sculpture class of Edwin Scharff ; the later sculptor Ursula Querner (1921–1969) was one of his fellow students.
Between 1948 and 1952, Fleer ran a bronze casting workshop together with Heinz Pisulla in Hamburg. As a freelance artist, from 1950 he created works for urban planning (“ Art in Architecture ”); in Hamburg he received commissions for 17 sculptures and sculptures from the municipal housing company SAGA . He was also active as a creator of sacred metal sculptures. Fleer was awarded the Edwin Scharff Prize in 1966 .
He was married to the photographer Erika Fleer and had three children. Most recently they lived in Hamburg-Wohldorf .
Works (selection)
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer , sculpture at the main church Sankt Petri (Hamburg)
- Young man with seagull , Alsterufer sculpture , Hamburg
- Way of the Cross , 14 bronze reliefs in the "Little Michel" - parish church of St. Ansgar and St. Bernhard
- Door "Ecce Homo - see what a person" at the main church Sankt Katharinen (Hamburg) 1963
- Pulpit reliefs , 1964, and Nikolaus-Tür, 1985, main church St. Nikolai (Hamburg-Harvestehude) 1984
- Altar cross, main church Sankt Jacobi (Hamburg) , 1984
- Baptismal font , Church of the Redeemer (Hamburg-Borgfelde)
- Altar cross, Trinity Church (Hamburg-Hamm)
- Altar cross and bronze portal of the Bethlehem Church Eimsbüttel , Hamburg
- Altar crosses and candlesticks, St. Andreas , Hamburg-Harvestehude
- Abendlied , bronze sculpture in Hamburg-Bergstedt , 1968
- Altarpiece, Last Supper , St. Johanneskirche, Ahrensburg, 1960
- Christ , bronze sculpture Hamburg-Volksdorf , 1973
- Crucifix and meditation board relief (1953), Easter candlestick (1969), Christophoruskirche Hamburg-Hummelsbüttel
- Door relief, chapel Ev. Garstedt cemetery, Norderstedt
- Large spearman from 1956, Grindel high-rise buildings
- Christ and Thomas , bronze relief from 1970, St. Thomas Church (Helmstedt)
- Christ with the crown , baptismal font and chandelier , around 1965, Petrikirche Hannover-Kleefeld
- Large seated man from 1964, Gottorf Castle Sculpture Park , Schleswig
- Striding from 1965, green area Langenhorner Chaussee 389 in Hamburg-Langenhorn
- Great Shepherd from 1965, senior facility Hospital zum Heiligen Geist in Hamburg-Poppenbüttel
- Large standing man from 1966, in front of Polizeikommissariat 42, Hamburg-Billstedt (originally in front of Rauhes Haus underground station , Hamburg-Hamm )
- Youth with pigeon , bronze sculpture from 1977, garden at Am Schulwald 8 in Hamburg-Langenhorn
- Altar island with baptismal font, anvil and cross, St. Lukas Church Braunschweig
- 2 granite fountains in the shape of a ship, 1963/1964, in front of the law house of the University of Hamburg , Schlüterstr. 28, Hamburg-Eimsbüttel
literature
- Karin Berkemann : “Tomorrow's architecture!” Hamburg's post-war churches . Ed .: Monument Protection Office Hamburg. Dölling and Galitz Verlag, Hamburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-937904-60-3 .
- Maike Bruhns : Fleer, Fritz. In: The new rump . Lexicon of fine artists in Hamburg, Altona and the surrounding area. Neumünster 2005, p. 121 f.
- Friederike Weimar: Fleer, Fritz. In: Hamburg biography . Lexicon of persons. Vol. 4. Göttingen 2008, p. 100 f.
Web links
- Literature by and about Fritz Fleer in the catalog of the German National Library
- Biography and "Art in Public Space" in Hamburg-Volksdorf (2 photos)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Brochure Art in the Quartier saga-gwg.de ( Memento of the original from July 16, 2016 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.
- ↑ http://wieh.net/gottesdienst/kreuzweg.htm
- ↑ Karin Berkemann : “Tomorrow's architecture!” Hamburg's post-war churches . Ed .: Monument Protection Office Hamburg. Dölling and Galitz Verlag, Hamburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-937904-60-3 , p. 49 .
- ↑ See the discussion page for supporting documents
- ↑ Object No. 1 at the Langenhorn Archive
- ^ Klaus Herding et al. (Ed.): Art at the University of Hamburg - an inventory. Hamburg 1991, p. 30.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fleer, Fritz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 21, 1921 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 6, 1997 |
| Place of death | Hamburg |