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Günter Anlauf (born February 10, 1924 in Großhartmannsdorf, Bunzlau district , Silesia ; † October 25, 2000 in Berlin ) was a German sculptor and graphic artist .

Life

Bär (1981) at the Moabiter Bridge in Berlin's Mitte district
Honorary grave at the Heerstrasse cemetery in Berlin-Westend with a tomb he created himself

Günter Anlauf studied from 1946 to 1950 with Heinrich Drake at the Weissensee School of Art . In 1959 he became one of the co-founders of the zinke gallery , which was closed again in 1962. In the years 1956–1983 he was employed as a restorer at Charlottenburg Palace . As part of this work, he took part from June 28 to August 31, 1980 in an exhibition in the gallery in the Cismar monastery under the title Berliner Sculptors from Charlottenburg Palace . The focus was on the restoration and the “posthumous implementation of a planning concept from 1705”, in which six sculptors were involved, who presented their work in the reconstruction of the palace as a monument as well as their own sculptural work. In addition to Günter Anlauf, Katharina Szelinski-Singer , Karl Bobek , Joachim Dunkel , Harald Haacke and Emanuel Scharfenberg were represented.

His works, including various bears, can be found in many public places in Berlin and in other places, for example on the beach promenade in Grömitz . The best-known are the attic figures in Charlottenburg Palace, the Autobahn bear at the former inner-German border crossing in Berlin-Heiligensee / Stolpe and the bears at the Moabiter Bridge .

Günter Anlauf died in Berlin at the end of October 2000 at the age of 76 of complications from pneumonia . He left behind his wife Riki and two sons. The burial took place on November 25th, 2000 in the state-owned cemetery Heerstraße in today's Berlin-Westend district. His grave is adorned by one of his cheerful, bizarre bronze figures that stand on a stone block that serves as a tombstone.

The final resting place of Günter Anlauf (grave location: 3-B-5) has been dedicated as an honorary grave of the State of Berlin since 2020 . The dedication is initially valid for the usual period of twenty years, but can then be extended.

Web links

Commons : Günter Anlauf  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

supporting documents

  1. ^ Hans-Joachim Arndt: Art in the monastery Cismar. Berlin sculptors from the Charlottenburg Palace exhibit. In: Kurzeitung Grömitz No. 4 1980, special edition Galerie Kloster Cismar.
  2. ↑ Günter Anlauf, the father of the Berlin Memorial Bears, is dead . In: BZ . November 6, 2000. Retrieved November 18, 2019. Hans-Jürgen Mende : Lexicon of Berlin Burial Sites . Pharus-Plan, Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-86514-206-1 . P. 483.
  3. ↑ Senate Department for Environment, Transport and Climate Protection: Honorary Graves of the State of Berlin (as of June 2020) (PDF, 439 kB), p. 1. Accessed on August 12, 2020. Recognition of graves as honorary graves of the State of Berlin (PDF, 163 kB ). Berlin House of Representatives, printed matter 18/2864 of August 7, 2020, pp. 1 and 4. Accessed on August 12, 2020.
personal data
SURNAME Run-up, Günter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor and graphic artist
DATE OF BIRTH February 10, 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH Großhartmannsdorf, Bunzlau district
DATE OF DEATH October 25, 2000
Place of death Berlin