Gabriele Marwede

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Gabriele Marwede (* 1925 ) is a German sculptor.

The sculpture Sign of Galilei by Gabriele Marwede in Karlsruhe
Altar cross in the Dietrich Bonhoeffer Church in Hamburg-Oldenfelde

life and career

Gabriele Marwede studied from 1946 to 1950 at the Werkkunstschule Hannover , then until 1953 at the Technical University of Hannover . As early as 1951 she won the Young Art Prize in Lower Saxony . In 1961 she spent a scholarship at the Deutsche Akademie Villa Massimo in Rome. In 1962 she was awarded the Lower Saxony Art Prize .

In 1982 she was appointed to the federal purchasing commission for the years 1982 to 1985, in 1983 she received the Lower Saxony artist grant. As a full member of the German Association of Artists , she took part in numerous large annual DKB exhibitions from the 5th annual exhibition in Hanover until 1991 - in 1955 still under the name Gabriele Wolff-Marwede and since 1979 she has been a member of the New Group in Munich.

Gabriele Marwede was married to Joachim Wolff . She lives and works in Springe .

Works

Works in sacred spaces as well as large outdoor sculptures were created by her. She created the crucifix on the altar of the Martin Luther Church in Ehlershausen . The altar cross in the Dietrich Bonhoeffer Church in Hamburg's Oldenfelde district is her work. In 1986 the sculpture Signs of Galilei was created , which stands in front of the Karlsruhe Nuclear Research Center (now KIT ). Due to a competition in 1989 she was commissioned to design the memorial for the victims of the Nazi justice system . The memorial stands in front of the German Judges Academy in Trier . The approximately 1.80 m high monument consists of a bronze head on a shell-lime base.

Web links

Commons : Gabriele Marwede  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ kuenstlerbund.de: Exhibitions since 1951/1955 ( Memento of the original from March 4, 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. (accessed on November 12, 2015)  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.kuenstlerbund.de
  2. ^ Website of the New Group [1]
  3. ↑ Information Service Science : Exhibition “Mind and Form. Works by Gabriele Marwede “ Retrieved July 22, 2011.
  4. ↑ Website of the German Judicial Academy [2]
personal data
SURNAME Marwede, Gabriele
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH 1925