Georg Fuhg
Georg Fuhg (born October 29, 1898 in Mehlsack , East Prussia , † November 13, 1976 in Neumünster ) was a German sculptor and potter .
life and work
Georg Fuhg was born as the son of the owner of a hard stone factory. He attended the preparatory institute and in 1919 passed the examination to become a primary school teacher . After three years he began studying with Hermann Brachert at the art and trade school in Königsberg in 1922 . As a freelance artist, he exhibited portraits and sculptures in Königsberg from 1927 . In stone and bronze he created the “riders” for Angerburg , the “gunners” for the Lötzen city forest , the monument to Johann Georg Hamann and many works on public buildings and squares. His best-known work was " Walther von der Vogelweide " as a seated figure in the Königsberg zoo .
During the Second World War he was wounded as a soldier, reached Schleswig-Holstein via Copenhagen in 1945 on the hospital ship "Sachsenwald" and reunited with his family in Thuringia . In 1950 the family moved to Neumünster . Georg Fuhg married Käte Wölki († 1968) in 1929.
After the war he created the life-size bronze sculpture of the Trakehner "Hessenstein" in Bad Pyrmont and busts of Agnes Miegel , Immanuel Kant and Nikolaus Kopernikus . He also designed the Königsberg Citizen Medal.
He found a new home in Neumünster. He created many sculptures for the city, including in Rencks Park .
Honors
Web links
- Georg Fuhg . In: East German Biography (Kulturportal West-Ost)
- Obituary in Das Ostpreußenblatt (November 20, 1976) (PDF; 63 kB)
- Trakehner Hessenstein
Individual evidence
- ^ Robert Albinus: Königsberg Lexicon . Würzburg 2002, ISBN 3-88189-441-1
- ↑ Georg Fuhg (1898–1976). In: History of Pieniężno - Sack of Flour. www.ostpreussen.net, accessed on August 1, 2018 .
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SURNAME | Fuhg, Georg |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German sculptor and potter |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 29, 1898 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Flour sack |
DATE OF DEATH | November 13, 1976 |
Place of death | Neumunster |