Gerhard Geyer

Gerhard Geyer (born May 8, 1907 in Halle (Saale) ; † April 9, 1989 in Halle (Saale)) was a German sculptor and graphic artist .

Live and act

Geyer's "Head of a miner" was awarded the 1960 Arts Award of the FDGB awarded

Geyer studied sculpture under Gustav Weidanz at the Burg Giebichenstein School of Applied Arts in Halle / Saale from 1930 to 1933 . He then worked freelance until he began his military service in 1941. After the war he was still in captivity until 1946.

After he was back in Halle, he started again freelance with sculptural and plastic work. In the 1950s he was able to make study trips to Bulgaria, Romania, Ghana and Guinea, which can be seen in the subject of some sculptures.

As an artist colleague, Karl Völker was familiar and friends with him. Geyer created a bronze portrait for him in 1951.

Geyer received several awards. Many exhibitions and participation in exhibitions at home and abroad showed his work. In 1965 he was made a full member of the Academy of the Arts Berlin (East). In this way he was able to pass on experiences to younger master students. Most of his works are bronze sculptures. He also made some medals. He also drew and erased.

Scientist Cube

Of the works that are in public space, the bronze sculpture of Matthias Grünewald in Halle, the so-called “Scientists Cube” (four reliefs by Halle scientists Friedrich August Wolf , Georg Cantor , Georg Ernst Stahl and Victor Klemperer ) and the Albert -Schweitzer monument at Kegelplatz in Weimar .

Two of his works, Girls Making Music (1956) and Pelikan (1960), can be seen in the exhibition “Art Space Inner City - Sculpture Collection of the Bernau Forest Estate”.

Gerhard Geyer was married to Gisela Geyer (born January 4, 1920).

Prices

1953: City of Halle Art Prize for the sculpture Bergmann and Hallorenbraut
1954: Art prize of the city of Halle for the sculpture Bergmann
1959: Art Prize of the GDR for his complete works, especially for the portrait busts of Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht
1960: Art Prize of the FDGB for his portrait sculpture head of a miner
1964: National Prize of the GDR
1977: Handel Prize of the Halle district
1979: Wilhelm Müller Art Prize of the City of Dessau
1987: Patriotic Order of Merit in Gold

literature

Catalog for the exhibition of works at the Academy of Arts Berlin (East) in Dessau, Bauhaus, 1982
Wolfgang Hütt: The pictorial work of Gerhard Geyers . In: Fine arts . Issue 11, 1964.

Web links

Commons : Gerhard Geyer - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Works by Gerhard Geyer in Halle (Saale)

Individual evidence

^ Albert Schweitzer in Weimar
^ "Art space downtown - sculpture collection of the forest settlement Bernau" . Retrieved December 29, 2018.
↑ Ingo Kugenbuch: Twice 100 years on the same day: Rare double anniversary in Quedlinburg. In: mz-web.de. January 4, 2020, accessed March 29, 2020 .

personal data
SURNAME	Geyer, Gerhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German sculptor and graphic artist
DATE OF BIRTH	May 8, 1907
PLACE OF BIRTH	Halle (Saale)
DATE OF DEATH	April 9, 1989
Place of death	Halle (Saale)

[1] Albert Schweitzer in Weimar

[2] "Art space downtown - sculpture collection of the forest settlement Bernau" . Retrieved December 29, 2018.

[3] Ingo Kugenbuch: Twice 100 years on the same day: Rare double anniversary in Quedlinburg. In: mz-web.de. January 4, 2020, accessed March 29, 2020 .