Gerhard Lichtenfeld

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Plastic mother and child by Gerhard Lichtenfeld in Naumburg (Saale)

Gerhard Lichtenfeld (born November 6, 1921 in Halle (Saale) ; † November 6, 1978 there ) was a German artist.

Life

Lichtenfeld studied law at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg in Halle between 1942 and 1945 . He had previously lost his left forearm after an accident on the labor service. Nonetheless, throughout his entire life as a sculptor, he tried to cope with all manual activities as far as possible on his own. From 1945 to 1946 he was a construction worker before he began a six-year course at the Institute for Artistic Design in Burg Giebichenstein in 1946 . He completed his studies under Gustav Weidanz in 1952 with a diploma as a sculptor, and then worked as his assistant until 1956. In 1955/56 he spent several weeks at the Munich Art Academy in order to perfect his knowledge of the lost wax process for bronze casting .

After two more years as senior assistant, he was appointed head of the sculpture class in 1959. Until he was awarded the professorship in 1966, he worked as a lecturer in this class. After Lichtenfeld received the National Prize of the GDR in 1974 , study trips took him to the Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia and Hungary. In 1977 he was appointed full professor. He belonged to the GDR bloc party LDPD .

Lichtenfeld worked almost exclusively for bronze casting. Much of his work was cast by himself in the college's own foundry. His students received a well-founded training in design as well as craftsmanship. At the same time he worked as a medalist . He was a worthy successor to Gustav Weidanz, who founded the Hallesche Medaillenschule, which is still active today in the 4th and 5th generation of students.

On November 6, 1978, his 57th birthday, Gerhard Lichtenfeld died in his hometown of Halle (Saale) . In his honor, the city named a Gerhard-Lichtenfeld-Weg .

Gerhard Lichtenfeld already had solo exhibitions in Halle (Saale) , Bad Kösen , Mosigkau , Erfurt and Potsdam during his lifetime . He also took part in all major art exhibitions in the GDR and the Halle district, as well as in Berlin , Gotha , Magdeburg and Naumburg (Saale) . In addition, his work has been presented abroad, including in Cairo , Middelheim, Moscow , New Delhi , Tallinn and Visby . In addition, exhibition trips took him to Bulgaria , France and Hungary .

Works (selection)

Muse fountain in Halle (Saale)
Women's fountain in Halle (Saale)
  • Europe with the bull , bronze no year, Gotha Zoo
  • Fountain in Halle-Neustadt (4 reclining female figures and one standing figure), bronze 1970–1974, Halle (Saale)
  • Musenbrunnen , 1974, Halle (Saale)
  • Mother with child , no year, Naumburg (Saale)

Working in collections

  • State Gallery Moritzburg Halle (Saale)
  • Plastic collection Monastery of Our Dear Women Magdeburg
  • Chemnitz Museum
  • State Art Collections Weimar
  • Jena City Museum
  • Romanesque house Bad Kösen
  • Museum of Fine Arts Leipzig
  • SMPK, National Gallery, Berlin
  • Castle Archive Halle (Saale)

Awards and honors

  • 1965 and 1970 (collective “Monument 25 Years of Democratic Land Reform”) Handel Prize of the Halle district
  • 1971 Art Prize of the City of Halle (Saale)
  • 1974 National Prize of the GDR III. Art and literature class.

A street in Halle was named after him in honor of Lichtenfeld.

Study trips to Czechoslovakia , USSR (Uzbekistan) and Hungary .

literature

  • Vollmer 6 , page 209
  • Gerhard Lichtenfeld , sculpture and graphics, exhibition catalog, Schloss Mosigkau Dessau 1971
  • Gerhard Lichtenfeld: Sculpture and Drawings . Hall: Staatliche Galerie Moritzburg, 1979
  • Medal art in Halle in the 20th century , Eds. Martin Heidemann and Wolfgang Steguweit Berlin 2002, German Society for Medal Art, Gebr. Mann Verlag, ISBN 3-7861-2462-0
  • Burg Giebichenstein , The Halle Art School from the Beginnings to the Present, 1992, Halle and Karlsruhe, ISBN 3-86105-076-5
  • The phenomenon of space On the trail of Halle's sculpting tradition, 2010, Halle, Kunstverein Talstrasse and Kunstforum Halle, ISBN 978-3-932962-55-4

Web links

Commons : Gerhard Lichtenfeld  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Neue Zeit newspaper , March 19, 1969, p. 3
  2. ↑ Neue Zeit newspaper , October 5, 1974, p. 6
  3. ↑ Street names in Halle , accessed on March 25, 2014.
personal data
SURNAME Lichtenfeld, Gerhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German artist
DATE OF BIRTH November 6, 1921
PLACE OF BIRTH Halle (Saale)
DATE OF DEATH November 6, 1978
Place of death Halle (Saale)