Gerhard Olbrich
Gerhard Olbrich (born October 28, 1927 in Berlin ; † June 13, 2010 in Bremerhaven ) was a German pedagogue, painter and sculptor.
biography
Olbrich was the son of a merchant; his mother died when he was 23 years old. After studying art and graphics in East Berlin, a. a. As a student of the Swiss master Willy Fries , the young painter went on a study trip to Italy by bicycle. Numerous pictures testify to this. Olbrich did not complete any training as a sculptor. After the Wall was built in 1961, he fled to West Germany and has lived in Bremerhaven ever since. From 1975 to 1993 he worked as a teacher for artistic drawing and handicrafts at the grammar school in Langen near Bremerhaven .
As an artist, he dealt with many subjects, materials and techniques in painting, graphics, calligraphy , copper drifting and enamel work. He created mosaics , reliefs , glass windows and sacred objects, as well as later sculptures and bronze figures. He was a stage decorator, book illustrator, church painter and sculptor on his own initiative - Olbrich has a wide range of artistic skills. He became known with the design of church windows in Meiningen , Berlin, Niemegk , Mittenwalde , Wandlitz , Wünsdorf and Lörrach as well as with the sculptures in Bremerhaven.
He worked for a long time on the board of the Theater-Förderverein Bremerhaven.
He was married to the singer and pianist Ilse-Marie Olbrich . She lives in Bremerhaven- Leherheide . The son is a cardiologist in Langen (Hessen) . The daughter is a pianist at the University of Augsburg .
Works
- Church window in
- Stadtkirche Meiningen (1961)
- Mittenwalde
- Niemegk (1953)
- Weißensee parish church , mid-1950s
- Wandlitz
- Altar window St. Bartholomäuskirche (Berlin) Friedrichshain (1957)
- Altar window in St. Josef , Berlin-Köpenick (1958)
- East window with Bible motifs, Pillgramer Church (1960)
- Blumberg village church (Ahrensfelde) , choir window (1967)
- Triptych and apse window of St. Johannis Church, Niemegk / Brandenburg (1953)
- Altarpiece with three elements: Temptation, Crucifixion, Archangel Michael, Church of St. Michael in Ludwigsfelde (approx. 1954)
- Altar stand cross in the Willehadi Church in Wremen (1964)
- Altar relief and altar decorations in the Christ Church Brake -Nord
- Christ relief in the Surheid Church of the Resurrection
- Cross relief at the Alfred Delp School in Bremerhaven
- Grenade woman in Bremerhaven-Mitte (1988); in memory of Meta Matschuk, who until 1987 had sold crabs ( garnets ) on Bürgermeister-Smidt-Strasse .
- Bride of the Wind in Bremerhaven-Mitte, Mayor-Martin-Donandt-Platz
- Storm surge column in Bremerhaven-Mitte on the Weser dike (1975), removed in 2012 as part of the dike heightening and archived in the DSM
- Plastic bud in Schiffdorf in front of the vocational school (1982)
- Mathilde , fountain figure at the town hall in Bad Bederkesa , 1980, cast in bronze at Raguse and Voss in Bremerhaven; On the occasion of the 850th anniversary of Bederkesa, a group of committed citizens made the memorial for the German housewife a symbol of a new sense of community
- Wall relief St. Appolonia in the house of dentists in Bremen
- Bronze figure in the Ludwig Krüder fountain in Bremerhaven-Mitte between the city theater and the art museum (1998)
- Bronze sculpture night watchman in Langen near the Lindenhof center (1989)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ilse-Marie Olbrich
- ↑ Hans-Georg Olbrich (asklepios.com)
- ↑ Christine Olbrich (University of Augsburg)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Olbrich, Gerhard |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German educator, painter and sculptor |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 28, 1927 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
DATE OF DEATH | June 13, 2010 |
Place of death | Bremerhaven |