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Gernot Rumpf (born April 17, 1941 in Kaiserslautern ) is a German sculptor and medalist .

Glockenbaum , 1976, sculpture in front of the Ministry of Culture in Mainz , called official alarm clock

family

Rumpf is the son of the Palatinate sculptor Otto Rumpf , who in turn came from a family of sculptors in Kaiserslautern. His mother was Martha Rumpf, b. Young.

Gernot Rumpf has been married to the sculptor Barbara Rumpf (* 1960 in Neustadt an der Weinstrasse ) since 1981 , with whom he has four children. He lives in his wife's birthplace.

education and profession

After graduating from the Altsprachliches Gymnasium (since 1964 Kurfürst-Ruprecht-Gymnasium ) in Neustadt, Gernot Rumpf completed a degree in sculpture from 1964 to 1970 with a diploma at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich with Professors Josef Henselmann and Hans Ladner . In 1965 he opened his own bronze casting workshop . From 1967 to 1969 further training took place through a scholarship from the German National Academic Foundation .

In 1973 Rumpf received a teaching position at the University of Kaiserslautern , which was converted into a professorship in 1979 . In 1980 and 1983 he was visiting professor at the International Summer Academy for Fine Arts in Salzburg .

Rumpf was best known for his fountains and sculptures with Palatine and biblical motifs, which were not only found in German cities, but z. B. can also be seen in Jerusalem and Tokyo . Part of the work was done with the artistic assistance of Rumpf's wife.

Works

Fountain in the courtyard of Hamborn Abbey
Buchhorn fountain in Friedrichshafen
Luther fountain in Ludwigshafen
Katharina von Bora at the Luther Fountain in Ludwigshafen
Trout fountain in Geislingen an der Steige (detail)
Saubrunnen in Bornheim (Palatinate)
Wine fountain in Bad Bergzabern
Lions Fountain in Jerusalem

(Selection, sorted by location, year of origin in brackets)

Awards

literature

  • Hans G. Hausen and Rudolf Joeckle: The Elwedritsche of Gernot Rumpf . Palatinate Publishing House, Neustadt an der Weinstrasse 1981.
  • Kunstkreis Viersen (ed.): Gernot Rumpf and the Remigius fountain in Viersen . Eckers Verlag, Viersen 1981, ISBN 3-923072-00-7 .
  • Hans G. Hausen and Gerd Schattner: The Kaiser fountain by Gernot Rumpf . Hartung-Gorre publishing house, Konstanz 1990, ISBN 3-89191-338-9 .
  • Egon Ehmer and Karin Patock: Herxheim. History and life around the village fountain by Gernot and Barbara Rumpf . Verlag Studio h, 1994, ISBN 3-931059-00-6 .
  • Southern Wine Route Association (ed.): L'Atelier Mourlot. Gernot Rumpf - The Lions of Jerusalem . Exhibition catalog of the 9th Wine Days of the Southern Wine Route ( Frank-Loebsches-Haus Landau in der Pfalz, June 7-10, 1996), Landau 1996.
  • Hans G. Hausen: The Lion Fountain in Jerusalem by Gernot and Barbara Rumpf . Hartung-Gorre publishing house, Konstanz 2000, ISBN 3-89649-518-6 .

Web links

Commons : Gernot Rumpf  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Verkehrsverband Pfalz and Palatinate Forest Association: The Palatinate on the Rhine . Volumes 40–41, 1967: "By Gernot Rumpf, the son of the sculptor Otto Rumpf, who in turn comes from a family of sculptors in Kaiserslautern, the exhibition in Mainz shows a wide variety of creative samples, both plastic and graphic: ..."
  2. ↑ Wolfgang Schütz: Rumpf, Professor Gernot . Short biography of Gernot Rumpf and a discussion of the inventor's fountain created by the Rumpf couple , which is also popularly known as “Noah's Ark” in Koblenz. In: Koblenz heads . Biographies of people in the city's history and namesake for streets and squares. Publishing house for advertising papers, Mülheim-Kärlich, p. 310 (without year, without ISBN).
  3. ^ Vita of Barbara and Professor Gernot Rumpf at www.dettingen-teck.de, October 5, 2016.
personal data
SURNAME Hull, Gernot
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor and medalist
DATE OF BIRTH April 17, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Kaiserslautern