Gottfried Gruner

Gottfried Gruner (* 1923 in Stollberg ; † July 12, 2011 in Rexingen ) was a German artist . Gruner worked as a sculptor and water kinetician. He is considered a pioneer of solar art. His works are located in squares and green spaces in over 60 cities in Germany.

life and work

Gruner grew up in the Eastern Ore Mountains and studied at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts . In 1950 he left the GDR with his wife . Both continued their studies at the Art Academy in Münster and later at the State Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart . The Gruners lived in Stuttgart until 1988. After that they moved to Rexingen .

Selection of works (excerpt)

• Sculpture “Runner” at the Mönchsee-Gymnasium Heilbronn
• Steel and Plexiglas sculpture with "Satellites" water feature (1986), at the former telecommunications office on the Sonnenberg in Heilbronn
• Bronze figure youth (1958), in front of the Theodor-Heuss-Gymnasium
• Wooden altar in the Christ Church in Möhringen
• Sculpture trade - Heilbronn and the world , for the entrance hall of the Heilbronn business school
• Interior of the Church of St. Maria Queen of the Holy Rosary in Ditzingen
• Baptismal font and the baptismal altar for Kilian's Church (Heilbronn)
• Aquamobil (fountain in front of the main post office), (1986) in Reutlingen
• Solar sculpture (clock), 1997, in Oldenburg (Oldenburg) , Stautorkreisel (harbor side)

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  Fountain in front of the Postscheckamt Berlin West

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  Aquamobil on the Dieter-aus-dem-Siepen -Platz in Mülheim an der Ruhr

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  Relief "runner" in the courtyard of the Mönchseegymnasium in Heilbronn

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  Sculpture youth , Gymnasiumstr. Heilbronn, created in 1958

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  Enzblume, 1989, Baden-Württemberg, Bietigheim, above the Enzbrücke

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  Solar plastic (clock), 1997, Oldenburg, city harbor

Web links

Commons : Gottfried Gruner  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ "One-time concentrate" by two artists in: Schwarzwälder Bote from April 14, 2011
2. ^ Sculptor Gottfried Gruner died in: Schwarzwälder Bote from July 15, 2011
3. ↑ Dieter Brunner (Ed.): Heilbronn and the art of the 50s. The art scene in Heilbronn in the 1950s . Municipal museums, Heilbronn 1993, ISBN 3-921638-43-7 , p. 91 .
4. ↑ Andreas Pfeiffer (editor): Heilbronn and the art of the 50s. The art scene in Heilbronn in the 1950s. Situations from everyday life, traffic and architecture in Heilbronn in the 50s . Harwalik, Reutlingen 1993, ISBN 3-921638-43-7 (Heilbronner museum catalog , 43rd series Städtische Galerie). Page 67 and page 99, Fig. 131
5. ↑ Andreas Pfeiffer (editor): Heilbronn and the art of the 50s. The art scene in Heilbronn in the 1950s. Situations from everyday life, traffic and architecture in Heilbronn in the 50s . Harwalik, Reutlingen 1993, ISBN 3-921638-43-7 (Heilbronner museum catalog , 43rd series Städtische Galerie). Fig. 120, Fig. 121, p. 91 and p. 92