Gudrun Schreiner
Gudrun Schreiner (born February 27, 1932 in Baden-Baden ; † December 21, 2012 Ottersweier , Baden-Württemberg ) was a German sculptor and artist.
Life
She spent her youth in southern Germany and in Königsberg. In 1945 she was in home school in Kloster Wald , while her family moved to Gaggenau in 1948 . After graduating from high school in Wald, she studied at the Pedagogical University in Gengenbach . After graduating, she was on a Fulbright scholarship in 1953 at the University of Louisville , where she attended courses in painting with Ulfert Wilke . From 1955 to 1958 she worked in school, then she studied sculpture with Hanselmann at the Art Academy in Munich , from 1960 with Marino Marini at the Academia Brera in Milan , from 1961 with Ossip Zadkine at the Academie des Beaux Arts in Paris . In 1963, the Fulbright program again enabled her to work as an assistant at Tulane University in New Orleans , where she also made her first independent bronze casts in the university's own foundry. After a trip to Mexico in 1964, she moved into a studio in Favorite Castle near Rastatt , one in Karlsruhe in 1965, and in 1982 she moved back to her native city of Baden-Baden. In the 1960s and 1970s she made extensive trips to Ceylon and South America, and from 1978 to 2005 she also had a second studio in Pietrasanta , Italy. Gudrun Schreiner died on December 21, 2012 in the Hub nursing home in Ottersweier .
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Gudrun Schreiner's work primarily includes objects made of stone and metal, and in particular she has created numerous fountains, but also liturgical objects for churches.
Selection of works:
- Fountain for the Goethe grammar school in Gaggenau, granite, 1962
- War memorial in the Bischweier cemetery, Rotsandstein, 1962
- Liturgical devices for the Our Father Chapel in Buchenbach , 1967
- Equipment of the Church of St. Michael in Freiburg, 1970
- Equipment of the Church of St. Matthew in Karlsruhe, 1970
- Plastic Nils Holgersson in the courtyard of the Merkur School in Gaggenau, aluminum and concrete, 1971
- Celebration altar of the church in Neckarsteinach, bronze and marble, 1972
- Cenotaph for Günther Klotz in the cemetery in Karlsruhe, granite with bronze work, 1973
- Crucifix and station of the cross in the church of Kleinsteinbach, bronze, 1973
- Equipment of the Church of St. Nikolaus in Rüppur: altar, tabernacle and ambo made of yellow sandstone, candlestick made of bronze, rosette wall sculpture made of painted lime wood
- Altar of the church in Selbach, bronze and travertine, 1976
- Alexander von Humboldt Fountain of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation , Bonn, bronze, 1976
- Brigantenbrunnen at Ettlinger Tor in Karlsruhe, travertine basin with bronze sculptures, 1978/79
- Goose fountain in Gaggenau, twelve bronze geese on a concrete basin, 1979/80
- Duck fountain in Ettlingen, bronze, 1981
- Cuckoo fountain in Lautenbach, bronze and red sandstone boulders, 1982
- Plastic The rope pullers in the Dachgrub school center in Rotenfels, bronze with brass pedestal, 1982
- Bronze relief in the new cemetery chapel in Ettlingen, 1982
- Theater fountain in Heilbronn, bronze high relief, 1982/83
- Equipment of the pilgrimage church Moosbronn: gilded bronze and red Persian travertine , 1985
- Statue of St. Christophorus in Vimbuch, bronze, 1985
- Statue of St. Christophorus in Ötigheim, bronze and red sandstone, 1986
- Design of the chancel of St. Bonifatius Church in Baden-Baden, 1989
- Bust of Giovanni Guareschi in the park of the Museo di Peppone e Don Camillo in Brescello, bronze
- Plastic Asunta in the patient park of the district nursing home of the Rastatt district, also a memorial for 526 victims of National Socialism, 2001
Exhibitions
Solo exhibitions with works by Gudrun Schreiner were a. a. In 1963 in New Orleans, 1969 in Gaggenau, 1971 in the Landesgewerbeamt Karlsruhe, 1973 in Mainz-Elsheim, 1974 in Ettlingen and 1988 in Stuttgart.
literature
- Gudrun Schreiner - The Sculptor and Her Work , Hügelsheim o. J.
Web links
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- ↑ Article "Great mourning for Gudrun Schreiner" in the BNN of January 2, 2013, Gaggenau, p. 24
- ↑ http://www.badisches-tagblatt.de/html/content_murgtal/00_20130104000000_Die_Kunst_von_Gudrun_Schreiner_ist_in_der_Benz.html ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Carpenter, Gudrun |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German sculptor and artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 27, 1932 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Baden-Baden |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 21, 2012 |
| Place of death | Ottersweier |