Hans Bühler (sculptor)
Hans Bühler (born January 22, 1915 in Neu-Ulm ; † January 6, 1974 there ) was a German sculptor .
Life
Hans Bühler was born on January 22nd, 1915 in Neu-Ulm as the son of the yeast trader and beer brewer Johannes Bühler and his wife Rosina. He spent the first years of his life in what was then the fire department store in Gartenstrasse, which is now the Neu-Ulm Music School. After graduating from school, he completed an apprenticeship as a painter and house painter. In 1935 he did six months' Reich labor service in Thuringia in what is now the twin town of Neu-Ulms, Meiningen .
On returning to Neu-Ulm, Bühler increasingly occupied himself with sculpture, which he taught himself. As a 23-year-old he caused a sensation in the art scene with a portrait of the then Chancellor Hitler , whom he had depicted in half relief on the occasion of his 50th birthday .
Hans Bühler died two weeks before turning 59 on January 6, 1974 in his hometown of Neu-Ulm. He found his final resting place in the city cemetery, where his grave has been preserved.
family
In September 1943 he married the Ulm-born merchant's daughter Irene Fröhlich (1919–1999) in nearby Ehrenstein . The marriage resulted in two daughters in the 1950s.
Works
- Mercury , god of trade , relief, Sparkasse Neu-Ulm
- Sower , bronze sculpture, at the pond in the Neu-Ulm district of Hausen
- Fountain on the town hall forecourt in Neu-Ulm, substructure for Edwin Scharff's work of art "The Men in the Boat"
- Crucifix and figure of Christ on the west side of the Church of St. Johann Baptist
- City coat of arms relief for the first Neu-Ulm fountain, glacis complex
- War memorial , Ulm-Wiblingen cemetery
- War memorial , Buch-Ritzisried cemetery
- Tomb of the mayor of Neu-Ulm, Tassilo Grimmeiß , Neu-Ulm main cemetery
- War memorial , Neu-Ulm main cemetery
- Fountain sculpture , in front of the "Seehalle" in the Neu-Ulm district of Pfuhl
literature
- Frank Raberg : Biographical Lexicon for Ulm and Neu-Ulm 1802-2009 . Süddeutsche Verlagsgesellschaft im Jan Thorbecke Verlag, Ostfildern 2010, ISBN 978-3-7995-8040-3 , p. 55 .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bühler, Hans |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 22, 1915 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New Ulm |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 6, 1974 |
| Place of death | New Ulm |