Hans Gerhard Biermann
Hans Gerhard Biermann (born September 16, 1933 in Niedermendig in the Mayen district ) is a German sculptor. From 1964, he and his father Alphons Biermann headed the stone and wood carving workshop of the art workshops of the Maria Laach Abbey and in 1971, succeeded his father, took over the overall management of the workshops until the year 2000. He made his way through the design of new church facilities in the former Federal Republic and made a name in Berlin and trained numerous students as stone masons and stone sculptors .
Life
Hans Gerhard Biermann was born in 1933 as the eldest son of the sculptor Alphons Biermann and Clara. Preker was born in Niedermendig and grew up in Maria Laach ( Glees parish ) from 1937 . In 1963 he married Elisabeth Kutzbach, a great niece of Friedrich Kutzbach , architect and curator of the city of Trier. The marriage had three children: Johannes Biermann (* 1964), Clemens Biermann (1966–2012) and Julia Biermann (* 1970). Since 2000 he has been working in his own workshop in Wassenach as a freelancer and continues to take part in exhibitions.
education and study
After attending elementary school in Bell ( Mayen district ) middle school in Niedermendig , he completed an apprenticeship as a sculptor in stone and wood and stonemason with his father in Maria Laach from 1950 to 1953 . 1954 to 1956 followed by studies with Kurt Schwippert and Hugo Kückelhaus at the Werkkunstschule Münster . In 1957 he worked with Richard Brun in Zurich and studied with Franz Fischer (sculptor, 1900) at the Zurich School of Applied Arts . In 1958 he passed the master's examination as a sculptor and stonemason at the Mayen stonemasonry school.
In 1958 he continued his studies at the Hochschule der Künste Berlin (HdK) (today University of the Arts ), first with Karl Hartung , then with Paul Baumgarten (architect, 1900) and Georg Neidenberger in architecture. In 1964 he passed the exam as HBK works architect. In 1964 he joined the Ars liturgica Maria Laach art workshops as head of wood and stone carving . Since then, numerous journeymen and independent master sculptors have emerged from his training.
Hans Gerhard Biermann has undertaken numerous art and study trips, which are reflected in a number of sketchbooks. He was always going to France and especially to Paris to study the cathedrals and the great museums. But Italy and especially Rome were his destinations, such as the Scandinavian countries, England, Austria, Spain, Portugal and the USA. He has participated in many exhibitions at home and abroad (including in Canada ) and received numerous prizes and awards for his tombs . At the end of his work in Maria Laach in 1999, the Ahrweiler district, in cooperation with the Maria Laach Abbey, organized a comprehensive retrospective of his work there with a catalog. Today the artist lives and works secluded in his house with his own sculpture garden in Wassenach ( Verbandsgemeinde Brohltal ). He is an honorary member of the Federal Association of Arts and Crafts Rhineland-Palatinate and has been a member of the Brohltal artists' guild since 1995.
Life's work
Hans Gerhard Biermann created significant new church facilities throughout the FRG and in Berlin, which often encompass the entire interior design. So in St. Josef in Iserlohn 1974 or St. Augustinus in Berlin-Lankwitz 1995. His designs always keep the overall architecture in view.
As an architect, he designed several outdoor sculptures, fountains and wall designs in public and private spaces, including the fountain in the pedestrian zone of Bremerhaven from 1980, the majolica relief in the entrance hall of the St. Petrus Hospital in Bonn in 1978 and the Markusbrunnen in Bergheim (Troisdorf) from 1998 in basalt lava .
The first spectacular memorial is the 9.20 meter high four-sided cross with four angels as the four winds for the school class who crashed in the railway accident in Dahlerau , which is in the cemetery in Radevormwald . Another cenotaph, Three Young Men in the Fiery Furnace, can be found in the Bad Breisig cemetery . In the house-high free sculpture The Four Elements at the Bürgerhalle in Kottenheim (Basalt 1998) he draws on the monumental effect of the Stonehenge in England or on archaic large sculptures in the natural form of the local basalt steles.
He has also created numerous designs for small sculptures, medals, and liturgical and profane devices. In 1999 he created the design and execution of the bishop's staff for Bishop Felix Genn in Münster.
Awards
- Sponsorship award from the state of Rhineland-Palatinate 1966
- Silver medal at the Federal Horticultural Show 1979
- Silver medal at the Federal Horticultural Show 1984
- Certificate of the Federal President for exemplary training 1984
literature
- Art and historical monuments in the Märkisches Kreis in 1983.
- Home year book of the Ahrweiler district 1983.
- The sculptor Hans Gerhard Biermann , catalog for the retrospective as part of the 9th Culture Days of the Ahrweiler district from October 25 to November 28, 1999 m. Fig.
- Alfons W. Biermann: sculptures of faith from Eifel volcanic rock. For the sculptor Alphons Biermann Maria Laach on the 100th birthday. Die Eifel, Yearbook of the Eifelverein, pp. 34–41 (with illus.) In co-op. with Hans Gerhard Biermann.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Catalog "The sculptor Hans Gerhard Biermann, retrospective Oct./Nov.1999
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Biermann, Hans Gerhard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 16, 1933 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Low-ended |