Hans Rucker

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Iron Couple , Munich

Hans Rucker (* 1931 in Marktleugast , Bavaria , Upper Franconia ; † 2011 in Munich ) was a German sculptor .

life and work

Following training as a wood sculptor in Berchtesgaden , Rucker studied sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich from 1950 to 1957 under Josef Henselmann . Since then he has worked as a freelancer . In 1963 Rucker received the Antonioni Prize for Sculpture, Padua, and in 1965 the Bavarian State Prize for Sculpture. A scholarship took him to the Villa Massimo in Rome from 1966–67 .

Rucker lived and worked in Munich.

Rucker began working in wood and stone, later he also used bronze and steel . From around 1971 he preferred to use marble . Rucker created numerous sculptures for public spaces ; The overall design connecting the buildings (1979–81) at the European School in Munich should be emphasized here .

Work (selection)

  • 1958 Stone relief on the main portal (baptism of Jesus and the Trinity). Evangelical Lutheran Parish Church of the Holy Trinity, Bad Staffelstein, Lichtenfels district
  • Wooden ceiling, altar and pulpit motifs. Evangelical Lutheran Christ Church Bayreuth
  • 1966 Stranger Flower . Fountain, bronze, 200 × 200 × 200 cm. Alexandrastrasse 1, Munich
  • 1967 Dinosaur figure, shell limestone, Graf-Münster-Gymnasium Bayreuth
  • 1971 (untitled). Fountain sculpture, Carrara marble, 9 m long, 160 cm high. Inner courtyard of the law and economics faculties, University of Regensburg
  • 1973 Concave and convex shape . Fountain, Carrara marble, approx. 550 × 550 cm, Theatinerhof, Munich
  • 1975/1977 Ruckerbrunnen . Metal, approx. 5 m high. Rathausplatz , Erlangen
  • 1976 rock vein . Carrara marble, approx. 175 cm high, 8 m long. Grosshadern Clinic , Munich
  • 1976 Iron Couple . Well, stainless steel. Michaelibad , Munich
  • 1976 Two steles, marble, 2.90 m high, Bayreuth Technical Office building
  • 1979–81 Curved stone band . Carrara marble, plaza design. European School Munich
  • 1992 marble sculpture. District Clinic Rehau , Upper Franconia
  • 1997 City fountain. Granite, round, 5 m in diameter. Market square, Lauf an der Pegnitz
  • 1997/2008 snail . Bardiglio marble, 130 cm long, 100 cm wide, 115 cm high. Competition design 1997 by Hans Rucker, revised and executed by Maria Rucker (his daughter) from 2005 to 2007. Cooperation facility at Riemerschmidstrasse 69, Munich
  • Terrain sculpture , Helmholtz Center Munich
  • Marble fountain , Helmholtz Center Munich
  • Sternbrunnen , Munich-Neuperlach

Photo gallery

  • Rock vein, Grosshadern Clinic, Munich

  • Forecourt design , European School Munich

  • Sternbrunnen , Munich-Neuperlach

  • Concave and convex form , 1973, Theatinerhof, Munich

literature

  • Rucker, Hans . In: Supreme Building Authority Munich (Hrsg.): Bildwerk Bauwerk Artwork - 30 years of art and state building in Bavaria . Bruckmann, Munich 1990, ISBN 3-7654-2308-4 , p. 140-141, 144-145, 256-257 .

Web links

Commons : Hans Rucker  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Hans and Maria Rucker - QUIVID, Construction Department, City of Munich
  2. ^ Hans Rucker: Iron Couple (1976) - Uli Walter: Artworks in Perlach, 2005
  3. ↑ Hans Rucker: "Geschwungenes Steinband" (1981) - Uli Walter: Artworks in Perlach, 2005
  4. ↑ Figure "Schnecke", Munich
  5. ^ Rucker, Hans and Maria: Schnecke, 2008 - QUIVID, Construction Department, City of Munich
  6. ↑ Figure "Geländeskulptur", Munich
  7. ↑ Figure "Marble Fountain", Munich
personal data
SURNAME Rucker, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH Marktleugast
DATE OF DEATH 2011
Place of death Munich