Hein Wimmer

Hein Wimmer (born January 15, 1902 in Küppersteg , † 1986 in Cologne ) was a German gold and silversmith and sculptor .

Life and education

As a high school student, Wimmer came into contact with the artist community in Marienthal around Pastor Augustinus Winkelmann , who shaped him. After high school in 1920 he began 1922 a study of the science and art history at the University of Cologne . From 1927 to 1933 he studied at the Cologne Werkkunstschule in the class for gold and silversmiths and metal sculpture, from 1930 as a master student . From 1933 he worked independently. In 1937 he passed the master craftsman examination at the Cologne Chamber of Crafts . In 1940 he was called up for military service and was taken prisoner of war in Russia in 1944 , from which he was released in 1947. From 1949 he taught at the Werkkunstschule Krefeld , from 1965 until his retirement in 1967 with a professorship .

The focus of his work was sacred art .

Exhibitions (selection)

• 1948 Christian contemporary art, Cologne
• 1958 Brussels World Exhibition , German pavilion
• 1960 Church building of the present, Munich
• 1967 World Exhibition Montreal , German pavilion

Works (selection)

Church furnishings (individual objects such as altar, ambo, hanging cross, tabernacle, candlestick, baptismal font, etc. or overall furnishings ): Christ the King, Leverkusen-Küppersteg (1930–33) St. Johann, Steinfurt (1936) St. Victor, Dülmen (1936) St. Katharina, Cologne-Niehl (approx. 1947) St. Walburga, Overath (1955) Basilica of Our Lady, Trier (1952) St. Nicomedes, Steinfurth (1953) St. Elisabeth, Neuss-Reuschenberg (1953) St. Johannes, Gladbeck (1954) St. Margareta, Düsseldorf-Gerresheim (1954) To the divine Redeemer, Cologne-Rath Heumar (1955) St. Maria Queen, Bergisch Gladbach-Frankenforst (1955) St. Meinolphus-Mauritius, Bochum - Ehrenfeld (1955) St. Nikolaus, Bensberg (1958) St. Hubertus , Krefeld (1959) St. Hubertus, Bettel (1959) St. Bernhard, Cologne-Longerich (1961) St. Ignatius, Essen (1961) Holy Spirit, Hanover (1963) St. Juliana, Walsum (1964) St. Franziskus, Krefeld (1964) St. Ludgeri, Münster (1964)

St. Johannes, Kranenburg (1964) St. Stephan, Brühl (1965) St. Willehard , Bremen (1965) St. Stephanus, Münster (1965) St. Johannes-Nepomuk, Burgsteinfurt (1967) St. Martin, Duisburg (1968) Holy Family, Bottrop-Grafenwald (1969) St. Peter am See, Hunswinkeln (1973) To the holy angels, Wesel-Fusternberg (?) St. Heinrich, Brühl (?) St. Marien, dates St. Anna, Duisburg-Kaiserberg St. Sebastian, Münster (?) St. Joseph, Oelde (?) St. Marien, Rheydt (?) St. Gottfried, Wethmar

Other works (selection): Sports Prize Horse Racing (Weinkanne) Grand Prix of Krefeld (1954) Town hall coat of arms city of Krefeld Chain of Office Mayor, City of Krefeld Mass chalice for Bernhard Poether (Münster, died in Dachau concentration camp on August 5, 1942), 1932 Measuring chalice for Ludwig Klockenbusch (Münster, later became chairman of the art commission in the diocese of Münster), 1932

Web links

• Portrait and signature of the artist

Individual evidence

1. ↑ st-walburga.de
2. ↑ st-elisabeth-und-hubertus.de
3. ↑ St. Johannes on sankt-lamberti.de
4. ↑ zeitspurensuche.de
5. ↑ johannesnepomuk.de (no longer online, June 25, 2012)
6. ↑ ^{a b} kept in Münster ( Ahlener Zeitung )