Herbert Lungwitz

Herbert Lungwitz (* 1913 in Weimar , † 1992 in Essen ) was a German sculptor. He mainly worked with wood and stone or with industrial waste.

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Herbert Lungwitz was a trained stonemason and architectural draftsman and then studied art in Weimar. After the Second World War he went to Essen and worked as a sculpture teacher at the Folkwang School in Essen for two and a half years . From 1951 Lungwitz worked as a freelance artist. From 1961 to 1983 Herbert Lungwitz was director of the Essen Artists' Forum .

He designed facades such as those of the Amerikahaus , the Grillo Theater , the Dresdner Bank or the TÜV headquarters in Essen and numerous sculptures.

Herbert Lungwitz worked as an art teacher at the city of Essen in the 1970s. Humboldt School Gymnasium.

His studio and workshop were located in the former machine house for shaft VI of the Zollverein colliery . From 1988 Lungwitz's studio was located in a former school building in the Steele district of Essen , where he exhibited his work and turned the school grounds into a sculpture park.

Works of art (selection)

Man and woman / couple

1950: three reliefs at the entrance of the rebuilt Grillo-Theater in Essen ( taming of the Minotaur , allegories of beauty and music and allegory of peace and interpersonal harmony )
1952: Reliefs at the Amerikahaus Ruhr , today the Europahaus in Essen
1954: Women chatting in the Grugapark in Essen
1959: Berlin bear , three meters high made of Anröchter dolomite , first in Grugapark, since 1964 on Berliner Platz in Essen
Early 1960s: gas station (steel), Märkisches Museum (Witten)
Late 1950s: Man and woman / couple (clay / ceramics) in private ownership
Early 1960s: column (steel), Märkisches Museum (Witten)
1960: Well (steel) in Grugapark
1964: On top of each other, plastic ( Wattenscheid )
1978: Elba and Chimera, sculptures in the Wattenscheid city park