Herbert Peters
Herbert Peters (born December 8, 1925 in Neman , East Prussia ; † September 15, 2006 in Munich ) was a German sculptor and graphic artist .
Life
From 1946 to 1948 he was trained by the stone sculptor Adam Winter in Mainz-Kastel , and from 1949 to 1955 he studied sculpture with Toni Stadler at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich . From 1952 to 1955 he received a scholarship from the German National Academic Foundation and from 1963/64 from the Villa Massimo in Rome . Peters joined the Munich artist group Neue Gruppe in 1965 . In 1979 he became a member of the German Association of Artists , and in 1983 a member of the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts . In 1996, Peters was invited to the Villa Massimo in Rome as a guest of honor . The artist lived and worked in Munich until his death in 2006, including in the Villa Flossmann , the former studio apartment of the sculptor Josef Flossmann (1862–1914).
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The work of Herbert Peters goes from the representation of the human figure through steps of increasing abstraction to a geometric abstraction, which in the smaller individual sculptures the connection with the human body can be noticed again and again. In his works in public space, on the other hand, it is more geometric bodies and groups that create their own space.
“In a certain way, Peter's generation-typical characteristics apply: He starts from the Munich figurative tradition in the form of Toni Stadler, takes up suggestions from the avant-garde, participates in the development of the Informel, turns to his form-emphasizing attitude, explores the field in between anthropomorphizing and geometrizing abstraction, deals with questions of environment-oriented art and faces the problem of an art that makes physical sensitivities such as instability and transitory the topic. "
Awards (selection)
- 1963 Villa Romana Prize
- 1966 Promotion Prize of the City of Munich for Sculpture
- 1970 Prize at the Biennale Internazionale della Grafica in Florence
- 1975 Art Prize of the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts, Munich
- 1978 Water Lily Prize
- 1991 Awarded the Bavarian Order of Merit
- 1995 Art Prize of the City of Munich
- 1999 Lovis Corinth Prize
- 2006 Silver medal " Munich shines - the friends of Munich"
Selected Works
- Memorial stone for the old main synagogue in Munich (1968/69), which was destroyed in 1938 , on Maxburgstrasse in Munich
- Ombra (1976)
- Torso V (1979)
- Monolithic granite stele (1982/83), Destouchesstrasse in Munich
- In three parts (1989)
- Sculpture (1990), in Munich
- Two monolithic granite pillars (1991/92), Mariahilfplatz in Munich
- Stone gate at the Rothsee
literature
- Herbert Peters: sculptures and sculptures. Catalog raisonné , Nuremberg: Verlag für Moderne Kunst 1996 (created in connection with the award of the Art Prize of the City of Munich in 1995)
- Florian Sundheimer (Ed.): Herbert Peters. Sculptures and sculptures, 1996 to 2006. Catalog raisonné , Nuremberg: Verlag für Moderne Kunst 2007 (with an introduction by Peter Anselm Riedl )
- Peter Anselm Riedl: Obituary for Herbert Peters . In: Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts in Munich (ed.): Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts, Yearbook 20, 2006
- Peters, Herbert . 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. 42-45, 70-71, 126-127, 206-207, 288-289 .
photos
Monolithic granite stele (1982/83)
Two monolithic granite pillars (1991/92)
Web links
- German National Library: Herbert Peters
- Homepage of the estate
- Herbert Peters. In: Neue Gruppe (PDF; 552 kB), Haus der Kunst Munich
- Herbert Peters - artnet.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ kuenstlerbund.de: Full members of the Deutscher Künstlerbund since it was founded in 1903 / Peters, Herbert ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed December 6, 2015)
- ↑ Peter Anselm Riedl: The work of the sculptor and sculptor Herbert Peters, in: Herbert Peters, 1996, p. 20.
- ↑ Herbert Peters. In: Neue Gruppe (PDF; 552 kB), Haus der Kunst Munich
- ↑ Illustration: Memorial stone for the main synagogue destroyed in 1938 , Munich
- ↑ Figure: Sculpture (1990)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Peters, Herbert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German sculptor and graphic artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 8, 1925 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Neman , East Prussia |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 15, 2006 |
| Place of death | Munich |