Herbert Sander

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Symbol of the GDR peace movement

Herbert Sander (born October 28, 1938 in Nordhausen ; † January 4, 2018 in Potsdam ) was a German painter and graphic artist . He was the designer of the symbol of the independent peace movement " Swords to Plowshares " in the GDR.

Life

After studying at the technical college for graphics, printing and advertising in Berlin-Oberschöneweide , Sander worked as a production design assistant in the DEFA studio for feature films in Potsdam-Babelsberg . He had been a freelance artist since 1967 , whose works were regularly presented in exhibitions and purchased by museums. For more than 40 years from 1967 onwards, Sander created a variety of posters and designs for exhibitions in the palaces and gardens of Potsdam-Sanssouci. Mainly the landscape and the parks of Brandenburg , but also the remains of Jewish cemeteries in the state of Brandenburg were motives of his work. In the 1980s, he created a colorful church window as a mosaic of many colorful crosses and other figures, including Jesus riding a donkey, for the Protestant Church of the Resurrection in his home town of Kleinmachnow .

His bookmark design " Swords for Plowshares ", which he created in 1980 for use in Protestant youth groups based on the sculpture by the Soviet sculptor Yevgeny Wuchetich, was commissioned by the State Youth Pastor Manfred Domrös . A short time later the emblem appeared on clothing and bags and became a very common symbol of the independent peace movement in the GDR. In 2014 Herbert Sander received the Order of Merit of the State of Brandenburg after Manfred Stolpe's intercession . At the same time, the Brandenburg State Center for Civic Education held a factory exhibition.

Sander was also a co-founder of the New Forum in Kleinmachnow. In the first free local election he ran for Bündnis 90 , but then withdrew from active local politics. In recent years he has lived in the neighboring community of Stahnsdorf .

Sander suffered a severe stroke in 2016 . He died in January 2018 at the age of 79 years in a Potsdamer clinic at a pneumonia . His grave is in the forest cemetery in Kleinmachnow.

Publications

  • Jewish cemeteries in the Mark Brandenburg. Painting, graphics, photography; Orangery in Sanssouci Park . Prussian Palaces and Gardens Foundation Berlin-Brandenburg, Potsdam 1993, DNB 997127503

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Herbert Sander . Picture atlas Art in the GDR, accessed on January 11, 2018.
  2. ↑ "A lasting symbol of the peace movement created" - Woidke pays tribute to the deceased artist Herbert Sander. Press release of the state government of Brandenburg, State Chancellery, January 10, 2018, accessed on January 11, 2018 .
  3. ↑ Lisa Rogge: Late honor for "swords to plowshares". In: maz-online . June 14, 2014, accessed January 10, 2018 .
  4. ^ Exhibition: Herbert Sander . Brandenburg State Center for Political Education, accessed on January 11, 2018.
  5. ↑ Norbert Koch-Klaucke: Mourning for Herbert Sander: inventor of the symbol "swords to plowshares" is dead . Berliner Zeitung , January 10, 2018, accessed on January 11, 2018.
    Jürgen Stich: Mourning the artist Herbert Sander. In: maz-online . January 9, 2018, accessed January 11, 2018 .
  6. ↑ Herbert Sander. In: family obituary. maz-online, January 18, 2018, accessed February 4, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Sander, Herbert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter and graphic artist
DATE OF BIRTH October 28, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH Nordhausen
DATE OF DEATH 4th January 2018
Place of death Potsdam