Hermann Koziol

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Hermann Koziol (born February 21, 1926 in Beuthen in Upper Silesia , † August 28, 2011 in Schwäbisch Hall ) was a German sculptor .

Life

Koziol, born in 1926 in Beuthen, settled in Hohenlohe after being expelled from Upper Silesia due to the war , where he initially worked in the quarry. He then studied at the Käthe-Kollwitz-Kunstschule and with Georg Kolbe in Berlin. In 1958 he was one of the founding members of the Hohenloher Kunstverein; in the same year he was awarded the Hohenloher Art Prize.

Since the late 1950s, Koziol has made a name for himself in public spaces, particularly with fountains and bronze sculptures. He lived and worked in Neuenstein , from 1974 he lived in Untermünkheim-Kupfer. At the age of 80 he built a new studio there. The studio from 1955 in Neuenstein had meanwhile fallen victim to road construction.

He was involved in numerous solo and group exhibitions. For example in 2001 in Katowice, 2002 in his hometown Bytom and in the same year in Ratingen. In autumn 2003, numerous works by Koziol were on view during the sculpture exhibition Plastic, concrete-abstract in Bronnbach Monastery . In spring 2004 Koziol took part in an art association exhibition in the town hall of Boxberg.

Works in public space (selection)

  • Girl with Fish (1958) in the staircase of the two-story restaurant in the west wing of Heilbronn Central Station
  • Cranes (1959) in the city garden in Heilbronn
  • Hafenmarktbrunnen (1961) in Öhringen
  • Christophorus (1961) on the bridge in Westernhausen
  • Memorial (1962) in Oppenweiler
  • Gänsebrunnen (1962) in the Gänshof in Heilbronn
  • Playing bears (1964) in Offenbach am Main
  • Fountain in front of the gate (1966) in Neuenstadt am Kocher
  • Flute player (1967) in the atrium of the secondary school in Künzelsau
  • Portals and furnishings (1970) by St. Johannes Nepomuk in Eberbach
  • Fountain in front of the town hall (1974) in Stebbach
  • Memorial (1975) in the forest cemetery in Schwäbisch Hall
  • Fountain in the city park (1975) in Neuenstein
  • Fountain in front of the gymnasium and festival hall (1975) in Weißbach
  • Shepherd boy (1980) in the fields in Schwäbisch Hall
  • Man in the barrel (1997) in Haberschlacht
  • Büttelbrunnen (1999) in Fürfeld
  • Waldensian mark (2002) in Nordhausen
  • Fischerbrunnen and Dorfbrunnen in Untermünkheim
  • Schenkenbrunnen in Michelbach an der Bilz
  • Hamballe figure in Öhringen
  • Glasmacherbrunnen in Mainhardt

  • Cranes (Heilbronn)

  • Goose Fountain (Heilbronn)

  • Man in the barrel (Haberschlacht)

  • Büttelbrunnen (Fürfeld)

  • Glasmacherbrunnen (Mainhardt)

  • Playing bears (Offenbach am Main)

Web links

Commons : Hermann Koziol  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Obituary notice of the family at trauerundgedenken.de (accessed on December 28, 2015)
  2. ↑ Information on the Waldensian sign

Hermann Koziol. My topic remains life. 50 years of sculpture. Katowice-Ratingen 2001. ISBN 83-88427-03-2

personal data
SURNAME Koziol, Hermann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH February 21, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH Beuthen , Upper Silesia
DATE OF DEATH August 28, 2011
Place of death Schwäbisch Hall