Hilde Leest

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"Reunification" sculpture (1962)
"Encounter", Stadtpark Steglitz, in Berlin-Steglitz

Hildegard "Hilde" Leest (born October 22, 1903 in Königsberg (Prussia) ; † November 27, 1970 in Berlin ) was a German sculptor .

Life

Hildegard Leest comes from a family of craftsmen in Königsberg. Grandfather Albert Leest owned his own construction company, her father worked as a civil servant builder.

After finishing school, Leest began training as a ceramist in Bunzlau, Silesia . After studying at the Königsberg art and trade school with Hermann Brachert , she continued her training with Stanislaus Cauer . She became known as a sculptor and created the model for the Friedland power station . Employed by the architects Bruno Taut and Max Taut in Berlin, she lost her studio due to the effects of the Second World War .

During this time, a trip to Great Britain followed with a visit to the Bauhaus teacher László Moholy-Nagy .

After the war, Leest returned to Berlin and created portrait sculptures there , among others by Ernst Reuter . Other sculptures are The Lively Rays , Crouching Boy and The Conversation .

Leest became known to a broader public primarily through her monumental sculpture "Reunification", which was erected in 1962 in Berlin-Wedding in a small green area at the confluence of Liesenstrasse and Chausseestrasse .

In 1964 she was awarded the East Prussian Landsmannschaft Kulturpreis .

Leest died on November 27, 1970 in Berlin and was buried next to her mother and brother in the cemetery of Marl - Lemförde .

Exhibitions (selection)

Web links

Commons : Hilde Leest  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f The Ostpreußenblatt / Preußische Allgemeine Zeitung / Landsmannschaft Ostpreußen eV of October 18, 2003: Impressive designer: the sculptor Hilde Leest was born 100 years ago in Königsberg at webarchiv-server.de, accessed on June 7, 2011
  2. ^ Robert Albinus: Königsberg Lexicon . Würzburg 2002, ISBN 3-88189-441-1
  3. ^ Die Form: Journal for creative work - exhibitions, issue 5.1930
personal data
SURNAME Leest, Hilde
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Leest, Hildegard (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH October 22, 1903
PLACE OF BIRTH Koenigsberg
DATE OF DEATH November 27, 1970
Place of death Berlin