Hildegard Hendrichs

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Hildegard Hendrichs (born June 7, 1923 in Berlin ; † February 4, 2013 in Erfurt ) was a German sculptor , writer and composer .

Life

Hendrichs grew up as the eldest of four siblings in the Schöneberg district of Berlin in modest circumstances. After high school and labor service , she began training at the wood sculpting school in Empfertshausen in Thuringia. During the Nazi era, she also began to secretly produce Christian works of art, especially sculptural figures of saints (especially St. Francis of Assisi ) and depictions of Christ in an expressionist style. The style of her works of art was mainly characterized by expressive eyes and hands.

After the Second World War she began to experiment and paint with other materials in addition to wood carving. Hildegard Hendrichs became a sought-after sacral artist in the 1950s and 1960s. Her works ( altars , figures, reliefs, stations of the cross and paintings) adorn numerous churches in Europe.

In 1950 her Hedwig's or refugee altar was shown at the exhibition organized by the Vatican for the Holy Year "Arte Sacra" in Rome. Between 1954 and 1958 she traveled through Italy , where she created, among other things, the Marian altar of the Germanicum in Rome . During this time she joined a Franciscan Third Order and began to write and compose sacred music and meditate on her works of art. After her trip to Italy, at the request of the then Berlin Bishop Julius Cardinal Döpfner, she returned to the GDR , where she was imprisoned for weeks for illegal emigration. From 1979 she was allowed to travel again; She gave lectures and contemplation events in Germany and the surrounding countries until she was old.

Hildegard Hendrichs lived in Erfurt since 1948. Their sacred works of art and figures can be found in many churches in Europe. B. in Berlin ( St. Pius Church ), in Erfurt ( Erfurt Cathedral , Parish Church St. Severi and seminary ), in Eisenach (St. Elisabeth Church), Weimar ( Sacred Heart Church ), Magdeburg ( St. Laurentius ), Stralsund ( Trinity Church ), Hünfeld ( Bonifatius Monastery ), Rome ( Germanicum , Santa Maria dell'Anima ) and Assisi (retreat house on Monte La Verna ).

Awards

In 2003 Hendrichs was awarded the Elisabeth Medal of the Diocese of Erfurt by Bishop Joachim Wanke .

Publications (selection)

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Individual evidence

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