Joachim Berthold
Joachim Berthold (born October 17, 1917 in Eisenach , † September 25, 1990 in Oberaudorf ) was a German sculptor .
Career
From 1936 he was a student of Wolfgang Wallner at the Cologne factory schools and later a master student of Joseph Wackerle at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich . After a short activity as a sculptor in the early 1940s and participation in the Second World War , Berthold worked in Oberaudorf after the war until his death.
From 1960 onwards, Berthold became known to a wider audience with solo exhibitions, initially in Germany, followed by international exhibitions in 1966, including in New York , Milan and Vancouver . After Berthold's death, retrospectives were shown in the Samuelis Baumgarte Galerie Bielefeld (2007) and in the Museum Regensburg Regensburg (2008).
family
Joachim Berthold was the son of the goldsmith Karl Berthold and the painter Maria Schmidt-Kugel. Berthold's wife Gisela Berthold-Sames (1917–1996) had also studied at the Cologne Werkschulen; her collection with a large number of her husband's designs and sculptures can be seen in her own gallery building in Oberaudorf.
plant
The central theme of Berthold's sculptures - predominantly in bronze - is the human figure. After expressive beginnings, Berthold's work became increasingly abstract. In sculptures from the 1950s, he largely dispensed with facial features; in later works the outlines appear in abstract shapes or merge with the background. A strong contrast of round and angular, convex and concave, rough and smooth elements is characteristic of Berthold's formal language. Its “human walls” have achieved particular fame.
In addition to international public collections and private collections, Berthold's works can also be found in public spaces; examples are
- "Pelikansbrunnen", in the former Bavarian State School for the Deaf Munich, 1954
- “The Looker”, in the Siemens housing estate in Munich - Obersendling , 1955
- “Die Sitzende”, in Munich- Moosach , 1958
- Reliefs on the stadium of TSV 1860 Munich , 1958
- Fish ball fountain in Münster , 1962
- "Human couple", in Erlangen , 1962
- Bronze sculpture "Team", TU Munich building authority, 1966
- Genius of Science, Technical University of Munich , Garching Campus
- Bronze sculpture "Mauer", Pasing, Institute for Land Traffic Routes, 19 ??
- "Adam's Rib", in Erlangen, 1972
literature
- The real reality. Sculptor Joachim Berthold would have turned 90 in October . In: Audorfer Anzeiger, No. 70, 2007.
- Th. Hirsch: Joachim Berthold . In: KG Saur Verlag Munich-Leipzig, Günter Meißner (Hrsg.): Saur General Artists Lexicon: The visual artists of all times and peoples, Vol. 10. Berettini-Bikkers . Saur, Munich 1995, ISBN 3-598-22750-7
- Stephanie Krannich: Joachim Berthold. The essence of man . In: Deutsches Ärzteblatt , Vol. 104, No. 39, 2007. Article on the web
- Berthold, Joachim . 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. 128-129 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Joachim Berthold in the catalog of the German National Library
- Christiane Dressler: Joachim Berthold - Retrospective in Bielefeld . Welt online from October 20, 2007
Individual evidence
- ↑ Joachim Berthold: The Looker (PDF; 380 kB). In: Siemens-Mitteilungen No. 16, August 1955, p. 6.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Berthold, Joachim |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 17, 1917 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Eisenach |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 25, 1990 |
| Place of death | Oberaudorf |