Joachim Schmettau
Joachim Schmettau (born February 5, 1937 in Bad Doberan ) is a German sculptor .
Life
Schmettau has lived in Berlin since 1945 . From 1956 to 1960 he studied at the then Hochschule der Künste in Berlin, graduating as a master class student with Professor Ludwig G. Schrieber in 1961. Between 1964 and 1990, Joachim Schmettau took part in a total of 18 major annual DKB exhibitions as a member of the German Association of Artists . In 1972 he was a founding member of the aspect of the Berlin Critical Realists group .
From 1971 to 2002 Schmettau was a professor at what is now the University of the Arts in Berlin.
Awards
- 1968 Villa Romana Prize , Florence
- 1970/1971 Villa Massimo Prize , Rome
- 1971 Medaglia d'oro, premio del Fiorino, Florence
- 1977 Great Berlin Art Prize
- 1980 Art Prize of the Artists , Düsseldorf
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His first works are in sandstone as well as plaster of paris and stucco. In the 1960s he began to combine different materials (bronze, glass) and extremely smooth the surface. Figurative and geometric elements were combined so that the work as a whole appears to be driven to an intensive stylization.
The work for public spaces is also extensive (facade reliefs, fountains, etc.). His best-known work is the "Erdkugelbrunnen" completed in 1984 on Breitscheidplatz in Berlin-Charlottenburg , also called the " Weltkugelbrunnen " or "Wasserklops".
Public projects (selection)
- 1975 bronze sculpture hand with clock , Berlin-Hansaviertel
- 1978 Freiburg University Library , bridge sculptures
- 1982 Group of figures for the German court in Güglingen
- 1985 Dancing couple , Berlin-Neukölln, Hermannplatz
- 1986 Musikbrunnen Düsseldorf (small bridge in front of the Wilhelm-Marx-Haus )
- 1989 Europabrunnen (Dortmund) , fountain system consisting of 2 fountains (Hellweg)
- 1996 sculpture woman, taking off her mask in front of the Kreissparkasse Heilbronn
- 1998 Fountain dancing figure, Waldplatz, Leipzig
- 2010 musician , music school Löhne, bronze figure of the dancer by Susanne Wehland
Exhibitions (selection)
- 1970 Joachim Schmettau: Sculpture and Drawings , Kunsthalle Mannheim (with catalog)
- 1978 Joachim Schmettau. Sculptures, drawings , Studio Jaeschke , Bochum
- 1980/81 Joachim Schmettau - sculptures and drawings 1960 - 1980 , Kunstverein Hannover ; City Museums Heilbronn, Deutschhof Museum (with catalog)
- 1987 Joachim Schmettau , Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Staatliche Kunsthalle Berlin (with catalog)
- 1993 Joachim Schmettau: Sculptures, pictures, drawings , Galerie Eva Poll, Berlin (with catalog)
- 2002/03 New Sculptures , Gallery Poll , Berlin
- 2004 SUMMER LUST - ART PIECES , Rothe Gallery, Frankfurt
- 2007 Joachim Schmettau - Sculptures and architectural models , Gallery of the Kunststiftung Poll , Berlin (with catalog: ISBN 978-3-931759-21-6 )
Participation in exhibitions at home and abroad (selection)
- 1963 XIII. Annual exhibition, New Darmstadt Secession
- 1964 13th exhibition of the Deutscher Künstlerbund , Akademie der Künste (Berlin) , Hochschule für bildende Künste and Haus am Waldsee (also in 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1981 and 1986)
- 1965 Great Berlin Art Exhibition, Exhibition Halls Berlin
- 1973 Principle of Realism , Berlin Academy of the Arts
- 1980 Large Art Exhibition Düsseldorf, Kunstpalast Ehrenhof, Düsseldorf (also in 1981, 1983, 1084, and 1985)
- 1996 VIII. Biennale Internazionale di Scultura, Accademia di Belle Arti
- 2000 in a nutshell. Porcelain for Meissen - in honor of Max Adolf Pfeiffer, Grassi Museum for Applied Arts , Leipzig
- 2005 Large art exhibition NRW Düsseldorf
- 2008 L'Accademia Nazionale di San Luca per una collezione del disegno contemporaneo Accademia di San Luca
- 2010 Congratulations , Forum Kunst (1970-1010) !, Forum Kunst Rottweil
Works in public collections
- Karl Ernst Osthaus Museum , Hagen
- Art Museum Bonn
- New National Gallery , Berlin
- State museums in Berlin
- Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum , Duisburg
- Galleria d'arte moderna e contemporanea (Bergamo)
- Bavarian State Painting Collections
- Berlinische Galerie - State Museum for Modern Art, Berlin
- Kunsthalle Mannheim
- Museum Bochum - art collection
- Lower Saxony State Museum for Art and Cultural History , Oldenburg
- Museum Beelden aan Zee , The Hague-Scheveningen
- Museum Pfalzgalerie Kaiserslautern
- Bundeskunstsammlung , collection of contemporary art of the Federal Republic of Germany
- City museums Heilbronn
literature
- Lothar C. Poll (Ed.): Joachim Schmettau: Drawings 1967-1981, an alphabet. (Overview of works on the occasion of the exhibition of Joachim Schmettau's drawings in the Poll Gallery in April 1982). Galerie Poll, Berlin 1982, ISBN 978-3-931759-05-6 ( Poll editions . Vol. 1).
- Joachim Schmettau: Sculptures . Stock-und-Stein-Verlag, Schwerin [2000].
- Joachim Schmettau: Drawings . Stock-und-Stein-Verlag, Schwerin [2000]
- Joachim Schmettau: Sculptures 2003–2010 . Nicolai-Verlag, Berlin [2011]. ISBN 978-3-89479-659-4
- Joachim Schmettau: Architectural Fantasies . Nicolai-Verlag, Berlin [2015]. ISBN 978-3-89479-939-7
Individual evidence
- ↑ kuenstlerbund.de: Exhibition participations / Schmettau, Joachim (accessed on January 24, 2016)
Web links
- Literature by and about Joachim Schmettau in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature about Joachim Schmettau in the state bibliography MV
- Report about the Wasserklops in the daily mirror
- Joachim Schmettau on kunstaspekte.de
- Joachim Schmettau, Gallery Poll Berlin
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schmettau, Joachim |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 5, 1937 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bad Doberan |