Joachim Wolff (sculptor)
Joachim Wolff (born August 13, 1923 Oberheldrungen ; † November 4, 2009 ) was a German steel sculptor.
Life
Joachim Wolff studied from 1941 to 1943 and from 1946 to 1949 at the Werkkunstschule Hannover . From 1943 to the summer of 1945 he did military service, was wounded and was taken prisoner. From 1950 to 1963 he worked as a commercial artist.
In 1963 Wolff switched to the fine arts as an autodidact and has since worked as a steel sculptor. In 1969 he became a member of the German Association of Artists . In 1971 he received a scholarship from the Kulturkreis in the Federal Association of Industry . In the same year he was a participant in the Symposion Urbanum in Nuremberg.
In 1979 Wolff lived and worked in his studio at Rosenstrasse 79 in Lehrte . He was married to the sculptor Gabriele Marwede .
Works
From 1967 Joachim Wolff received several public contracts:
- In 1967 he created the stainless steel relief for the Hildesheim District Court ,
- 1969 a stainless steel sculpture in front of the library in Hanover-Herrenhausen
- and in 1971 the stainless steel fountain for the headquarters of the BHW in Hameln was built .
- In 1974 Wolff created the Lüders-Brunnen - water garden in Hanover , donated by the Lüders Foundation and installed in the Lister Meile ,
- 1977 a steel fountain on Raschplatz in Hanover
- and an order for the Symposium Urbanum in Nuremberg 71 .
There are further stainless steel wells at the locations
- Nienburg (1979)
- Taught (1981)
- Hildesheim (1983)
- and Bad Nenndorf (1986).
Exhibitions (selection)
- 1967: Spring exhibition at the Kunstverein Hannover
- 1969: 17th annual exhibition of the German Association of Artists in Hanover
- 1971:
- Exhibition during the Days of Music in the Funkhaus Hannover
- 19th annual exhibition of the German Association of Artists in Stuttgart
- 1972: Exhibition during the German-Dutch Culture Days in Assen , Holland
- 1971: Exhibition during the Music Days at the Funkhaus Hannover
- 1974: German sculptors of the present , Augsburg
- 1975: Large art exhibition , Munich , Neue Gruppe
literature
- Joachim Wolff , in: Artists in Hanover. Directory of visual artists in Hanover , with a foreword by Head of Culture Karl-Ernst Bungenstab , ed. from the cultural office of the state capital Hanover, 1. – 5. Tsd., Schlütersche, Hannover 1979, ISBN 3-87706-020-X , p. 235
Web links
References and comments
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Joachim Wolff , in: Künstler in Hannover ... (see literature)
- ↑ Joachim Wolff: Steel sculpture (1970) , City Library Hannover-Herrenhausen (illustration)
- ↑ Compare the image documents in this category at Wikimedia Commons
- ↑ kuenstlerbund.de: 17th Hanover exhibition ( Memento of the original from January 22, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on November 12, 2015)
- ↑ kuenstlerbund.de: 19th exhibition in Stuttgart ( Memento of the original from August 3, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on November 12, 2015)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wolff, Joachim |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German steel sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 13, 1923 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Oberheldrungen |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 4, 2009 |