Jochem Pechau

Jochem Pechau (born May 27, 1929 in Marburg ; † March 28, 1989 in Weibern ) was a German sculptor and medalist .

Life

Jochem Pechau was born in Marburg an der Lahn in 1929. From 1947 to 1949 he attended Walter Auch's sculpting class in Biedenkopf . From 1950 to 1957 he studied at the Cologne factory schools with Ludwig Gies .

In addition to numerous tabernacles and baptismal fonts, Pechau also created woodcut series with religious motifs. In 1959 he received the sponsorship award of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia for young artists . Pechau lived and worked in Cologne-Höhenhaus and in Weibern (Eifel) .

Works (selection)

The Marienbrunnen in front of the Schwarzrheindorfer Church (1989)

“Oculus” to the Spee crypt in the Jesuit Church in Trier

• External relief (The Good Shepherd) of the cath. Church of the Holy Family (Köln-Sülz) (church of the municipal orphanage) in Cologne-Sülz, created 1958 (Arch. Gottfried Böhm )
• Wall relief (vine) of the cath. St. Paulus Church in Velbert (Arch. Gottfried Böhm )
• Altar and tabernacle of the cath. Church of the Holy Spirit in Ratingen-West , created 1974
• Altar and tabernacle of the cath. Heilige Ewalde church in Wuppertal-Cronenberg , created 1974 (Arch. Fritz Schaller and Ing.Stefan Polónyi )
• Altar, tabernacle and ambo of the Church of St. Remigius in Wuppertal-Sonnborn , created in 1976 (Arch. Fritz Schaller and Ing.Stefan Polónyi )
• Altar cross and foundation stone of the cath. St. Hedwig Church in Cologne-Höhenhaus , created in 1977 and 1966
• Baptism place of the cath. St. Wendelinus Church in Hürth-Berrenrath , created 1986 (Arch. Fritz Schaller )
• Tabernacle and Way of the Cross of the Cath. Church of St. Matthias in Euskirchen
• North side of the memorial for the synagogue on Lappenberg in Hildesheim, created in 1988. (Overall design of the memorial: Elmar Hillebrand ).
• Woodcut: St. Quirinus, 1980
• The market fountain in front of St. Quirinus in Neuss, 1983/84
• Tabernacle in the Maternushaus Cologne, 1979
• Trier, cathedral: church mice (bronze), altar island / details
• Trier, Jesuit Church : Oculus to the Spee crypt

The last work before his death was that

• Marienbrunnen in front of the Schwarzrheindorfer Doppelkirche ( St. Maria and St. Clemens ) in 1989. Theo Heiermann completed the fountain and the fountain was consecrated on September 17, 1989.

literature

• Georg Ahrens: The sculptor Jochem Pechau, in: Das Münster 45 (1992) 123–129.
• Friedhelm Hofmann : To love away the suffering of the world. Reflections on the Way of the Cross in the Würzburg Bishop's House , Echter, Würzburg 2009, ISBN 3-429-03107-9
• Galerie Kunsttraum 27, Cologne: Jochem Pechau, Views of Cologne , Foreword: Clemens Hillebrand , Cologne, 2009

Individual evidence

1. ^ Monsignore Karl Königs †, pastor of Schwarzrheindorf (1966–2002): Wells of living water. The Schwarzrheindorfer Marienbrunnen , information brochure of the Catholic parish of Schwarzrheindorf on the occasion of the consecration of the fountain on September 17, 1989, Bonn 2001. Quote from Joachim Cardinal Meisner : "On the day of the resurrection death knocked on him to bring him home on Easter Tuesday."
2. ↑ artist. Jochem Pechau. German Society for Medal Art, accessed on May 10, 2014 . 

Web links

• Bishop Friedhelm Hofmann on Jochem Pechau's “Way of the Cross” woodcuts (exhibition in Würzburg 2006) ; Retrieved October 5, 2009
• Images of Pechau's works (exhibition Schwarzrheindorf 2003) ; Retrieved October 5, 2009