Josef Rikus

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Memorial in Hövelhof , a work by Josef Rikus
Church of John XXIII in Cologne

Josef Rikus (born February 28, 1923 in Paderborn ; † 1989 there ) was a German sculptor .

Life

After graduating from high school Theodorianum in Paderborn, he passed his Abitur in 1942. He studied philosophy for a few semesters after being released early as a soldier in Russia due to a serious wound .

Sculpture 1958 - Falling Angels - before the District Court of Münster / Westf.

During school he began to work as a sculptor. He continued this with a craft training with a stonemason . In 1946/47 he worked for the sculptor Eugen Senge-Platten in Siedlinghausen in the Sauerland.

From 1947 to 1953 he continued his training with Karl Knappe in Munich.

In 1959 he received the Culture Prize of the City of Paderborn.

Works

  • 1958 Two concrete reliefs on the Liebfrauenkirche in Bad Salzuflen; there also tabernacle, altar, ambo, baptismal font
  • 1958 Slate sculpture - Falling Angels - made of three dominant elements, before the Münster District Court in November 1958
  • 1962 stone sculpture - two children - at the school (Altenbeken-Buke)
  • Schiller-Gymnasium, Cologne-Sülz, 1963
    1963 Stele in front of the Schillergymnasium , Cologne-Sülz
  • 1963/64 design of the Stukenbrock military cemetery on the site of the former VI K main camp (326)
  • 1965 Franz Stock Monument in Arnsberg-Neheim
  • 1965 bronze doors in the church of St. Johannes Beheading (Salzkotten) (there also tabernacle and altar)
  • 1965 St. Kilian Paderborn-Südstadt: ambo, altar, tabernacle and the cross above the altar
  • 1966 memorial in Hövelhof
  • 1966 bronze sculpture of World Judges in the vestibule of the Resurrection Church in Bad Salzuflen
  • 1966 Group of steles at the Peter Weiss Comprehensive School, Unna
  • 1968 Together with the architect Heinz Buchmann and Wilhelm Nyssen, the church of the Catholic university community of the University of Cologne , the Church of Johannes XXIII.
  • 1969 facade of the Westfälische Kammerspiele , dismantled and stored in 2010.
  • 1970 Memorial in Grevenhagen
  • 1972 abstract chrome sculpture in the courtyard of the secondary school, today comprehensive school (Altenbeken)
  • 1973/74 Ratsbrunnen in Soest
  • 1974 liturgical furnishings in St. Stephanus , Paderborn
  • 1977/79 Neptune Fountain on the Paderborn market square
  • 1978 Memorial for the victims of National Socialism at the Böddeken military cemetery
  • 1978 Schäferbrunnen in Bad Lippspringe

Fonts

  • Josef Rikus: sculptures. Schöningh, 1973

Web links

Commons : Josef Rikus  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
  • Walter Schrader: The sculptor Josef Rikus and the new building for the Westfälische Kammerspiele appreciation, 1968 available online

Individual evidence

  1. ^ District town of Unna: District town of Unna - art in public space. In: unna.de. Retrieved August 20, 2015 .
  2. ↑ Description of the church building of the university community in Cologne on the occasion of the 60th birthday of Josef Rikus ( memento of the original from April 15, 2010 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. (PDF; 423 kB) Wilhelm Nyssen (Ed.) 1992 (available online)  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / gemeinden.erzbistum-koeln.de
  3. ↑ Each glass is numbered , article in the Neue Westfälische on April 20, 2010
  4. ↑ Commemoration at the Memorial of the Fallen In the background the famous work of art by the sculptor Rikus
personal data
SURNAME Rikus, Josef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH February 28, 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH Paderborn
DATE OF DEATH 1989
Place of death Paderborn