Karl Heinz Engelin

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Bareheaded soldier , 1955, at the Stephansmünster in Breisach
Archbishop Ansgar (with parish), around 1962, Hamburg-Langenhorn
Flute player with bull , 1962, Hamburg-Barmbek-Süd
Man and Horse , 1963, Hamburg-Horn
Birds , 1970, Hamburg-Dulsberg
Wing tower , 1979, Hamburg-St. Pauli
The idler , 1984, Hamburg-Volksdorf
Unity symbol , 1986, Hamburg-Hohenfelde

Karl Heinz Engelin (born October 17, 1924 in Memel ; † December 1, 1986 in Hamburg ) was a German sculptor .

Life

In 1942 Karl Heinz Engelin was called up for military service and completed training as a watch engineer on a submarine at the Kiel Naval School . After military service in World War II and internment , Engelin worked as a groom in Ostholstein from 1945 . In 1947 he graduated from high school in Plön Castle . He then studied art history at the Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel and completed an apprenticeship as a stonemason until 1949 . At graduation he received two awards. He then worked at the building works at the Freiburg Minster . Engelin then studied at the State Academy of Fine Arts in Freiburg, where he was a master student of Wilhelm Gerstel . In 1953 he received the award from the Freiburg Academy. This was followed by a study visit to Paris , where he studied with Ossip Zadkine at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière in Paris . In 1954 he married his fellow student from Freiburg, Gisela Hommes, who from then on called herself Gisela Engelin-Hommes and began studying at the Landeskunstschule Hamburg with Edwin Scharff . The following year he worked as a bronze caster at the State Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart , under the guidance of H. Heinzel. From 1959 Engelin and his wife Gisela Engelin-Hommes had a joint studio in Hamburg at Hansaplatz 14. With her he had a daughter and two sons. From 1963 to 1970 he completed additional training in bronze casting, melting and welding processes for stainless steel . In 1980 he was awarded the Cross of Merit on Ribbon .

Engelin produced, among other things, over 40 orders in Hamburg as art in buildings or as art in public spaces . He mainly created figurative sculptures, but also turned to abstract sculptures. Among other things, he is with works in the collections of the Augustinermuseum in Freiburg, the city of Stuttgart , the State Museum for Art and Cultural History in Schleswig, the Ohm Foundation in Hamburg, the Hotel Grand Elysée ( Block Collection ) in Hamburg, the Authority for Culture and Media represented in Hamburg, the SAGA group of companies and the Hamburger Sparkasse .

Engelin was buried in the Ohlsdorf cemetery (west of the tomb open-air museum Heckengarten ). His sculpture Der Loafenzer was carved into the gravestone as a relief by his wife.

  • Der Loafenzer , 1984, Hamburg-Volksdorf (black-and-white illustration)

  • Cushion stone for Karl Heinz Engelin by Gisela Engelin-Hommes, Ohlsdorf cemetery

Works (selection)

  • 1955: Bareheaded soldier at the Stephansmünster in Breisach
  • 196 ?: The Crucified , bronze sculpture, Gnadenkirche in Cuxhaven
  • 1960: Compositions with figures , bronze plate, State Institute for Teacher Training and School Development , Hamburg-Eimsbüttel
  • 1960: The merchant as a mediator between the peoples, sculpture, state commercial school with business school Weidenstieg , Hamburg-Eimsbüttel
  • 1961: Seated man, sculpture in the school garden of the primary school Hohe Landwehr 19, Hamburg-Hamm (Hamm-Nord)
  • Approx. 1962: Archbishop Ansgar (with parish), on the facade of the parish hall of the Ansgar Church in Hamburg-Langenhorn , Wördenmoorweg 22, which was inaugurated in 1962
  • 1962: Flute player and bull , bronze, Bramfelder Straße 9 / Flachsland , in front of the former Flachsland Youth House , Hamburg-Barmbek-Süd
  • 1962: Couple on horse , bronze, Franzosenkoppel / Spreestrasse , Hamburg-Lurup - SAGA group of companies
  • 1963: Man and Horse , bronze, Manshardtstrasse 115, Hamburg-Horn
  • 1963: Horse tamer , bronze, Schöneberger Strasse 55a, Berliner Platz 13, Hamburg-Rahlstedt , Hohenhorst - SAGA group of companies
  • 1964: Idlers , sculpture, Rellinger Strasse school , Hamburg-Eimsbüttel
  • 1964: Metamorphosis , bronze, height 60 cm - sculpture garden of the Ohm Foundation, Röntgenstrasse 57, Hamburg-Fuhlsbüttel
  • Around 1965: Original form I , bronze - sculpture garden of the Ohm Foundation, Röntgenstrasse 57, Hamburg-Fuhlsbüttel
  • Around 1965: Original form II , bronze - sculpture garden of the Ohm Foundation, Röntgenstrasse 57, Hamburg-Fuhlsbüttel
  • Approx. 1965: Christ figure, baptismal font, altar candlestick, Johanneskirche (Friedrichsgabe) , Norderstedt
  • 1966: According to players , bronze, Grandweg 118-128, Hamburg-Lokstedt
  • 1968: Rossbändiger , bronze, 15 × 12 cm - Collection of the SAGA group of companies
  • Around 1968: Horse with female nude , plaster, 40 × 28 cm - collection of the SAGA group of companies
  • 1969: Riding rider, sculpture, in the courtyard of the all-day school Neurahlstedt, Rahlstedter Straße 190, Hamburg-Rahlstedt
  • 1969: Sculpture, Post Center, Schwarzenbek
  • 197 ?: Sculpture, Congress Center Hamburg , Hamburg-St. Pauli
  • 1970: Vögel , Kiefhörn 1–3, Hamburg-Dulsberg
  • 1970: Spring , Messing, Friedensallee (until 2009 Pfitznerstrasse ) / Sibeliusstrasse 5, Hamburg-Bahrenfeld - SAGA group of companies
  • 1971: 3 upward swings, brass, in front of the entrance to the Kroonhorst school, Kroonhorst 25, Hamburg-Osdorf
  • 1972: David , main church Sankt Katharinen , Hamburg-Altstadt
  • 1972: Ship , stainless steel, Graf Luckner House , Hans-Böckler-Platz 15, Wedel
  • 1973: spiral , stainless steel, height 60 cm - sculpture garden of the Ohm Foundation, Röntgenstraße 57, Hamburg-Fuhlsbüttel
  • 1975: Spiral , tubular steel sculpture, Spanish ford / Graf-Ernst-Weg , Hamburg-Schnelsen - SAGA group of companies
  • 1976: Arched back , stainless steel, Im Neugrabener Dorf 17, Hamburg-Neugraben-Fischbek
  • 1978: Wing tower , stainless steel, height 109 cm - sculpture garden of the Ohm Foundation, Röntgenstrasse 57, Hamburg-Fuhlsbüttel
  • 1979: Wing tower , Budapester Strasse 18, Hamburg-St. Pauli
  • 1979: Lute player , bronze, Grönländer Damm 12–34, Hamburg-Rahlstedt
  • 1979: Trumpeter , bronze, Grönländer Damm 12–34, Hamburg-Rahlstedt
  • 1984: Der Loafenzer , bronze, height 93 cm, at Buchenring 5, Hamburg-Volksdorf . Enlarged version of an 11 cm long bronze figure from 1964
  • 1984: Lute player , bronze, Ausschläger Allee 48, Hamburg-Rothenburgsort
  • 1984: Fan sculpture , steel, Kronsaalsweg 88, Hamburg-Stellingen
  • 1985: Fantastic walk , bronze, height 180 cm - Schloss Gottorf sculpture park
  • 1986: Diana , bronze, Gazellenkamp 3, Hamburg-Lokstedt
  • 1986: Symbol of unity (similar to Fantastic Walk ), bronze, 1986, Hohenfelder Allee 2, Hamburg-Hohenfelde
  • 19 ??: figurative doorknobs, metalwork, Holy Trinity Church , Hamburg-St. George
  • 19 ??: Wall design , bronze, Hapag-Lloyd , Ballindamm 25, Hamburg-Altstadt
  • 19 ??: Wall design , stainless steel, Landeszentralbank , Hanover

literature

  • Engelin, Karl Heinz. In: Heinz Spielmann : Sculptor in Hamburg 1900–1972 , Professional Association of Visual Artists Hamburg (ed.), Hans Christians Verlag, Hamburg 1972, ISBN 978-3-7672-0194-1 (not paginated ).
  • Karl Heinz Engelin. Plastic, sculpture, object, etching, drawing, lithography. Busse Verlag, Herford, 1979 (with a foreword by Gerhard Wietek )
  • Karl Heinz Engelin. In: Elisabeth Axmann (Red.): Artists in Hamburg , Hamburg Cultural Authority (ed.), Christians Verlag, Hamburg 1982, ISBN 978-3-7672-0749-3 (not paginated)
  • Karl-Heinz Engelin. In: Heinz Zabel : Plastic Art in Hamburg - Sculptures and sculptures in public space , 2nd edition, Dialog-Verlag, Reinbek 1987, ISBN 3-923707-15-0 , pp. 23, 27, 31, 37, 41, 42 , 48, 50, 51, 58, 60, 68, 76-78, 96, 100, 117
  • Volker Plagemann (ed.): Art in public space. A guide through the city of Hamburg . Junius Verlag , Hamburg 1997, ISBN 3-88506-275-5 , pp. 118, 120, 135, 138
  • SAGA GWG : Art in the district. Hamburg's major landlord promotes culture in the districts. Examples from eight decades by Friederike Weimar and Ute Janssen, Hamburg 2008, pp. 64, 65, 70, 71, 76–79 ( PDF file )
  • Maike Bruhns : Engelin, Karl Heinz . In: The new rump. Lexicon of the visual artists of Hamburg . Ed .: Rump family. Revised new edition of Ernst Rump's dictionary . Supplemented and revised by Maike Bruhns, Wachholtz, Neumünster 2013, ISBN 978-3-529-02792-5 , p. 113
  • Citizenship of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg : Art in public space in the Alstertal and in the forest villages , Hamburg, January 30, 2018, pp. 5, 6 ( PDF file )
  • Citizenship of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg: Works of art in public space , Hamburg, August 14, 2018, pp. 4, 13, 14, 16, 20–22, 27, 31 ( PDF file )

Web links

Commons : Karl Heinz Engelin  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ westwind: District magazine for Osdorf and the surrounding area, 2012, No. 3 (page 2, accessed on November 7, 2017; PDF; 2.3 MB)
  2. ^ Entry of the address in the Hamburg address book from 1960, where only he is given
  3. ↑ Klaus Granzow : Measure by the work ... - KH Engelin and his work. In: Das Ostpreußenblatt , March 1, 1975, p. 9
  4. ↑ Main source: Der Neue Rump , 2013
  5. ↑ Grave site at the Ohlsdorfer Friedhof support group (2001)
  6. ↑ Online project fallen memorials: Breisach am Rhein (Münsterberg) , accessed on November 7, 2017
  7. ↑ Gnadenkirche website
  8. ↑ Mentioned on kulturkarte.de
  9. ↑ Figure horse tamers on rahlstedt.art
  10. ↑ Figure spring
  11. ↑ Figure David on yelp.de
  12. ↑ Figure Spirale , tubular steel sculpture on schnelsenarchiv.de
  13. ↑ Biography and sculpture Der Loafenzer in Volksdorf at the Volksdorf meeting point
personal data
SURNAME Engelin, Karl Heinz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Engelin, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH October 17, 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH Memel
DATE OF DEATH 1st December 1986
Place of death Hamburg