Karl Lemke

Karl Lemke (born February 28, 1924 in Berlin ; † October 18, 2016 in Grimmen ) was a German artist and lived in Barth .

Life

Maxim Gorki (1961),
Plastik-Park Leuna

After training as a stonemason, Karl Lemke studied from 1948 to 1949 at the University of Fine Arts in Berlin-Charlottenburg with Gustav Seitz . Lemke continued his studies from 1950–1951 at the University of Fine and Applied Arts in Berlin-Weißensee. From 1951 to 1953 he was a master student with Gustav Seitz at the Academy of Arts of the GDR and then worked as a freelance. From 1968 Lemke was first as a lecturer (until 1971) and later as a lecturer at the Berlin-Weißensee School of Art (1971–1976).

Karl Lemke was a member of the Künstlerbund Mecklenburg und Vorpommern eV

Works (selection)

• 1952 swimmer , Höchst Strasse, Berlin , Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg district
• 1961 Maxim Gorki , Plastic Park Leuna
• 1968 Siblings , Koppenplatz, Berlin , Berlin-Mitte
• 1973/1976 Martha Arendsee , bronze sculpture in Cecilienstraße in Berlin-Marzahn ; in honor of the named politician , whose name the neighboring high school bore until 1990 (today Johann Strauss primary school )
• 1975 Stier , Asklepios Clinic Uckermark , Schwedt / Oder
• 1986 Fairy Tale Fountain , Blasii-Kirchplatz, Nordhausen
• 1979 Bremen Town Musicians , in front of the Waidspeicher, Erfurt

Web links

Commons : Karl Lemke  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ Obituary notice in the Ostsee-Zeitung from October 29, 2016 .
2. ↑ Peter Romanus: Plastic Park Leuna. Halle / Saale 1987, p. 64.
3. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 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. ; Retrieved December 28, 2012. 
4. ^ Art in the large housing estate. Works of art in public spaces in Marzahn and Hellersdorf. A documentation ; Commission for Art in Public Space: Thorsten Goldberg, Ellena Olsen, Martin Schönfeld, Andreas Sommerer. Published by the Marzahn-Hellersdorf district office, 2008. ISBN 978-3-00-026730-7 , p. 99. ( 63 pages extract from the documentation (pdf)  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was created automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ).