Karl Schönherr (sculptor)

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Karl Schönherr (born May 30, 1925 in Dresden ; † May 31, 1981 in Dresden) was a German sculptor .

Life

Karl Schönherr completed an apprenticeship as an artformer from 1939 to 1942 and practiced this profession from 1942 to 1945 in Dresden. After the war he took part in an evening course at the Dresden University of Fine Arts . He then completed a degree at the Dresden University of Fine Arts and was a student of Fritz Koelle and Walter Arnold . He completed his studies with a diploma. From 1965 he worked as a freelancer in Dresden, where he died in 1981. Schönherr was buried in the St. Pauli cemetery in Dresden.

Works (selection)

  • 1955: Oriel reliefs on the Altmarkt Dresden
  • 1971 (?): Bronze figure satyr group , Schweizer Strasse, Dresden-Südvorstadt
  • 1977: Fountain Zittauer Marktweiber in Zittau
  • Figure group Two mothers with children , originally on Prager Strasse in Dresden, now in the Lapidarium Dresden
  • 1977: Plastic table deck dich , Prager Strasse, Dresden
  • 1978: Figure coffee aunts , private collection
  • 1979: Sculpture "Father with Children" on Sidonienstraße in Dresden
  • 1980: Figure Kaffeetanten , second cast, two hundredweight heavy, bought by the city of Cottbus in 1988, stored in the town hall cellar, stolen in February 1998 and returned after a complaint
  • 1986: Märchenbrunnen in Dresden-Gorbitz (completed by Egmar Ponndorf )

  • Plastic table covers you

  • Fairytale fountain in Dresden-Gorbitz

  • Satyr group, bronze, in Dresden-Südvorstadt

  • Two mothers with children

  • Father with children

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Archive of the Dresden University of Fine Arts.
  2. ↑ Simone Simpson: Between cultural mandate and artistic autonomy. Dresden sculpture of the 1950s and 1960s. Böhlau, Weimar 2008, ISBN 978-3-412-20101-2 .
  3. ↑ bildindex.de .
  4. ↑ lr-online.de
personal data
SURNAME Schönherr, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH May 30, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH Dresden
DATE OF DEATH May 31, 1981
Place of death Dresden