Karlheinz Goedtke
Karlheinz Goedtke (born April 15, 1915 in Kattowitz (Katowice), † August 23, 1995 in Mölln ) was a sculptor and sculptor .
Life
Until 1930 Karlheinz Goedtke attended the Maria-Magdalenen-Gymnasium in Breslau , where he already stood out for his talent for drawing. The father, an official, was then transferred to Stettin . From 1931 to 1936 Goedtke was a student of Kurt Schwerdtfeger at the Werkkunstschule in Stettin. At the same time he learned the craft of stone carving . Further training was interrupted from 1936 to 1938 by labor and military service . From 1938 to 1940 Goedtke studied at the University of Fine Arts in Berlin . Then he had to go to war until 1945. After the end of the war, he came wounded with his parents to Ratzeburg in Schleswig-Holstein . In 1950 he received his first official commission from the city of Mölln, the Eulenspiegel fountain, which was donated by Richard Eugen Dörr.
Services
Goedtke suddenly made the figure of Eulenspiegel famous. In 1951 he moved to Mölln. In 1954 he was awarded the Cornelius Prize of the City of Düsseldorf. In 1958 his studio house was built in Alt-Mölln. Since the early 1960s, he has exhibited in many places in Germany, but also in German-speaking countries. Goedtke made trips to Africa , Italy and France . His sketches and drawings confirm his excellent powers of observation. The molding of people and animals out of wax or plaster and then cast in bronze , that became his artistic means of expression. He became famous - in Schleswig-Holstein and beyond - not least because of his work in public spaces.
Examples of the rich work of this artist are: “ Der Rufer ” in Lauenburg / Elbe , the “Oldenburger Reiter”, the “Taschenmann” in front of the Kreissparkasse in Ratzeburg and the risen Jesus at the Easter Church in Kiel . Unmistakable and known to many people is also “The Sailor” on a high stele at the Ostseekai in Kiel.
In total, Karlheinz Goedtke created over 200 large sculptures. But his work is much broader. An insight into the liveliness and expressiveness of his small sculptures - as monumental as the large formats - could be gained over the years in a permanent exhibition of his work in Mölln, which had to give way to the WWF ( World Wide Fund For Nature ). Schleswig-Holstein had become his home in 40 years and the city of Mölln has named a street after him. Goedtke's work is shaped by the humanistic spirit of the West , to whose reconstruction he contributed with his means after the war he had experienced.
In the laudation for an exhibition opening in December 1990, Horst Hannemann said :
Karlheinz Goedtke still keeps alive for today's people the legacy of those who were teachers or role models for him: Kurt Schwerdtfeger and Auguste Rodin , August Gaul and Gerhard Marcks . With what he does, he is still committed to the ancient tradition from which his art originates, as his portrait heads reveal, and not only they. He still insists on techniques that the ancients already knew, in the certainty that what has been handed down is not as used up as we are often led to believe. His work forms a unit. It is as if time has no power over it. That the world of art seemed to be shaking around him - Karlheinz Goedtke noticed it; He is by no means unsettled or confused in his work.
Of his numerous prizes and awards, only a few should be mentioned: Cornelius Prize of the City of Düsseldorf (1954), Peter Paul Rubens Medal (1984), Culture Prize Upper Silesia of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia (1985), Culture Prize Silesia of the State of Lower Saxony (1988 ), Culture Prize of the Duchy of Lauenburg Foundation (1993).
A selection of public works
- 1950 Till Eulenspiegel, Mölln, founder Richard Eugen Dörr
- 1951 Phrixos with the golden fleece (Phrix sculpture), formerly on the main portal of the Dr. Richard Eugen Dörr headed the Phrix group in Siegburg, today Mölln
- 1951 Bache with freshlings, Mölln, founder Richard Eugen Dörr
- 1955 Conjuring angel, Schleswig Cathedral
- 1956 The caller across the river, City of Lauenburg
- 1957 The pocket man, Ratzeburg
- 1962 The Sailor, Kiel
- 1962 flute player, Kiel Holstenplatz
- 1964 Hansel and Gretel, Siegburg
- 1965 Fighting Swans, Heiligenhafen (School West)
- 1966 The Ulenköper , Uelzen
- 1966 Resurrected Christ, Kiel
- 1967 Die Geborgenen, Bad Segeberg
- 1967 Drachensteiger, Geesthacht
- 1967 The fisherman, Eckernförde
- 1969 Three riders, Lübeck
- 1970 Two swimmers, castle on Fehmarn
- 1970 Fishing (concrete), Heikendorf
- 1972 Francis preaches to the birds, Mölln
- 1972 Ferryman (bronze), Schacht-Audorf
- 1974 The raven and the fox, Lübeck-Eichholz
- 1975 Girls on the south beach. Burgtiefe on Fehmarn
- 1976 boy with foal, castle on Fehmarn
- 1978 conversation at the fountain, fountain in Soltau
- 1979 The rain tree, Mölln
- 1980 Equestrian encounter, Oldenburg / Holstein
- 1983 People who protect themselves and protect themselves, Kiel
- 1983 The Crier, Klausdorf (Schwentine)
- 1984 The Looker, Großer Eutiner See, Eutin
- 1985 The newspaper readers, Brunnen in Mölln
- 1986 Conversation with neighbors, group of figures in Lübeck-St.Jürgen
- 1988 Märchenbrunnen, town of Baunatal
- 1989 The stupid Hans, Eutin
- 1991 Pole Poppenspäler, Husum
- 1992 Girl in the Wind, District House, Eutin
- 1992 Choir and Orchestra II, Lübeck Music and Congress Hall
- 1993 The Readers, State Library, Eutin
- 1992 discussion, Lübeck-St.Lorenz Süd
- 1994 City Police Officer Hein Lüth, Bürgerbrunnen, Lütjenburg
- 1995 The iron foundry, Lübeck- Herrenwyk
literature
- HJ Starczewski (Ed.): Karlheinz Goedtke, sculpture, drawing. Höhr-Grenzhausen 1971, DNB 456768742 .
- East German Regensburg Gallery: The sculptor Karlheinz Goedtke. Bronze, sculpture and graphics 1950–1974. Catalog 1976, DNB 780587332 .
- KH.Goedtke. Rundum-Verlag, Mölln 1991.
- Karlheinz Goedtke - Catalog raisonné. Wachholtz-Verlag, Neumünster 1995.
- Trude Heuer-Ivens: Karl-Heinz-Goedtke and his sculptures in Schleswig-Holstein. In: Schleswig-Holstein. 8/1966, pp. 212/213.
Web links
- City of Mölln, KH Goedtke ( Memento from August 24, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
- Uhlenköper monument, Uelzen
- Karlheinz Goedtkes at the Duchy of Lauenburg District Museum
- Website Dr. Richard Eugen Dörr
Individual evidence
- ^ Karlheinz Goedtke: Fährmann, Portrait in Kunst @ SH , accessed on September 27, 2017
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Goedtke, Karlheinz |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Goedtke, Karl-Heinz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 15, 1915 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Katowice |
| DATE OF DEATH | 23rd August 1995 |
| Place of death | Mölln |