Karolin Donst
Karolin Donst (born December 29, 1964 in Berlin ) is a German artist of classical modernism . She dedicates herself to sculpture with a focus on portraits and painting .
Career
After graduating from high school in 1983, the artistic training began in an artist group in Berlin with independent work. In 1988 a four-year apprenticeship in stone carving followed, dealing with architecture and urban planning with a view to restoring historical buildings. From 1993 to 1995 she learned the classical sculpting techniques with modeling in clay in the studio of the academic sculptor Heinz Spilker .
From 1995 to 1997 followed three full-time years as a restorer of natural stone facades in Berlin. She has been working as a freelancer since 1997 and has taken on her first public contracts from municipalities and organizations. The work is carried out in different materials such as bronze , cold bronze , artificial marble , cast metal and wood .
Portrait busts
Selection of busts that are in public institutions, in public places or in private collections:
- Heinz Galinski (monument)
- Louis-Ferdinand of Prussia
- Pope Benedict XVI , (Vatican)
- Arno Breker (monument)
- John G. Bodenstein, Museum of European Art
- Dalai Lama (Tibet)
- Salvador Dalí (Spain)
- Gala Éluard Dalí (France)
- Arnulf Damerau (New York), founder of the EuroAtlantic Foundation
- Hugo Haig-Thomas, painter (London)
- Henry mask
- Hannelore Kohl (Bonn)
- Senta Berger (Vienna)
- Marco J. Bodenstein, publisher
- Uta Ranke-Heinemann (Essen)
- Peter Scholl-Latour
Reliefs and plaques
- King Felipe VI. and John G. Bodenstein
- Konrad Adenauer , badge (Bonn)
- Giora Feidman , plaque (New York)
- Reichstag building plaque (Berlin)
Paintings and drawings
- Ernst Jünger ,
- "The Young Cardinal" u. a.
- Konrad Adenauer
- Willy Brandt
- Arno Breker
- Wolfgang Thierse
- Salvador Dalí et al. a.
Public room
- The fishing fountain in Arneburg , 2005
- City fountain of Tangermünde 2006 with eight relief panels
- Portrait for Alexander Garden, Clarence (New York), USA
- The monk of Arneburg, oak wood figure, larger than life
- The contemporary portrait, open-air exhibitions at Nörvenich Castle (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Exhibitions
- 1990 house on Lützowplatz , Berlin
- 1994 Galerie Marco Edition, Bonn
- 2001–2003 Konrad Adenauer Foundation, exhibitions in Berlin, Bonn, Munich
- 2004 City Hall of the City of Arneburg: 30 portrait sculptures
- 2008 Museum of European Art, Clarence: portrait drawings
- 2010 Alexander Garden, Clarence (New York), USA
- 2012 Museum of European Art , Nörvenich
- 2018 The busts of Salvador Dali and Gala Dali, Museum of European Art (NRW)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Art Archive EKS, http://www.europaeische-kultur-stiftung.org
- ^ B. John Zavrel, http://meaus.com/113-karolin-donst.htm
- ↑ Collection of the Order of Alexander the Great (OAG)
- ↑ EKS-Collection Bodenstein, archive 2016
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Donst, Karolin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German artist of classical modernism |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 29, 1964 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |